Puyan Buhua (普顏不花)

Overview

The translated histories identify Puyan Buhua as a military officer, official, and scholar. This record brings together 7 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	Puyan Buhua	普顏不花	Pǔyán Bùhuā
Personal	Puyan Buhua	普顏不花	Puyan Buhua
Courtesy	Xigu	希古	Xigu
Surname		普顏

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Military Officer
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Manner: execution · Cause: refused to surrender to Ming
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大明兵壓境 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1367 · End: AD 1368
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:196:s0015
Source Date: Text: 至正五年 · Western Year: AD 1345
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Source Date: Text: 至正十一年 · Western Year: AD 1351
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Source Date: Text: 至正十九年 · Western Year: AD 1359
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Source Date: Text: 至正十八年 · Western Year: AD 1358
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Source Date: Text: 至正十六年 · Western Year: AD 1356
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Family

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Parent of Daughter of Puyan Buhua
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
Child of Mother of Puyan Buhua
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Parent of Son of Puyan Buhua
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Spouse of Aru Zhen (阿魯真)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Sibling of First younger brother of Puyan Buhua
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
Sibling of Second younger brother of Puyan Buhua
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder

Kinship Role: younger-brothers · Count: 2
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Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Mongol / 蒙古
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Career and standing

Label: Hanlin reviser / 翰林修撰 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正五年 · Western Year: AD 1345
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Label: pacification commissioner of Shandong / 山東宣慰使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十九年 · Western Year: AD 1359
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Label: vice surveillance commissioner of Jiangxi / 江西廉訪副使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十六年 · Western Year: AD 1356
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Label: darughachi of Yidu Circuit / 益都路達魯花赤 · Action: appointed
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Label: surveillance commissioner of Shandong / 山東廉訪使 · Action: promoted
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Label: vice director of the Henan Branch Secretariat / 河南行省員外郎 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正五年 · Western Year: AD 1345
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Label: director of left and right bureaus of Jiangxi Branch Secretariat / 江西行省左右司郎中 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十一年 · Western Year: AD 1351
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Label: associate administration councilor of the Central Secretariat / 中書參知政事 · Action: transferred
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Places and affiliations

Label: Yuan / 元 · Relation: served
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Learning and skills

Credential: right-board jinshi first place / 右榜進士第一人 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正五年 · Western Year: AD 1345
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defeated-rebels · Place: Jianning / 建寧 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十八年 · Western Year: AD 1358
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Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: fought · Other Person Id: Xu Shouhui (徐壽輝) · Place: Jiangxi / 江西 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十一年 · Western Year: AD 1351
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Kind: military · Role: commissioner · Action: oversaw · Place: Jiangnan / 江南 · Other Person Id: Li Guofeng (李國鳳) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十八年 · Western Year: AD 1358
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References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 196Volume 196 Biographies 83: Loyal and Righteous Acts 4 · 7 passages

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普顏不花，字希古，蒙古氏。 Puyan Buhua, whose style name was Xigu, was a Mongol.

蘄黃徐壽輝來寇，普顏不花戰守之功為多，語在《道童傳》。 When Xu Shouhui of Qihuang invaded, Puyan Buhua bore the brunt of the fighting and defense; the full account appears in the 《Biography of Daotong》.

普顏不花曰：「我承制來此，去將何之？ Puyan Buhua said, "I came here on imperial commission. Where would I go if I left?

大明兵壓境，普顏不花捍城力戰。 When Ming forces pressed the frontier, Puyan Buhua held the city and fought with all his strength.

普顏不花還告其母曰：「兒忠孝不能兩全，有二弟，當為終養。」 Puyan Buhua went home and told his mother, "A man cannot fulfill both loyalty and filial piety at once. I have two younger brothers who should see to your care in old age."

既而面縛之，普顏不花曰：「我元朝進士，官至極品，臣各為其主。」 Before long they bound him and brought him forward. Puyan Buhua said, "I am a Yuan jinshi who rose to the highest rank. A minister serves his own lord."

已而普顏不花二弟之妻，各抱幼子，及婢妾，溺舍南井死。 Before long the wives of Puyan Buhua's two younger brothers, each clutching an infant son, together with maidservants and concubines, drowned themselves in the south well of the residence.