Sihao (思好) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Sihao as an aristocrat, general, and rebel. This record brings together 14 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	Sihao	思好
Changed	Sixiao	思孝

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:014:s0101

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Statement: drowned himself with Wang Xingsi after his army was defeated
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0125

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天保五年 · Western Year: AD 554
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0105
Source Date: Text: 武平五年 · Western Year: AD 574
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0109

Family

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Spouse of Sihao’s consort
Kinship Term: consort / 妃
Parent of Sihao’s son
Kinship Term: son / 子
Sibling of Sizong (思宗)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Relative Age: elder

Origins and identity

Statement: originally a son of the Hao clan
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0102

Career and standing

Label: Grand General of the Left Guard / 左衛大將軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0104
Label: Director of the Masters of Writing, Field Headquarters of the Shuozhou Circuit, Governor of Shuozhou / 尚書令、朔州道行臺、朔州刺史 · Action: held
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0107
Title: Prince of Nan’an / 南安王 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0107
Status: denounced · Action: was denounced fifty days before his revolt for plotting rebellion · Authority Person Id: The informant
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0134

Works and attributed material

Kind: manifesto · Role: author · Action: issued a rebel manifesto to the nobles of Bing Province denouncing court favorites and the emperor’s conduct · Other Person Id: Wang Xingsi (王行思)
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0109, beiqishu:014:s0110, beiqishu:014:s0111, beiqishu:014:s0112, beiqishu:014:s0113, beiqishu:014:s0114, beiqishu:014:s0115, beiqishu:014:s0116, beiqishu:014:s0117, beiqishu:014:s0118, beiqishu:014:s0119, beiqishu:014:s0120

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned against the Rouran and was praised by Wenxuan for fierce bravery · Other Person Id: Gao Yang (高洋)
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0105
Kind: military · Role: defeated rebel · Action: his army collapsed against imperial forces sent to suppress him
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0122, beiqishu:014:s0124, beiqishu:014:s0125
Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: raised troops in rebellion in the fifth year of Wuping · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武平五年 · Western Year: AD 574
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0109
Kind: political · Role: self-styled ruler · Action: reached Yangqu, styled himself grand chancellor, and set up a full bureaucracy · Other Person Id: Wang Xingsi (王行思)
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0121
Kind: personal · Role: attendant · Action: served Gao Cheng in horsemanship and archery in youth · Other Person Id: Gao Cheng (高澄)
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0103
Relation: rivalry-with · Person Id: Zhuogu Guangbian (旫骨光弁)
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0108

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: won deep loyalty on the northern frontier · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0107

Source notes

Statement: his corpse was displayed for seven days, then butchered, skinned, and burned
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0133
Statement: Sizong treated him very poorly despite raising him as a younger brother
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0102
From: Sixiao / 思孝 · To: Sihao / 思好 · Authority Person Id: Gao Yang (高洋)
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0105, beiqishu:014:s0106

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 14Volume 14 Biographies 6: Guangping Gongcheng; Yangzhou Gong Yongle; Di Zhangbi; Prince of Xiangle, Xiang Guo; Prince of Shangluo, Si Zong; Zi Yuanhai; Di Sihao; Prince of Pingqin, Guiyan; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Changle, Governor of Lingshan; Sizi Fuhu · 14 passages

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廣平公盛陽州公永樂弟長弼襄樂王顯國上洛王思宗子元海弟思好平秦王歸彥武興王普長樂太守靈山嗣子伏護 Duke Sheng of Guangping; Duke Yongle of Yangzhou; younger brother Changbi; Prince Xianguo of Xiangle; Prince Sizong of Shangluo; son Yuanhai; younger brother Sihao; Prince Guiyan of Pingqin; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Lingshan, Governor of Changle; successor son Fuhu

思宗弟思好。 Sizong's younger brother Sihao.

思好本浩氏子也，思宗養以為弟，遇之甚薄。 Sihao was originally a son of the Hao clan; Sizong raised him as a younger brother but treated him very poorly.

及文宣受命，為左衛大將軍。 When Wenxuan took the throne, Sihao was made grand general of the Left Guard.

本名思孝，天保五年，討蠕蠕，文宣悅其驍勇，謂曰：「爾擊賊如鶻入鴉群，宜思好事。」 His original name was Sixiao. In the fifth year of Tianbao, on campaign against the Rouran, Wenxuan delighted in his fierce bravery and said, "You strike the enemy like a goshawk among crows — think on deeds worthy of that gift."

累遷尚書令、朔州道行臺、朔州刺史、開府、南安王，甚得邊朔人心。 He rose in turn to director of the Masters of Writing, field headquarters of the Shuozhou circuit, governor of Shuozhou, opening-establishment honors, and Prince of Nan'an — and won deep loyalty on the northern frontier.

後主時，斫骨光弁奉使至州，思好迎之甚謹，光弁倨敖，思好因心銜恨。 Under the Later Lord, Zhuogu Guangbian came to the province on mission. Sihao received him with scrupulous courtesy; Guangbian repaid him with arrogance — and Sihao nursed the insult in silence.

思好至陽曲，自號大丞相，置百官，以行臺左丞王尚之為長史。 Sihao reached Yangqu and styled himself grand chancellor. He set up a full bureaucracy and made left assistant of the field headquarters Wang Shangzhi his chief clerk.

軍士皆曰：「南安王來，我輩唯須唱萬歲奉迎耳。」 The soldiers said among themselves, "Prince of Nan'an is coming — we need only shout 'ten thousand years!' and welcome him."

思好軍敗，與行思投水而死。 Sihao's army collapsed. He and Xingsi cast themselves into the water and drowned.

暴思好屍七日，然後屠剝焚之，烹尚之於鄴市，令內參射其妃於宮內，仍火焚殺之。 Sihao's corpse was put on display seven days, then butchered, skinned, and burned. Shangzhi was boiled alive in the Ye market. Palace eunuchs were told to shoot Sihao's consort inside the palace — then burn what remained.

思好反前五旬，有人告其謀反。 Fifty days before the revolt, someone denounced Sihao for plotting rebellion.

韓長鸞女適思好子，故奏有人誣告諸貴，事相擾動，不殺無以息後，乃斬之。 Han Changluan's daughter was married to Sihao's son. He memorialized that the report was slander meant to unsettle the nobles — that unless the informant were killed, trouble would follow. The man was beheaded.

思好旣誅，死者弟伏闕下訴求贈兄，長鸞不為通也。 After Sihao's death, the informant's younger brother lay prostrate below the palace gate, begging posthumous honors for his brother. Changluan refused to pass the petition.