Qin and Han · Envoy and Official

Chang Hui 常惠

Attested BC 60 - BC 33

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Chang Hui was an envoy and Official.

Life and dates

Death

Died
Directly stated · Book of Han 90, passage 41

Attested activity

BC 48 to BC 33 元帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 90, passages 38, 41
BC 60 未出塞，翁歸靡死
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 89, passage 75

Key source chapters

Book of Han, Chapter 89 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi 4 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 90 Volume 79: Feng Fengshi 1 passage

Events and relationships

Carried Wengguimi's succession and marriage petition
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Wengguimi (翁歸靡)
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passage 71
Escorted Princess Xiangfu toward Wusun and later pressed Wusun to honor the pact
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Princess Xiangfu (相夫公主)
Directly stated · Book of Han 89, passages 74, 76-77

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 89Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi · 4 passages

先是，烏孫昆彌翁歸靡因長羅侯常惠上書，願以漢外孫元貴靡為嗣，得復尚少主，結婚內附，畔去匈奴。 Earlier Wengguimi, Kunmi of Wusun, had petitioned through Chang Hui, Marquis of Changluo, asking that his son Yuanguimi, a grandson of the Han imperial house through his mother, succeed him and marry the Lesser Princess. This would renew the marriage alliance, attach Wusun to Han, and sever its ties with the Xiongnu.

神爵二年，遣長羅侯惠使送公主配元貴靡。 In Shenjue 2 he sent Chang Hui to escort the princess to Yuanguimi.

惠從塞下上書，願留少主敦煌郡。 Chang Hui wrote from the border asking to hold the princess at Dunhuang.

惠至烏孫，責以負約，因立元貴靡，還迎少主。 At Wusun he rebuked them for bad faith, enthroned Yuanguimi, and came back for the princess.

Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 1 passage

右將軍典屬國常惠薨，奉世代為右將軍典屬國，加諸吏之號。 When right general Chang Hui died, Fengshi succeeded him as right general and director of dependent states, with the collective title "various officials."