Helian Ziyue (赫連子悅)

Overview

The translated histories identify Helian Ziyue as an administrator, military officer, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Helian Ziyue	赫連子悅	Helian Ziyue
Surname	Helian	赫連
Personal name	Helian Ziyue	赫連子悅	Helian Ziyue
Courtesy name	Shixin	士欣	Shixin
Given	Ziyue	子悅

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:040:s0058

Roles

Administrator
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0073

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 河清大水 · Western Interval: Start: AD 562 · End: AD 564
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:040:s0069
Source Date: Text: 魏永安初 · Western Year: AD 528
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0059

Family

Descendant of Helian Bobo (赫連勃勃)
Kinship Term: descendant / 之後

Career and standing

Label: acting in personnel directorate / 兼吏部 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0071
Label: defender of Linyu / 林慮守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0061
Label: director of the ministry of justice / 都官尚書 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0070
Label: director of the ministry of rites / 太常卿 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0073
Label: governor of Zhengzhou / 鄭州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:040:s0069
Label: Jizhou separate-assistant / 濟州別駕 · Action: appointed
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:040:s0059
Label: magistrate of Linzhang / 臨漳令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0068
Label: stele praising virtue / 立碑頌德 · Action: granted
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0070

Places and affiliations

Label: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: served
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0059

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Gao Cheng (高澄)
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0063, beiqishu:040:s0065

Events and relationships

Kind: administrative · Role: proposer · Action: proposed transferring Linshui and Wu'an counties
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0063, beiqishu:040:s0067
Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: urged Hou Jing to join Gao Huan's uprising · Other Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景)
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0060

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: pure and diligent but lacking learning and discernment · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0072

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 40Volume 40 Biographies 32: Yu Jin (Northern Qi); Feng Zicong; Helian Ziyue; Tang Yong; Bai Jian · 7 passages

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尉瑾馮子琮赫連子悅唐邕白建 Yu Jin; Feng Zicong; Helian Ziyue; Tang Yong; Bai Jian

赫連子悅，字士欣，勃勃之後也。 Helian Ziyue, styled Shixin, was descended from Helian Bobo.

及高祖起義，侯景為刺史，景本尒朱心腹，子悅勸景起義，景從之。 When Gao Huan raised the righteous army, Hou Jing was governor. Jing had been Erzhu Rong's trusted man; Ziyue urged him to join the uprising, and Jing followed.

悅答云：「臨水、武安二縣去郡遙遠，山嶺重疊，車步艱難，若東屬魏郡，則地平路近。」 Ziyue answered, "The counties of Linshui and Wu'an lie far from the seat; mountains pile up and travel by cart or on foot is hard. If they were placed under Wei's commandery to the east, the land would be level and the road short."

子悅答云：「所言因民疾苦，不敢以私潤負心。」 Ziyue answered, "What I said follows the people's hardship; I dare not let private gain outweigh my heart."

後除鄭州刺史，于時新經河清大水，民多逃散，子悅親加恤隱，戶口益增，治為天下之最。 Later he was made governor of Zheng. The region had just suffered the Heqing great flood; many people had fled. Ziyue went in person to comfort them, households increased, and his governance ranked first in the realm.

子悅在官，唯以清勤自守，旣無學術，又闕風儀，人倫清鑒，去之彌遠，一旦居銓衡之首，大招物議。 In office Ziyue held himself only by purity and diligence. He had neither learning nor bearing, and in judging men he fell ever farther short—yet once he stood at the head of weighing and selection, he drew heavy criticism.