Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Consort

Lady Huyan 呼延氏

Huyan shi

First attested AD 249; died AD 256 to AD 258

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lady Huyan was a consort.

Life and dates

Death

AD 256 to AD 258 七歲遭母憂
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 69

Attested activity

AD 249 to AD 254 魏嘉平中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 101, passage 63

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Liu Yuanhai (劉元海)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passages 63, 68-69
Spouse of Liu Bao (劉豹)
wife 妻
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Jin 101, passage 63

Events and relationships

Prayed for son at Longmen
Ritual · Petitioner · At Longmen 龍門
Directly stated · Book of Jin 101, passage 63

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 101Volume 101 Records 1: Liu Yuanhai and Liu Xuan · 2 passages

豹妻呼延氏，魏嘉平中祈子于龍門，俄而有一大魚，頂有二角，軒鬐躍鱗而至祭所，久之乃去。 Lady Huyan prayed at Longmen during Wei Jiaping; a huge horned fish with towering fins flopped up to the altar and then swam away.

其夜夢旦所見魚變為人，左手把一物，大如半雞子，光景非常，授呼延氏，曰：「此是日精，服之生貴子。」 That night she dreamed the fish turned into a man who pressed into her palm a sun-bright pearl, saying, "Swallow this essence of the day-star and you will bear a lord among men."