Huan Xuan (桓玄) | 24 Histories

Overview

Huan Xuan was a warlord and Regent.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Lingbao	靈寶	Língbǎo

AD 404 劉裕誅桓玄
Executed · Authority Liu Yu (劉裕)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 217

AD 403 undated sequel: Lü Long’s surrender and Huan Xuan–era court business
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 117, passages 167-168, 170, 172
AD 404 元興三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 49, passage 87
AD 404 劉裕誅桓玄
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 117, passage 217
AD 403 大亨
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 55, passage 74
AD 402 to AD 404 姚興載記上：晉將降附、迎呂隆、桓玄來聘及伐仇池
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 117, passages 194-195
AD 402 to AD 404 桓玄篡
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passages 11, 15, 17

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AD 398 to AD 404 桓玄謂之
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 66, passage 76
AD 402 to AD 404 桓玄輔政，領平西將軍，以欣為平西
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passage 18
AD 402 to AD 404 桓玄輔政
Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 116
AD 402 to AD 404 桓玄輔政
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 106
AD 402 to AD 404 桓玄輔晉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 27
AD 369 to AD 404 玄
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 69, passage 195
AD 404 玄敗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 92, passage 108
AD 399 to AD 403 玄時為荊州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 12
AD 403 to AD 404 玄輔政及篡位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 19

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Wang Sui (王綏)
sister's son 外甥 · maternal line · Through Mother of Wang Sui (王綏母)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 29
Sibling of Wife of Wang Jinghong (王敬弘妻)
elder sister 姊 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 11
Child of Huan Wen (桓溫)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 219
Child of Father of Huan Xuan (桓玄之父)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passages 168, 171
Kin of Huan Yi (桓怡)
Huan kinsman 桓
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 217
Kin of Huan Yin (桓胤)
Huan kinsman 桓
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 217
Kin of Huan Qian (桓謙)
Xuan's kinsman 玄
Huan kinsman 桓
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 217
Kin of Huan Wei (桓蔚)
Huan kinsman 桓
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 217
Kin of Huan Mi (桓謐)
Huan kinsman 桓
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 217
Sibling of Mother of Wang Sui (王綏母)
sister 姊 · Full siblings · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 92, passage 29

Grand Marshal 太尉
Held while controlling government
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 49
Area Commander of Inner and Outer Affairs 中外都督
AD 402 to AD 404 桓玄輔政 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 106
governor of Jingzhou 荊州
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 12
chief minister 宰衡
Usurped in effect
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 170
Seized throne
AD 403 to AD 404 篡位 · Usurper
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 19

Polity Eastern Jin 晉 · Relation Held power in
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 106
Polity Eastern Jin 東晉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 66, passage 76
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Dominated
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 27
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 12
Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passages 167-168, 194
AD 399 to AD 403 玄時為荊州
At Jingzhou 荊州 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 12

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At Jing and Chu 荊、楚 · Relation Dominated
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 170

Nickname · Speaker · With Wang Jinghong (王敬弘) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 76
Speech · Speaker · With Yang Xin (羊欣) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Huan Xuan (桓玄)
Directly stated · Book of Song 62, passages 20-21

Appointed Kong Linzhi Libationer of the Western Pavilion
Appointment · With Kong Linzhi (孔琳之)
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 49
Controlled Jin court and appointed Zhenzhi
Political · Controller
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 27
Defeated
AD 404 玄敗 · Military · Defeated party
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 108
Fell after which Fu Hong raided Ancheng
Military · Defeated leader
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 30
Founded revolution
Political · Usurper
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 219
Held power and usurped the throne
AD 403 to AD 404 玄輔政及篡位 · Political · Agent
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 19

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Held power as area commander
AD 402 to AD 404 桓玄輔政 · Political · Regent
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 106
Prompted dismissal
Political · Principal · With Xu Huo (徐豁)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 107
Proposed abolishing coin in favor of grain and cloth
Policy
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 50
Proposed restoring corporal mutilation
Legal policy
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 82
Sent envoys asking for Xin Gongjing and He Danzhi
Diplomatic · Principal
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 194
Sent word to visit
Diplomatic · Summoner · With Wang Jinghong (王敬弘) · At Jingzhou 荊州
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 12
Usurpation became evident
AD 402 to AD 403 桓玄篡形已著 · Political · Usurper
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passage 11
Relation Acquaintance of · Person Wang Jinghong (王敬弘)
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 76
Relation Commander of · Person Fu Hong (苻宏)
Directly stated · Book of Song 92, passage 30
Relation Appointing authority of · Person Yu Xiaofu (虞嘯父)
Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 17

Assessment does not reckon the calendar's turn and will plot usurpation; will in the end fall · Mode speech Speaker Yao Xing (姚興)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passages 195-196
Assessment favored adherents and flatterers and did not favor Kong Linzhi when Linzhi resisted his wishes · With Kong Linzhi (孔琳之) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 99
Assessment grasped the beginning of the currency question but not its end · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 56, passage 211
Assessment nominal Jin minister but in truth a Jin bandit; inferior in talent to his father; cruel, kinless, jealous, fond of killing; will usurp but is not a world-ordering talent · Mode named-source-report Speaker Yuan Qianzhi (袁虔之)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passages 168, 170-172