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Hou Jing 侯景

Attested AD 534 - AD 544

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Hou Jing as a general and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Hou Jing 侯景 Hou Jing
Personal name Hou Jing 侯景 Hou Jing

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大統十年 · Western Year: AD 544
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:043:s0153
  • Source Date: Text: 魏孝武西遷 · Western Year: AD 534
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:043:s0018

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: defector · Action: came over with Yuzhou · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統中 · Western Year: AD 547
    Explicit · zhoushu:043:s0075

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 35: Li Yansun; Wei You; Han Xiong; Chen Xin; Wei Xuan · 5 passages