Overview
The translated histories identify Hou Jing as an administrator, diplomat, general, and official. This record brings together 260 passages from 43 chapters across 7 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Hou Jing | 侯景 | Hou Jing |
| Title | Chancellor of State | 相國 | xiangguo |
| Surname | Hou | 侯 | |
| Surname | Hou | 侯 | Hóu |
| Surname | Hou | 侯 | Hou |
| Personal name | Hou Jing | 侯景 | Hou Jing |
| Personal | Hou Jing | 侯景 | Hóu Jǐng |
| Personal name | Hou Jing | 侯景 | Hóu Jǐng |
| Personal name | Hou Jing | 侯景 | |
| Given | Jing | 景 | Jing |
| Given | Jing | 景 | |
| Personal name | Jing | 景 | |
| Given name | Jing | 景 | |
| Given name | Jing | 景 | Jǐng |
| Given name | Jing | 景 | Jing |
| Personal name | Jing | 景 | Jing |
| Title | King of Han | 漢王 | Han wang |
| Title | Lord Hou | 侯公 | |
| Title | Minister of Works | 司徒 | situ |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · beiqishu:003:s0021, beiqishu:009:s0014, beiqishu:026:s0043, beiqishu:036:s0109, beiqishu:047:s0056, chenshu:010:s0008, chenshu:014:s0007, chenshu:015:s0007, chenshu:018:s0014, chenshu:020:s0012, chenshu:022:s0009, chenshu:023:s0008, chenshu:025:s0012, chenshu:032:s0020, jiuwudaishi:145:s0105, liangshu:037:s0034, liangshu:038:s0035, liangshu:042:s0095, liangshu:043:s0017, liangshu:044:s0013, liangshu:046:s0004, liangshu:046:s0005, liangshu:046:s0014, liangshu:055:s0067, zhoushu:021:s0001, zizhitongjian:159:s0303
- Sex: male
- Value: maleExplicit · chenshu:017:s0029
Roles
- Administrator
- Diplomat
- General
- Official
- Rebel
- Warlord
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太清二年八月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0049, liangshu:038:s0051
- Source Date: Text: 太清元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 547
- Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Reign: 大同 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 536Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:032:s0117
- Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Reign: 太清 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:032:s0140, liangshu:032:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0338
- Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552
- Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0014, chenshu:018:s0015, chenshu:018:s0106, jiuwudaishi:145:s0105, suishu:079:s0111
- Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:020:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit · chenshu:022:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 侯景之奸使 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 552Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0109
- Source Date: Text: 侯景亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 549Explicit · liangshu:023:s0086, liangshu:031:s0129
- Source Date: Text: 侯景亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0163
- Source Date: Text: 侯景作亂潁川 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:025:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 侯景平後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 552 · End: AD 553Explicit · chenshu:023:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 侯景渡江 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:021:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 先是，歡別使侯景 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0303
- Source Date: Text: 其年冬 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit · liangshu:038:s0342
- Source Date: Text: 十三年 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0139
- Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0191
- Source Date: Text: 司空侯景 · Western Interval: Start: AD 543 · End: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:047:s0056
- Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0003, zizhitongjian:159:s0003a, zizhitongjian:159:s0077
- Source Date: Text: 大寶二年 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0100, liangshu:004:s0115, liangshu:044:s0176, liangshu:046:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 大寶二年八月 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit · liangshu:008:s0224
- Source Date: Text: 大寶元年 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0074, liangshu:004:s0091
- Source Date: Text: 太清三年 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit · liangshu:030:s0166
- Source Date: Text: 太清三年 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0139, liangshu:042:s0105, liangshu:042:s0111, liangshu:043:s0105
- Source Date: Text: 太清三年七月甲寅 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 太清中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0006, chenshu:014:s0053
- Source Date: Text: 太清中 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0067
- Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0041, liangshu:044:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0034, liangshu:037:s0129, liangshu:042:s0095, liangshu:042:s0101, liangshu:042:s0102, liangshu:043:s0104, liangshu:046:s0029, liangshu:046:s0035
- Source Date: Text: 太清二年十月 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit · liangshu:008:s0221
- Source Date: Text: 太清五年 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0076
- Source Date: Text: 太清元年 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:043:s0017, liangshu:043:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 專制河南，十四年矣 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0340c
- Source Date: Text: 平侯景 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0117
- Source Date: Text: 敗侯景 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 552Strongly inferred · beiqishu:026:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0341
- Source Date: Text: 會侯景舉地入附 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:047:s0266
- Source Date: Text: 歡謂澄曰 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0340a
- Source Date: Text: 武定五年正月辛亥 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:003:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 武定八年 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 沙苑之敗 · Western Year: AD 537Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:026:s0043, beiqishu:026:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 沙苑敗後 · Western Year: AD 537Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:009:s0014
