Five Dynasties · Prince and Military Officer

Hui

Huī

Died AD 940

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Hui as an administrator, military officer, and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Hui Huī
Courtesy name Dezhao 德昭 Dézhāo
Personal name Hui Huī
Personal name Prince Hui of Han 韓王暉
Title Prince of Han 韓王 Hán Wáng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Military Officer
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Descendant of Emperor Xiaoping (睿祖孝平皇帝)
    Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Kin of Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖)
    Kinship Term: elder paternal cousin / 從兄 · Line: paternal · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Child of Wanyou (萬友)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Xi (曦)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

  • Label: Acting Grand Master / 檢校司徒 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 939
  • Label: Acting Supreme Commander / 檢校太保 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 939
  • Label: defender of Cao / 曹州防禦使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 939
  • Label: commander of the Imperial City garrison / 皇城都部署 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福二年 · Western Year: AD 937
  • Label: prefect of Hao (in absentia) / 遙授濠州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福二年 · Western Year: AD 937
  • Label: commander of the assault cavalry / 突騎都將 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: posthumously-honored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 943
  • Title: Prince of Han / 韓王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 943

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: firm, bold, upright, resourceful · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: frugal and caring; sought no profit · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Kind: physical-description · Statement: born stout and solid

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 87Volume 87 Book of Later Jin 13: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 4 passages