Hua Qiu (華秋) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Hua Qiu as a family member, laborer, and named individual. 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	Hua Qiu	華秋	Hua Qiu
Surname	Hua	華	Hua
Personal name	Hua Qiu	華秋	Hua Qiu
Given	Qiu	秋	Qiu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · suishu:072:s0230
Sex: male
Explicit · suishu:072:s0258

Roles

Family Member
Laborer
Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: undated Sui-period biography · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0258
Source Date: Text: 大業初及其後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 605 · End: AD 618
Explicit · suishu:072:s0235, suishu:072:s0240, suishu:072:s0242

Family

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Child of Father of Hua Qiu (華秋之父)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Mother of Hua Qiu (華秋之母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: hired laborer / 傭賃 · Action: worked to support his mother
Explicit · suishu:072:s0231
Label: filial conduct reported by commandery and county / 嘉其孝感，俱以狀聞 · Action: commended
Explicit · suishu:072:s0239
Label: imperial consolation and household marker / 降使勞問，表其門閭 · Action: received · Authority Person Id: Sui Yangdi (隋煬帝)
Explicit · suishu:072:s0240

Places and affiliations

Place: Linhe in Ji commandery / 汲郡臨河 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · suishu:072:s0229

Events and relationships

Kind: protection-by-reputation · Role: filial son · Action: bandits warned one another not to harm him, and many villagers survived because of him
Explicit · suishu:072:s0241, suishu:072:s0242
Kind: ritual · Role: exemplar · Action: filial-conduct-with-auspicious-response
Explicit · suishu:072:s0258
Kind: mourning · Role: mourner · Other Person Id: Mother of Hua Qiu (華秋之母) · Actions: lived in a hut beside the tomb, carried earth to build the mound, refused all offers of help
Explicit · suishu:072:s0233, suishu:072:s0234
Kind: filial-omen · Role: protector · Statement: a hunted rabbit hid under his knees, was spared, and thereafter lived tamely in his hut
Explicit · suishu:072:s0235, suishu:072:s0236, suishu:072:s0237, suishu:072:s0238

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: filial piety and fraternal devotion raised to the utmost, touching the spirits; omen of tame beasts/birds or flourishing plants · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · suishu:072:s0258
Assessment: renowned for serving his mother with filial devotion · Provenance: Mode: contemporary-reputation
Explicit · suishu:072:s0230
Kind: physical-change · Statement: after his mother's death he ceased grooming and his hair fell out until he was bald
Explicit · suishu:072:s0233
Kind: physical-change · Statement: his face wasted away and his beard and whiskers suddenly changed color during his mother's illness
Explicit · suishu:072:s0232

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 7 passages

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○華秋 Hua Qiu

華秋，汲郡臨河人也。 Hua Qiu was from Linhe in Ji commandery.

其母遇患，秋容貌毀悴，須鬢頓改，州裡咸嗟異之。 When his mother fell ill, Qiu's face wasted away and his beard and whiskers turned grey overnight; people throughout the district marveled and sighed.

廬於墓側，負土成墳，有人欲助之者，秋輒拜而止之。 He lived in a hut beside the tomb and carried earth to build the mound himself; whenever anyone offered to help, Qiu would bow and refuse.

有一兔，人逐之，奔入秋廬中，匿秋膝下。 A rabbit was being chased; it fled into Qiu's hut and hid beneath his knees.

鄉人賴秋而全者甚眾。 A great many in the village owed their safety to Qiu.

紐回、劉俊之倫，翟林、華秋之輩，或茂草嘉樹榮枯於庭宇，或走獸翔禽馴狎於廬墓，非夫孝悌之至，通於神明者乎！ Men such as Niu Hui and Liu Shijun, Zhai Lin and Hua Qiu — in some, fine trees and flourishing grass mirrored life and death in the courtyard; in others, wild beasts and birds grew tame beside hut and grave. Can this be anything less than filial piety and fraternal devotion raised to the utmost, touching even the realm of spirits?