Niu Hui (紐回) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Niu Hui as a family member, named individual, and official. 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

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Niu Hui	紐回	Niu Hui
Given	Hui	回	Hui
Surname	Niu	紐	Niu
Personal name	Niu Hui	紐回	Niu Hui
Courtesy name	Xiaozheng	孝政	Xiaozheng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · suishu:072:s0168, suishu:072:s0173
Sex: male
Explicit · suishu:072:s0258

Roles

Family Member
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開皇初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 600
Explicit · suishu:072:s0172

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: undated Sui-period biography · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 618
Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0258
Source Date: Text: 周武成中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 559 · End: AD 560
Explicit · suishu:072:s0168
Source Date: Text: 開皇初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 581 · End: AD 600
Explicit · suishu:072:s0172

Family

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Child of Father of Niu Hui (紐回之父)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Mother of Niu Hui (紐回之母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parent of Niu Shixiong (紐士雄)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Magistrate of Gantang / 甘棠令 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Yuwen Yong (宇文邕)
Explicit · suishu:072:s0171
Label: honored neighborhood / 表其閭 · Action: received · Authority Person Id: Yuwen Yong (宇文邕)
Explicit · suishu:072:s0171

Places and affiliations

Place: Anyi in Hedong / 河東安邑 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · suishu:072:s0167

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: exemplar · Action: filial-conduct-with-auspicious-response
Explicit · suishu:072:s0258
Kind: mourning · Role: mourner · Other Person Ids: Father of Niu Hui (紐回之父), Mother of Niu Hui (紐回之母) · Actions: lived in a hut beside the tomb, carried earth to build the burial mound
Explicit · suishu:072:s0168
Kind: filial-omen · Role: subject · Omens: a giant evergreen hemp plant grew before his hut, a crow answered his crying with mournful cries
Explicit · suishu:072:s0169, suishu:072:s0170

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: filial piety and fraternal devotion raised to the utmost, touching the spirits; omen of tame beasts/birds or flourishing plants · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · suishu:072:s0258
Assessment: utterly filial · Provenance: Mode: historian-narrative
Explicit · suishu:072:s0168

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 4 passages

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○紐回 Niu Hui

紐回，字孝政，河東安邑人也。 Niu Hui, whose courtesy name was Xiaozheng, came from Anyi in Hedong.

有烏棲其上，回舉聲哭，烏即悲鳴，時人異之。 A crow perched on it. When Hui cried aloud the crow at once answered with mournful cries, and people found it extraordinary.

紐回、劉俊之倫，翟林、華秋之輩，或茂草嘉樹榮枯於庭宇，或走獸翔禽馴狎於廬墓，非夫孝悌之至，通於神明者乎！ Men such as Niu Hui and Liu Shijun, Zhai Lin and Hua Qiu — in some, fine trees and flourishing grass mirrored life and death in the courtyard; in others, wild beasts and birds grew tame beside hut and grave. Can this be anything less than filial piety and fraternal devotion raised to the utmost, touching even the realm of spirits?