Song Gui (宋珪) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Song Gui as an attendant, courtier, and eunuch. 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	Song Gui	宋珪	Song Gui
Given	Gui	珪	Gui
Alternate	Qinu	乞奴	Qinu
Surname	Song	宋	Song

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0031

Roles

Attendant
Courtier
Eunuch

Life and dates

Death

Manner: followed emperor in death · Place: Youlan Pavilion, Cai / 蔡城幽蘭軒
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0043

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天興三年 · Western Year: AD 1234
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:131:s0043
Source Date: Text: 宣宗、哀宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1213 · End: AD 1234
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0009

Career and standing

Label: head attendant in the inner palace / 內侍殿頭
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0032
Status: beaten · Action: received · Authority Person Id: Emperor Xuanzong (宣宗)
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0034
Status: beaten · Action: received · Authority Person Id: Emperor Aizong (哀宗)
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0037

Places and affiliations

Polity: Jin / 金 · Relation: served
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0006, jinshi:131:s0055
Place: Yan / 燕
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0031

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0033, jinshi:131:s0036

Events and relationships

Kind: assassination · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted and killed Pucha Guannu · Other Person Id: Pucha Guannu (蒲察官奴)
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0040, jinshi:131:s0042
Kind: remonstrance · Role: remonstrator · Action: rebuked lantern plays after abandoning Central Capital
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0033
Kind: remonstrance · Role: remonstrator · Action: rebuked valuing hawk over farmer
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0036

Source notes

From: Qinu / 乞奴 · To: Song Gui / 宋珪
Explicit · jinshi:131:s0031

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

History of Jin, Chapter 131Volume 131 Biographies 69: Huan Zhe, Liang Chong, Song Gui, Pan Shouheng, Fang Ji, Liu Wansu, Zhang Congzheng, Li Qingsi, Ji Tianxi, Zhang Yuansu, Ma Guizhong, Wu Zhen Son: Kang, Li Mao, Hu Dexin · 7 passages

Open chapter

惟宋珪、潘守恆頗能諷諫宣、哀，時有裨益，蓋傭之佼佼、鐵之錚錚者也。 Only Song Gui and Pan Shouheng could remonstrate with Emperors Xuanzong and Aizong with real effect, and at times they did genuine good — the finest among servants, ringing true as tempered iron.

宋珪，本名乞奴，燕人也。 Song Gui, born Qinu, was from the Yan region.

宣宗嘗以元夕欲觀燈戲，命乞奴監作，乞奴誶語雲：「社稷棄之中都，南京作燈戲有何看耶。」 On one Lantern Festival Emperor Xuanzong wished to watch lantern plays and ordered Qinu to oversee them. Qinu swore aloud: "The realm was abandoned at the Central Capital — what is there to watch in lantern plays at the Southern Capital?"

事聞，哀宗欲送其人於有司，乞奴從旁諫曰：「貴畜賤人，豈可宣示四方。」 When the matter was reported, Aizong meant to hand the farmer over to the authorities. Qinu remonstrated at his side: "To prize a bird and slight a man — how can we show that to the world?"

及官奴往亳州，珪陰與奉禦吾古孫愛實、納蘭忔答，護衛女奚烈完出、范陳僧、王山兒等謀誅之。 When Guannu went to Bo Prefecture, Gui secretly joined the palace attendant Wugusun Aishi, Nalan Geda, the guard Xilie Wanchu, Fan Chenseng, Wang Shan'er, and others in a plot to kill him.

官奴入見，珪等即從旁殺之，及其党阿裏合、白進、習顯。 As Guannu entered for audience, Gui and the others struck him down on the spot, along with his followers Alihe, Bai Jin, and Xi Xian.

及蔡城破，哀宗自縊于幽蘭軒，珪與完顏斜烈、焦春和等皆從死。 When Cai city fell, Aizong hanged himself in the Youlan Pavilion. Gui, Wanyan Xielie, Jiao Chunhe, and others died with him.