Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and General

Yin Hao 殷浩

Attested AD 351 - AD 353

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yin Hao was an official and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 351 to AD 353 揚州刺史殷浩
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 80, passages 24, 35-38

Career and standing

Inspector of Yang province 揚州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 24
Held heavy responsibility
Rose from commoner
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 49

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 24

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Wang Xizhi (王羲之) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 24-28

Events and relationships

Northern expedition defeated
Military · Commander · With Yao Xiang (姚襄)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 36-37
Planned second northern campaign
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 38
Relation Esteemed · Person Wang Xizhi (王羲之)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 24
Relation At odds with · Person Huan Wen (桓溫)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 35

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 24

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 7 passages

揚州刺史殷浩素雅重之，勸使應命，乃遺羲之書曰：「悠悠者以足下出處足觀政之隆替，如吾等亦謂為然。 Yin Hao, the Inspector of Yang province, had always held him in high regard and pressed him to accept. Yin wrote to Wang Xizhi: "Gossip holds that whether you serve or withdraw is itself a barometer of good or bad government—and people like me agree.

時殷浩與桓溫不協，羲之以國家之安在於內外和，因以與浩書以戒之，浩不從。 Yin Hao and Huan Wen were at odds. Wang Xizhi believed the realm could be secure only if court and frontier remained at peace, so he wrote to admonish Yin Hao, who paid no heed.

及浩將北伐，羲之以為必敗，以書止之，言甚切至。 When Yin Hao prepared a northern campaign, Wang Xizhi was convinced it would end in disaster and sent him a letter urging him to desist, in the frankest terms.

浩遂行果為姚襄所敗。 Yin Hao went ahead anyway and was routed by Yao Xiang.

復圖再舉，又遺浩書曰： When Yin plotted a second offensive, Wang Xizhi wrote to him again:

使君起于布衣，任天下之重，尚德之舉，未能事事允稱。 You began as a commoner and now shoulder the fate of the empire; even the best intentions cannot make every deed meet everyone's praise.

又與會稽王箋陳浩不宜北伐，並論時事曰： He also wrote to the Prince of Kuaiji arguing that Yin Hao must not launch another northern campaign, and commented on the state of the realm: