Huage (花哥) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Huage as an assassin, attendant, rebel, and servant. This record brings together 2 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	Huage	花哥	Huāgē

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:007:s0133, liaoshi:008:s0093

Roles

Assassin
Attendant
Rebel
Servant

Life and dates

Death

Manner: execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧五年十一月 · Western Year: AD 973
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0093

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 保寧五年 · Western Year: AD 973
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0093
Source Date: Text: 十九年春正月己巳夜 · Western Year: AD 969
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:007:s0133

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: assassin · Action: rebelled-and-killed-emperor · Other Person Id: Muzong (穆宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十九年春正月己巳夜 · Western Year: AD 969
Explicit · liaoshi:007:s0133
Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: Yingli-era-rebel-captured
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0093

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0093

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Muzong 2 · 1 passage

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是夜，近侍小哥、盥人花哥、庖人辛古等六人反，帝遇弒，年三十九，廟號穆宗。 That night personal attendant Xiaoge, washer Huage, cook Xingu, and three others — six men in all — rose in revolt; the Emperor was assassinated at thirty-nine; his temple name was Muzong.

History of Liao, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Jingzong 1 · 1 passage

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十一月辛亥朔，始獲應歷逆黨近侍小哥、花哥、辛古等，誅之。 In the eleventh month, on the xinhai new moon, Xiaoge, Huage, Xingu, and other Yingli-era rebels among the attendants were at last captured and put to death.