- Source Date: Text: 討侯景 · Western Interval: Start: AD 551 · End: AD 552Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:015:s0007, chenshu:015:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 高祖東討侯景 · Western Year: AD 552Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:014:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 高祖起義 · Western Interval: Start: AD 531 · End: AD 532Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:040:s0060
Family
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- Spouse of Wife of Hou JingKinship Term: cherished wife / 寵妻 · Union Category: marriage
- Parent of Huan (桓)Kinship Term: Huan / 桓 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Zhuang (莊)Kinship Term: Zhuang / 莊 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2 · Label: beloved sons / 愛子Explicit · beiqishu:003:s0056
Career and standing
- Label: Grand General of Henan and Grand Mobile Headquarters / 河南大將軍、大行台 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0223
- Label: Minister over the Masses / 司徒 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0077
- Label: sole authority in Henan / 專制河南 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年矣 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0340c
- Label: governor / 刺史 · Action: heldExplicit · beiqishu:040:s0060
- Label: Grand General of Henan / 河南大將軍 · Action: heldExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328
- Label: Grand Mobile Headquarters / 大行台 · Action: heldExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328
- Label: Minister of Works / 司徒 · Action: heldExplicit · beiqishu:003:s0021, zizhitongjian:159:s0328
- Label: Chancellor of State / 相國 · Action: self-appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大寶元年八月乙亥 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · liangshu:004:s0091
- Title: King of Han / 漢王 · Action: self-enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大寶元年八月乙亥 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · liangshu:004:s0091
Places and affiliations
- Label: Eastern Wei / 東魏 · Relation: rebelled-againstExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0139
- Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: allied-withExplicit · beiqishu:003:s0085, beiqishu:003:s0113
- Label: Liang · Relation: associated-withExplicit · liangshu:055:s0067
- Label: Wei / 魏 · Relation: formerly-held-territory-inExplicit · liangshu:038:s0039
- Polity: Eastern Wei / 東魏 · Relation: servedExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: rebelled-againstExplicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0105, liangshu:044:s0013
- Polity: Liang · Relation: associated-withExplicit · chenshu:025:s0012
- Place: Henan / 河南 · Relation: governedExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328c, zizhitongjian:159:s0340c
Learning and skills
- Skill: bow and horsemanship / 弓馬 · Level: not-his-strength · Negated: trueExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328
- Skill: stratagem / 謀算 · Level: strongExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorials and letter · Role: author · Action: urged ending peace talks and recalling the envoys · Other Person Id: Zhu Yi (朱异) · Provenance: Mode: reported-documents · Speaker Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景)Explicit · liangshu:038:s0047, liangshu:038:s0048
- Kind: letter urging surrender · Role: author · Other Person Id: Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之) · Provenance: Mode: paraphrased-document · Speaker Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景)Explicit · liangshu:032:s0117
- Kind: letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Gao Cheng (高澄) · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: speech · Speaker Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景)Explicit · beiqishu:003:s0063, beiqishu:003:s0064, beiqishu:003:s0065, beiqishu:003:s0066, beiqishu:003:s0067, beiqishu:003:s0068, beiqishu:003:s0069, beiqishu:003:s0070, beiqishu:003:s0071, beiqishu:003:s0072, beiqishu:003:s0073, beiqishu:003:s0074, beiqishu:003:s0075, beiqishu:003:s0076, beiqishu:003:s0077, beiqishu:003:s0078, beiqishu:003:s0079, beiqishu:003:s0080, beiqishu:003:s0081, beiqishu:003:s0082, beiqishu:003:s0083, beiqishu:003:s0084, beiqishu:003:s0085, beiqishu:003:s0086, beiqishu:003:s0087, beiqishu:003:s0088, beiqishu:003:s0089, beiqishu:003:s0090, beiqishu:003:s0091, beiqishu:003:s0092, beiqishu:003:s0093, beiqishu:003:s0094, beiqishu:003:s0095, beiqishu:003:s0096, beiqishu:003:s0097, beiqishu:003:s0098, beiqishu:003:s0099, beiqishu:003:s0100, beiqishu:003:s0101, beiqishu:003:s0102, beiqishu:003:s0103, beiqishu:003:s0104, beiqishu:003:s0105, beiqishu:003:s0106, beiqishu:003:s0107, beiqishu:003:s0108, beiqishu:003:s0109
- Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0332, zizhitongjian:159:s0332a
- Explicit · beiqishu:026:s0043, beiqishu:026:s0044
- Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328b
- Explicit · liangshu:043:s0131, liangshu:043:s0132
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328a
- Kind: statement to captive Chen Xin · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Chen Xin (陳昕) · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Hou Jing (侯景)Explicit · liangshu:032:s0143
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: attacker · Action: advanced against Kuaiji · Place: Kuaiji / 會稽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年冬 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit · liangshu:038:s0342
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: advanced-toward · Place: Qizi Ridge / 齊子嶺Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0303
- Kind: military · Role: counselor · Action: advised dividing forces into two armies · Other Person Id: Gao Huan (高歡) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 沙苑之敗 · Western Year: AD 537
- Kind: military · Role: requester · Action: asked for 20000 cavalry after ShayuanExplicit · beiqishu:009:s0014
- Kind: military · Role: attacker · Action: attacked the capital · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年十月 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit · liangshu:008:s0221
- Kind: military · Role: attacker · Action: besieged-capital · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0034, liangshu:037:s0129
- Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: besieged-Wang-Sengbian-at-Baling · Other Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯)Explicit · liangshu:046:s0005
