Sima Kui (司馬揆) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Sima Kui as an official. This record brings together 2 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	Sima Kui	司馬揆	Sima Kui
Given name	Kui	揆	Kui
Personal name	Sima Kui	司馬揆	Sima Kui

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:071:s0187

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: strangulation · Date Context: Western Interval: Start: AD 910 · End: AD 920 · Source Date: Text: 揆數日後，因酒酣，為衣領扼之而卒。
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:071:s0188

Attested activity

Western Interval: Start: AD 910 · End: AD 920 · Source Date: Text: 太原判官司馬揆謁元豹，謂揆曰：「公五日之中，奉使萬里，未見回期。」
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:071:s0187

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 2 passages

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太原判官司馬揆謁元豹，謂揆曰：「公五日之中，奉使萬里，未見回期。」 Sima Kui, secretary at Taiyuan, visited Yuanbao, who told him, "Within five days you will go on a mission ten thousand li away, with no return in sight."

揆數日後，因酒酣，為衣領扼之而卒。 Days later, drunk, Kui was strangled by his collar and died.