Overview
The translated histories identify Hu Sengyou as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 15 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Hu Sengyou | 胡僧祐 | Hu Sengyou |
| Surname | Hu | 胡 | Hú |
| Personal name | Hu Sengyou | 胡僧祐 | Hu Sengyou |
| Personal name | Hu Sengyou | 胡僧祐 | Hú Sēngyòu |
| Title | Marquis of Xinshi | 新市縣侯 | |
| Given | Sengyou | 僧祐 | Sēngyòu |
| Courtesy | Yuanguo | 願果 | Yuànguǒ |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:046:s0155
Roles
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: killed-in-battle · Cause: stray arrow · Age: 63Explicit · liangshu:046:s0019
Age
- Age: 63 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · liangshu:046:s0019
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 中大通元年 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:046:s0159
- Source Date: Text: 大寶二年 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:046:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 大寶二年五月癸未 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0106
- Source Date: Text: 大通二年 · Western Year: AD 528Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:046:s0157
- Source Date: Text: 承聖二年 · Western Year: AD 553Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:046:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 承聖末西魏攻江陵 · Western Year: AD 554Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:046:s0017, liangshu:046:s0019
Family
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- Parent of Son of Hu Sengyou (胡僧祐之子)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: acting staff-bearer / 假節 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0157, liangshu:046:s0005
- Label: administrator of South Tianshui and Tianmen / 南天水、天門二郡太守 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0159
- Label: commander of military affairs east of the city / 都督城東諸軍事 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0017
- Label: commander of the Wende guard / 文德主帥 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0157
- Label: General of Martial Ferocity / 武猛將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0005
- Label: General Who Commands the Army / 領軍將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0015
- Label: General Who Surpasses Martial Might / 超武將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0157
- Label: palace attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0015
- Label: Grand Master for Splendid Happiness with Silver Seal and Blue Ribbon / 銀青光祿大夫 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:046:s0157
- Label: recorder on the Pacifying West staff / 鎮西錄事參軍 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:046:s0003
- Label: General of Chariots and Cavalry / 車騎將軍 · Action: promotedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0016
- Label: Opening-the-Fortress with Three Staffs Equals / 開府儀同三司 · Action: grantedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0016
- Title: Marquis of Xinshi / 新市縣侯 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0005
- Explicit · liangshu:046:s0004
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Northern Wei · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0157
- Place: Guanjun in Nanyang / 南陽冠軍Explicit · liangshu:046:s0155
- Place: Xiangcheng / 項城 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · liangshu:046:s0157
Learning and skills
- Skill: reading / 讀書 · Level: fondExplicit · liangshu:046:s0160
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Note: sealed memorialsExplicit · liangshu:046:s0157
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: garrison-commander · Action: city-fell-captured-by-Wei · Place: Xiangcheng / 項城Explicit · liangshu:046:s0158
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-and-captured · Other Person Id: Ren Yue (任約) · Place: Red Sand Pavilion / Nan'an Qian FordExplicit · liangshu:046:s0011, liangshu:046:s0013
- Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defended-against-Western-WeiExplicit · liangshu:046:s0017, liangshu:046:s0018
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered-to-suppress-Western-Ju · Other Person Id: Shizu (世祖)Explicit · liangshu:046:s0004
- Kind: political · Role: returnee · Action: returned-to-Liang-with-Yuan-Hao-entry · Other Person Id: Yuan Hao (元顥) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 中大通元年 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit · liangshu:046:s0159
- Kind: political · Role: defector · Action: returned-to-Liang · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通二年 · Western Year: AD 528Explicit · liangshu:046:s0157
- Kind: military · Role: relief-commander · Action: sent-to-relieve-Baling · Other Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大寶二年 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit · liangshu:046:s0005
- Relation: served · Person Id: Shizu (世祖)Explicit · liangshu:046:s0003
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: brave and loyal martyr who died in royal service · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:046:s0149, liangshu:046:s0150
- Assessment: governed well · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:046:s0159
- Kind: literary-ability · Statement: did not understand literary composition; forced crude poems and was mocked but remained self-satisfiedExplicit · liangshu:046:s0160, liangshu:046:s0161
References in the histories
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