Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member and Official

Huili 會理

Huìlǐ

Died AD 548

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Huili was a Royal Family Member and Official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 548 to AD 549 後事不果並遇害
Killed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 29, passage 52

Attested activity

AD 548 二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 29, passage 35
AD 548 to AD 549 是冬
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 29, passage 45

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Princess Angu (安固公主)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 29, passages 65-66
Child of Prince Jian (簡王)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 29, passages 54-55
Child of Mother of Yili
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 29, passages 65-66
Sibling of Yili (乂理)
sixth younger brother 第六弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 54
Sibling of Tongli (通理)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 52

Career and standing

Director of the Secretariat 中書令
Appointed concurrent
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 41
Minister of Works 司空
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 41
Palace Attendant 侍中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 41
head of the Department of State Affairs 尚書令
Held as commoner
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 44
Removed
Stripped of office
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 44
plain clothes 白衣
Commoner in dress
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 44

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Held by rebels
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 42

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passages 35, 41
At Guangling 廣陵 · Relation Defended then surrendered
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passages 35, 40
At Hushu 湖熟 · Relation Had old troops at
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 47

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0037, s0038, s0039
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passages 37-39
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0047, s0048, s0049
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passages 47-49

Events and relationships

Defeated
AD 548 二年 · Military · Commander · With Zhengbiao (正表) · At Guangling 廣陵
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 35
Planned as internal ally
Political · Inside contact · With Zu Hao (祖皓)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 43
Plot failed and killed
Political · Conspirator · With Tongli (通理)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 52
Plotted restoration
Political · Conspirator · With Qu (勸)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 42
Plotted
AD 548 to AD 549 是冬 · Political · Conspirator · With Liu Jingli (柳敬禮)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 45
Prepared relief
AD 548 二年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 35

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Surrendered city
Political · Subject · With Dong Shaoxian (董紹先)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 40
Relation Co conspirator with · Person Qu (勸)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 42
Relation Co conspirator with · Person Liu Jingli (柳敬禮)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 45

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 35

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 29Volume 29: Three Princes of Gaozu · 12 passages

二年，侯景圍京邑，會理治嚴將入援，會北徐州刺史封山侯正表將應其兄正德，外託赴援，實謀襲廣陵，會理擊破之。 In 548, Hou Jing besieged the capital. Huili prepared his troops to march to the relief of the court. Meanwhile Marquis Zhengbiao of Fengshan, regional inspector of North Xuzhou, was about to join his elder brother Zhengde. He claimed to be coming to help, but in fact planned to seize Guangling. Huili routed him.

方得進路，臺城陷，侯景遣前臨江太守董紹先以高祖手敕召會理，其僚佐咸勸距之。 He had barely secured his line of advance when the imperial city fell. Hou Jing sent the former administrator of Linjiang, Dong Shaoxian, to summon Huili with a personal edict in Emperor Wu's hand. His officers all urged him to refuse.

會理曰：「諸君心事，與我不同，天子年尊，受制賊虜，今有手敕召我入朝，臣子之心，豈得違背。 Huili said, "Your intentions are not mine. The emperor is old and in the rebels' power. Now I have his own edict summoning me to court. How could a loyal subject refuse?

時范陽祖皓斬紹先，據廣陵城起義，期以會理爲內應。 At that time Zu Hao of Fanyang killed Shaoxian, seized Guangling, and rose in revolt, planning for Huili to act as his contact inside the capital.

皓敗，辭相連及，景矯詔免會理官，猶以白衣領尚書令。 When Hao was defeated, testimony implicated Huili. Hou Jing forged an edict stripping him of rank, yet still had him, as a commoner in dress, serve as head of the Department of State Affairs.

是冬，景往晉熙，景師虛弱，會理復與柳敬禮謀之。 That winter Hou Jing went to Jinxi. His garrison was weak, and Huili again plotted with Liu Jingli.

會理曰：「湖熟有吾舊兵三千餘人，昨來相知，克期響集，聽吾日定，便至京師。 Huili said, "At Hushu I still have more than three thousand of my old troops. I contacted them yesterday; they will rally on the day I set. Give me a date, and I will come to the capital at once.

通理弟乂理字季英，會理第六弟也。 Tongli's younger brother Yili, styled Jiying, was Huili's sixth brother.

太清中，侯景內寇，乂理聚賓客數百，輕裝赴南兗州，隨兄會理入援，恒親當矢石，爲士卒先。 During the Taiqing era, when Hou Jing invaded the interior, Yili gathered several hundred retainers, went lightly equipped to South Yanzhou, and followed his brother Huili to relieve the capital. He always placed himself in the line of fire ahead of his men.

及城陷，又隨會理還廣陵，因入齊爲質，乞師。 When the capital fell, he followed Huili back to Guangling, then went to Northern Qi as a hostage to beg for troops.

行二日，會侯景遣董紹先據廣陵，遂追會理，因爲所獲。 Two days into the journey, Hou Jing sent Dong Shaoxian to seize Guangling. Shaoxian then pursued Huili, and Yili was captured.

其左右有應賊者，因間劫會理，其衆遂駭散，爲景所害，時年二十一。 Some of his followers sided with the rebels. They seized an opening to kidnap Huili; Yili's force panicked and scattered, and Hou Jing killed him. He was twenty-one.