Zhu Hui (朱洄) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhu Hui was a Strategist.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 821 長慶初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 6-7

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhu Tao (朱滔)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 2
Parent of Zhu Kerong (朱克融)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 2

Career and standing

Suffered
Chronic illness
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 7

Events and relationships

Transferred military affairs
Political · Yielded command · With Zhu Kerong (朱克融)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 8

Assessments and attributes

Assessment admired for strategic ability · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 7

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 3 passages

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祖滔，父洄。 His grandfather was Zhu Tao, and his father was Zhu Hui.

時洄廢疾於家，軍中素伏其謀略，至是眾欲立之。 Zhu Hui was then confined at home by chronic illness, but the army had long admired his strategic ability, and the troops now wanted to make him their leader.

洄自以老且病，推克融統軍務焉。 Hui, deeming himself too old and ill to serve, put Kerong in charge of military affairs.