Mugui (慕璝) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Mugui as an aristocrat, general, and tribal leader. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Mugui	慕璝	Mùguī
Title	Duke of Longxi	隴西公
Title	King of Longxi	隴西王
Personal name	Mugui	慕璝	Mùguī

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Aristocrat
General
Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Death

Manner: unspecified
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元嘉六年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 6 · Western Year: AD 429
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Source Date: Text: 元嘉七年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 430
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Source Date: Text: 元嘉九年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 432
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Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Interval: Start: AD 430 · End: AD 432
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Family

Sibling of Muyan (慕延)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
Sibling of A'ai (阿犲)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

Label: Bearer of the Staff of Authority / 使持節 · Action: appointed
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Label: Colonel Protecting the Qiang / 領護羌校尉 · Action: appointed
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Label: Commander-in-Chief of Military Affairs in Western Qin, He, and Sha / 都督西秦河沙三州諸軍事 · Action: appointed
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Label: General Who Conquers the West / 征西將軍 · Action: appointed
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Label: Governor of Shazhou / 沙州刺史 · Action: appointed
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Label: Governor of Western Qin and He / 西秦河二州刺史 · Action: appointed
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Label: Grand General Who Conquers the West / 征西大將軍 · Action: appointed
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Label: Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry / 散騎常侍 · Action: appointed
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Label: Supervisor of Military Affairs beyond the Passes / 督塞表諸軍事 · Action: appointed
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Title: King of Longxi / 隴西王 · Action: advanced
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Title: Duke of Longxi / 隴西公 · Action: appointed
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Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: tributary
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Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Mode: direct-quotation
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-and-captured · Other Person Id: Helian Ding (赫連定)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-Maoman-and-seized-lands · Other Person Id: Maoman (茂蔓)
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Kind: diplomatic · Role: actor · Action: handed-over-captive · Other Person Id: Helian Ding (赫連定)
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Kind: diplomatic · Role: actor · Action: returned-captives · Other Person Id: Zhu Xinzhi (朱昕之)
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Kind: diplomatic · Role: sender · Action: sent-tribute-and-victory-report · Other Person Id: Zhao Xu (趙敍)
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References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 56: Xianbei and Tuyuhun Peoples · 10 passages

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未至而阿犲死，弟慕璝立。 The envoys had not yet arrived when Achai died; his younger brother Mugui succeeded.

七年，詔曰：「吐谷渾慕璝兄弟慕義，至誠可嘉，宜授策爵，以甄忠款。 In the seventh year an edict declared, "Mugui of the Tuyuhun and his brothers have shown admirable devotion and utmost sincerity; let charter and rank be granted to honor their loyalty.

[8]慕璝前後屢遣軍擊，茂蔓率部落東奔隴右，慕璝據有其地。 [8] Mugui repeatedly sent armies against him; Maoman led his tribes in flight east to the Long region, and Mugui seized his lands.

是歲，赫連定於長安為索虜拓跋燾所攻，擁秦戶口十餘萬西次罕幵，欲向涼州，慕璝距擊，大破之，生擒定。 That year Helian Ding at Chang'an was attacked by the Northern Wei ruler Tuoba Tao; Ding gathered more than a hundred thousand Qin households and moved west to encamp at Hanqian, intending to march on Liangzhou. Mugui intercepted him, inflicted a crushing defeat, and took Ding alive.

燾遣使求，慕璝以定與之。 Tao sent envoys to demand Ding; Mugui handed him over.

九年，慕璝遣司馬趙敍奉貢獻，幷言二萬人捷。 In the ninth year Mugui sent Chief Clerk Zhao Xu with tribute and reported a victory over twenty thousand enemy troops.

弟慕延為平東將軍，慕璝兄樹洛干子拾寅為平北將軍，阿豺子煒代鎮軍將軍。 His younger brother Muyan was made General Who Pacifies the East; Shiyin, son of Mugui's elder brother Shuluoqian, was made General Who Pacifies the North; and Wei, son of Achai, was made Acting General of the Garrison Army.

詔慕璝南國將士，昔沒在佛佛者，並悉致。 An edict instructed Mugui to return all officers and soldiers of the southern states who had formerly been lost among the Fofo.

慕璝遣送朱昕之等五十五戶，一百五十四人。 Mugui sent back Zhu Xinzhi and others—fifty-five households, one hundred fifty-four persons in all.

慕璝死，弟慕延立，[9]遣使奉表。 When Mugui died, his younger brother Muyan succeeded [9] and sent envoys with a memorial.