Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Filial Exemplar

Cui Huaishen 崔懷慎

Cuī Huáishèn

First attested AD 434; died AD 483 to AD 493

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cui Huaishen was a Filial Exemplar.

Life and dates

Death

AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Died
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 24

Attested activity

AD 434 to AD 443 元嘉中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 2
AD 457 to AD 464 大明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 16
AD 479 to AD 480 建元初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 22
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 24
AD 465 to AD 467 泰始初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passages 18-19

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Cui Mo (崔模)
paternal uncle 從叔 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 15
Kin of Cui Yuansun (崔元孫)
clansman 宗人
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 16
Child of Cui Xieli (崔邪利)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 12
Spouse of Lady Fang (房氏)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 13
Sibling of Younger Brother of Cui Huaishen (懷慎弟)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 22

Places and affiliations

At Dongwucheng, Qinghe · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 2

Events and relationships

Carried his father’s coffin barefoot through ice and snow to Qingzhou
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 21
Dismissed his wife and adopted mourning observances after his father was captured
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 13
Fled south after mourning and found his younger brother dead
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 22
Traveled north to seek his father
Biographical · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 19

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 9 passages

崔懷慎公孫僧遠吳欣之韓係伯孫淡華寶韓靈敏封延伯吳達之王文殊朱謙之蕭叡明樂頤江泌杜栖陸絳 Cui Huaishen, Gongsun Sengyuan, Wu Xinzhi, Han Xibo, Sun Dan, Hua Bao, Han Lingmin, Feng Yanbo, Wu Dazhi, Wang Wenshu, Zhu Qianzhi, Xiao Ruiming, Le Yi, Jiang Bi, Du Qi, and Lu Jiang

崔懷慎，清河東武城人也。 Cui Huaishen was from Dongwucheng in Qinghe commandery.

懷慎與妻房氏篤愛，聞父陷沒，即日遣妻，布衣蔬食，如居喪禮。 Huaishen and his wife Lady Fang loved each other deeply. When he learned his father had been taken captive, he dismissed his wife that same day, dressed in hemp and ate only plain food, and lived as though in mourning.

邪利後仕虜中書，戒懷慎不許如此，懷慎得書更號泣。 Xieli later served the northerners as Director of the Secretariat and urged Huaishen not to go on like this; when Huaishen read the letter, he wept all the harder.

懷慎從叔模為滎陽太守，亦同沈虜，模子雖居處改節，而不廢婚宦。 Huaishen's uncle Mo, Administrator of Xingyang, was also taken by the northerners. Mo's son changed his way of life under captivity but still married and took office.

大明中，懷慎宗人冀州刺史元孫北使，虜問之曰：「崔邪利、模竝力屈歸命，二家子姪，出處不同，義將安在？」 During the Daming era Huaishen's kinsman Yuansun, governor of Jizhou, went north on a mission. The northerners asked him: "Cui Xieli and Mo both submitted when their strength gave out, yet their sons and nephews behave differently. Where does righteousness lie?"

懷慎因此入北。 On this account Huaishen went north himself.

至桑乾，邪利時已卒，懷慎絕而後蘇。 When he reached Sanggan he found Xieli had already died; Huaishen fainted and only later came to.

懷慎孤貧獨立，宗黨哀之，日斂給其升米。 Huaishen was left alone in poverty; his kinsmen pitied him and each day pooled their grain to support him.