Zhao Huai (趙淮) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhao Huai was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1275 to AD 1276 德祐中
Killed · At riverbank by Yang City 江濱 · Authority A Shu (阿術)
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 301

Attested activity

AD 1275 to AD 1276 德祐中
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passages 297-298

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Concubine of Zhao Huai (趙淮妾)
concubine 妾 · Widowed
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 297

Career and standing

Transport Commissioner 運使
AD 1275 to AD 1276 德祐中 · Held
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 302

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Song 南宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 460, passage 298
AD 1275 to AD 1276 德祐中
At Yishu Dam 銀樹埧 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 298

Works and attributed material

AD 1275 to AD 1276 德祐中
Speech · Speaker · With Li Tingzhi (李庭芝) · Direct quotation
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 300

Events and relationships

Defeated and captured
AD 1275 to AD 1276 德祐中 · Military · Commander · At Guazhou 瓜州
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 299
Executed; corpse cast on the riverbank
AD 1275 to AD 1276 德祐中 · Legal · Victim · With A Shu (阿術)
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 301
Relation Ordered by · Person A Shu (阿術)
Directly stated · History of Song 460, passage 300

Assessments and attributes

AD 1275 to AD 1276 德祐中
Item cremated bones in an earthen jar 骨置瓦缶中 · Relation Remains
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 460, passage 305

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 219: Exemplary Women: Zhu E, Zhang Shi, Peng Lienu, Hao Jiee, Zhu Shi, Cui Shi, Zhao Shi, Ding Shi, Xiang Shi, Wang Shierfu, Xu Shi, Rong Shi, He Shi, Dong Shi, Tan Shi, Liu Shi, Zhang Shi, Shi Shi, Chen Tangqian, Jie Fuliaoshi, Liu Dangkemu, Ceng Shifu, Wang Maoqi, Tu Duanyouqi, Zhan Shinu, Liu Shengqi, Xie Biqi, Xie Fangdeqi, Wang Zhenfu, Zhao Huaiqie, Tan Shifu, Wu Zhongfuqi, Lu Zhong Zhunu, Lin Laonu, Tong Shinu, Han Shinu, Wang Shifu, Liutong Ziqi Mao Xixi · 6 passages

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趙淮妾，長沙人也，逸其姓名。 The concubine of Zhao Huai was from Changsha; her personal name is lost.

德祐中，從淮戍銀樹埧。 During Deyou she followed Zhao Huai, who was garrisoning Yishu Dam.

淮兵敗，俱執至瓜州。 The Huai army was defeated; all were seized and taken to Guazhou.

元帥阿術使淮招李庭芝，淮陽諾，至揚城下，乃大呼曰：“李庭芝，男子死耳，毋降也。” Marshal A Shu had Huai summon Li Tingzhi. Huai feigned agreement and, reaching Yang City, shouted: 'Li Tingzhi—a man should die rather than surrender!'

妾俘一軍校帳中，乃解衣中金遺其左右，且告之曰：“妾夙事趙運使，今其死不葬，妾誠不能忘情。 Held captive in a military officer's tent, she removed gold from her garments and gave it to his attendants, saying: 'I long served Commissioner Zhao; now that he lies unburied, I cannot forget him.'

妾聚薪焚淮骨置瓦缶中，自抱持，操小舟至急流，仰天慟哭，躍水而死。 She gathered firewood, burned Huai's bones, placed them in a jar, embraced it, poled a small boat to the rapids, wailed to heaven, and leaped into the water.