- Kind: military · Role: besieger · Action: besieged · Place: Terrace City / 臺城Explicit · chenshu:018:s0015
- Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: broke oath after siege agreement · Source Date: Text: 太清三年 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit · liangshu:042:s0105, liangshu:042:s0111
- Kind: military · Role: attacker · Action: captured-terrace-cityExplicit · liangshu:030:s0166
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-at-Guoyang · Place: Guoyang / 渦陽Explicit · liangshu:037:s0130
- Kind: political · Role: perpetrator · Action: deposed Taizong and killed crown prince · Other Person Id: Xiao Daqi (大器) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大寶二年八月 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit · liangshu:008:s0224, liangshu:008:s0228
- Explicit · liangshu:004:s0115
- Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: entered-inner-cityExplicit · chenshu:032:s0020, chenshu:032:s0021
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: forced-emperor · Other Person Id: Emperor Xuan (高宗) · Place: Xizhou / 西州Explicit · liangshu:004:s0083
- Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: held-troops-and-fortifiedExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0332g
- Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: hou-jing-rebellion-extinguished-liang-musicExplicit · jiuwudaishi:145:s0105
- Kind: military · Action: intercepted Chen Xin and forced him to send a deceptive message · Role: opponent · Other Person Id: Chen Xin (陳昕) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Reign: 太清 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit · liangshu:032:s0148
- Kind: military · Action: invaded Chu with seventy thousand men, urged Chen Qingzhi to surrender, and was defeated · Role: opponent · Other Person Id: Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Reign: 大同 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 536
- Explicit · liangshu:004:s0126
- Kind: political · Role: surrendering warlord · Action: offered surrender and territory to Liang · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0035, liangshu:038:s0039
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered-attackExplicit · liangshu:030:s0188
- Kind: military · Role: attacker · Action: raided-capitalExplicit · liangshu:044:s0013
- Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: raised rebellion and invaded capital · Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit · liangshu:042:s0102, liangshu:042:s0103
- Kind: military · Role: attacker · Action: raised troops and struck the capital · Place: capital / 京師 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit · liangshu:038:s0338
- Kind: military · Role: rebel leader · Action: raised troops in revolt under the slogan of punishing Zhu Yi · Other Person Id: Zhu Yi (朱异) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清二年八月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 548Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0049
- Kind: military · Role: rebel-commander · Action: rebelled and besieged capitalExplicit · liangshu:043:s0017, liangshu:043:s0104
- Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled and seized Jingkou via Xiao YongExplicit · liangshu:023:s0086, liangshu:023:s0087
- Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled; sought aid; submitted to Liang
- Kind: military · Role: rebel leader · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 侯景亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 549Explicit · liangshu:031:s0129
- Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled · Place: Henan / 河南 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武定五年正月辛亥 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit · beiqishu:003:s0021
- Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelledExplicit · chenshu:022:s0009
- Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelledExplicit · chenshu:018:s0014
- Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel leader · Action: rebellion halted construction of the Tongtai pagoda · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大同元年 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0200g
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: self-enfeoffed-as-king-of-hanExplicit · liangshu:004:s0091
- Kind: military · Role: defecting-commander · Action: surrendered territory and came over, prompting border fightingExplicit · liangshu:047:s0266
- Kind: military · Role: rebel leader · Action: was subdued by Wang Sengbian · Other Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯)Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0117
- Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Place: Yingchuan / 潁川Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0021
- Relation: contempt-for · Person Id: Gao Aocao (高敖曹)Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328a
- Relation: commander-of · Person Id: Ren Yue (任約)Explicit · liangshu:044:s0025
- Relation: trusted-subordinate-of · Person Id: Erzhu Rong (尒朱榮)Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0060
- Relation: contempt-for · Person Id: Gao Cheng (高澄)Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0332
- Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Zhengde (正德)Explicit · liangshu:055:s0138, liangshu:055:s0145
- Relation: commander-of · Person Id: Song Zixian (宋子仙)Explicit · liangshu:044:s0173
- Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Gao Huan (高歡)
- Relation: associate-of · Person Id: Wang Wei (王偉)Explicit · chenshu:020:s0085
- Relation: commander-of · Person Id: Liu Shenmao (劉神茂)Explicit · liangshu:044:s0068
- Relation: commander-of · Person Id: Zhao Bochao (趙伯超)Explicit · liangshu:044:s0068
- Relation: contempt-for · Person Id: Peng Le (彭樂)Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328a
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: blame for prolonging ravaging of the state attributed to Zhu Yi · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)Explicit · liangshu:038:s0350
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: right foot somewhat shortExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0328
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · chenshu:015:s0012, liangshu:037:s0034
References in the histories
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