Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and General

Huaimin 懷敏

Attested c. AD 1030 - AD 1042

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Overview

Huaimin was an official and General.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Career and standing

  • Song frontier official and commander 宋邊臣武將
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passages 190, 199
  • administrator of Xi, Mo, and Bao 知隰、莫、保三州
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 192
  • administrator of Xiongzhou 知雄州
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passages 192, 195, 197
  • co-commissioner for criminal affairs on the Yizhou route 同提點益州路刑獄
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 191
  • gate attendant 閤門祗候
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 190
  • overall inspector of Xiang and Deng 襄鄧都巡檢
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 191
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  • Western Attendant 西頭供奉官
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 190
  • administrator of Jingyuan 知涇原
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 201
  • administrator of Yanzhou 知延州
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 203
  • deputy commissioner for frontier strategy and pacification on the Jingyuan and Qin-Feng routes 涇原秦鳳兩路經略、安撫副使
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Appointed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 199
  • administrator of Chuzhou 知滁州
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Demoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 198
  • director of the Eastern Dyeing Bureau 東染院使
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Promoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 192
  • prefect of Kangzhou 康州刺史
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Promoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 192
  • Western Upper Gate Commissioner 西上閤門使
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Promoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 192
  • commander of the Four Wings of the Dragon Spirit Guard 龍神衛四廂都指揮
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Promoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 201
  • defense commissioner of Meizhou 眉州防禦使
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Promoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 201
  • deputy overall commander of his route 本路副都總管
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Promoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 201
  • vice commander of the Palace Guard 殿前都虞候
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Promoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 203
  • deputy overall commander of cavalry and infantry on the Jingyuan route 涇原路馬步軍副總管
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Recalled
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 199
  • administrator of Cangzhou 知滄州
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Transferred
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 197
  • military commissioner of Laizhou 萊州團練使
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Transferred
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 195
  • commander of the Four Wings of the Sun-Bearing Celestial Martial Guard 捧日天武四廂都指揮使
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Transferred
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 202
  • deputy expeditionary, frontier-strategy, and pacification commissioner on the Jingyuan route 涇原路兼招討、經略、安撫副使
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Transferred
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 204
  • deputy overall commander of the Fuyan route 鄜延路副都總管
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Transferred
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 202
  • Entered
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Demoted
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 198
  • executed the ringleaders of the Zhuoliu Fort mutiny 盡誅其黨
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Executed
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 196

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Events and relationships

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  • Joined forces at Yangma City
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · At Yangma City 養馬城
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 209
  • Led mounted followers ahead
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · At southwest of Zhenrong Army 鎮戎軍西南
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 207
  • Left army prematurely and camped north of Kaiyuan Fort
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · At Anbian Fort / Kaiyuan Fort 安邊砦 / 開遠堡
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 206
  • Nearly trampled to death then revived in barbican
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Casualty
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 221
  • Ordered four route advance on Dingchuan Fort
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · At Dingchuan Fort 定川砦
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 210
  • Ordered to retain or abandon forts
    AD 1040 to AD 1042 陝西用兵, preceding 慶曆二年 · Military · Commissioner · At Fuyan and Huan-Qing routes 鄜延、環慶兩路
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 200
  • Refilled frontier moat
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Engineering · Commander · At Xiongzhou 雄州
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 194
  • Sent reinforcements to Xiangjia Gorge
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · With Zhao Xun (趙珣)
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 212
  • Served as envoy
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Diplomatic · Envoy · At Khitan 契丹
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 192
  • Stationed central army on eastern flank of Saimen
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · At Saimen 塞門
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 216
  • Summoned to discuss frontier affairs
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Political · Official
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 195
  • Suppressed mutiny
    c. AD 1030 to AD 1040 narrative career before 陝西用兵 and 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · At Zhuoliu Fort 濁流砦
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 196
  • Urged to return to the army
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Addressee · With Zhao Xun (趙珣)
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 224
  • Withdrew into Dingchuan Fort and was surrounded
    AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · At Dingchuan Fort 定川砦
    Directly stated · History of Song 289, passages 213-214

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Source notes

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History of Song, Chapter 289Volume 289 Biographies 48: Gao Qiong, Fan Tingzhao, Ge Ba · 14 passages
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慶曆二年，元昊寇鎮戎軍，懷敏出瓦亭砦，督砦主都監許思純、環慶路都監劉賀、天聖砦主張貴，及緣邊都巡檢使向進、劉湛、趙瑜等禦敵。 In the second year of Qingli, Yuanhao raided Zhenrong Army. Huaimin advanced from Wating Fort and directed Fort Commander and Supervisor Xu Sichun, Huan-Qing route supervisor Liu He, Tiansheng Fort Commander Zhang Gui, and frontier overall inspectors Xiang Jin, Liu Zhan, Zhao Yu, and others to resist the enemy.
聞元昊徙軍新壕外，懷敏議質明襲之，乃命諸命將分四路趣定川砦：劉湛、向進出西水口，涇原路都監趙珣出蓮華堡，曹英、李知和出劉璠堡，懷敏出定西堡。 Hearing that Yuanhao had moved his army outside the new moat, Huaimin proposed a dawn attack. He ordered his commanders to advance by four routes toward Dingchuan Fort: Liu Zhan and Xiang Jin by the Western Water Pass, Jingyuan route supervisor Zhao Xun from Lianhua Fort, Cao Ying and Li Zhihe from Liu Fan Fort, and Huaimin himself from Dingxi Fort.