Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Yu Hong 魚弘

Attested AD 519

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu Hong was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 519 隨豫州刺史裴邃北伐
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 39

Assessments and attributes

Assessment among the fierce generals of the age · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 39

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 18Volume 18: Zhang Huishao; Feng Daogen; Kang Xuan; Chang Yizhi · 1 passage

澄初爲直閤將軍，丁父憂，起爲晉熙太守，隨豫州刺史裴邃北伐，累有戰功，與湛僧智、胡紹世、魚弘並當時之驍將。 Cheng began as direct-attendants general; after his father's mourning he took up Jinxi prefect and followed Yu inspector Pei Sui north, winning repeated honors alongside Zhan Sengzhi, Hu Shaoshi, and Yu Hong among the age's fiercest commanders.