Overview
The translated histories identify Xie Hui as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and named individual. This record brings together 30 passages from 9 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xie Hui | 謝晦 | Xie Hui |
| Title | General of the Guard | 衛將軍 | |
| Given | Hui | 晦 | Huì |
| Courtesy name | Tongyuan | 通遠 | Tōngyuǎn |
| Personal | Xie Hui | 謝晦 | |
| Personal | Xie Hui | 謝晦 | Xiè Huì |
| Personal name | Xie Hui | 謝晦 | Xiè Huì |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · songshu:071:s0025
- Value: maleExplicit · songshu:056:s0002
Roles
- Aristocrat
- General
- Military Officer
- Named Individual
- Official
- Rebel
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 義熙十二年 · Regnal Year: 12 · Western Year: AD 416Explicit · songshu:073:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 少帝末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 423 · End: AD 426Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0088
- Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月 · Western Year: AD 424Explicit event contextual date · songshu:004:s0069
- Source Date: Text: 永初三年 · Western Year: AD 422
- Source Date: Text: 永初三年六月壬申 · Western Year: AD 422Explicit event contextual date · songshu:004:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 永初二年 context · Western Year: AD 421Explicit event contextual date · songshu:056:s0019, songshu:056:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 永初元年 · Western Year: AD 420Explicit event contextual date · songshu:003:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 永初元年 · Western Year: AD 420Explicit · songshu:055:s0143
- Source Date: Text: 義熙初 · Western Year: AD 405Explicit event contextual date · songshu:058:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 西征謝晦 · Western Year: AD 426Explicit event contextual date · songshu:071:s0025
Family
- Sibling of Xie Zhan (謝瞻)Kinship Term: elder brother / younger brother / 兄 / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 3
Career and standing
- Label: Central Army Commander / 中領軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:003:s0048
- Label: Commander-in-Chief / 領軍將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · songshu:003:s0152
- Label: General Who Leads the Army / 領軍將軍 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初三年六月壬申 · Western Year: AD 422Explicit · songshu:004:s0004
- Label: commander of the palace guard / 禁旅 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:056:s0022
- Label: General-in-Chief / 領軍將軍 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:073:s0023
- Label: Right Guard of the Song regime / 宋台右衛 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:056:s0008
- Label: Right Guards General / 右衞將軍 · Action: heldExplicit · songshu:003:s0048
- Honor: merit in aiding the founding mandate / 佐命之功 · Action: earnedExplicit · songshu:056:s0018
- Status: regent · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初三年六月壬申 · Western Year: AD 422Explicit · songshu:004:s0004
- Status: entrusted with heavy state and military authorityExplicit · songshu:056:s0018, songshu:056:s0020
- Action: accused of rebellionExplicit · songshu:056:s0021
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · songshu:071:s0025
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yan Yanzhi (顏延年) · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦)Explicit · songshu:073:s0023
Events and relationships
- Kind: coup · Role: commander · Action: led troops into palace · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月 · Western Year: AD 424Explicit · songshu:004:s0069
- Kind: political · Role: remonstrator · Action: remonstrated-about-consort · Other Person Id: Song Gaozu (宋高祖)Explicit · songshu:003:s0197
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: His power and favor were already great and guests crowded his gate. · Provenance: Mode: historian-reportExplicit · songshu:056:s0008
- Assessment: likely to diverge if anyone does · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Song Gaozu (宋高祖)Explicit · songshu:003:s0183
- Assessment: praised the ornate diction of the two poems · Other Person Id: Yan Yanzhi (顏延年) · Provenance: Mode: named-assessor · Source Person Id: Xie Hui (謝晦)Explicit · songshu:073:s0012
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · songshu:071:s0025
References in the histories
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