Yuan · Official and Courtier

He Sheng 賀勝

Hè Shèng

First attested AD 1287; died AD 1320

Passages: 18
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

He Sheng was an official and Courtier.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	He Bayan	賀伯顏
Courtesy name	Ju'an	舉安	Jǔ'ān
Childhood name	Bayan	伯顏	Bóyán
Posthumous name	Huimin	惠愍

Life and dates

Death

AD 1320 英宗即位
executed 殺
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passages 43-44

Age

16
Reckoning Sui · Context entered imperial bodyguard
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 3

Attested activity

AD 1287 至元二十四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 179, passage 6
AD 1291 至元二十八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 179, passage 13
AD 1293 （至元）三十年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 179, passage 16
AD 1305 大德九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 179, passage 17
AD 1310 至大三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 179, passage 20
AD 1320 英宗即位
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 179, passage 42

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of He Jun (賀均)
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 49
Child of He Renjie (賀仁杰)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 1
Parent of He Weixian (賀惟賢)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 48
Parent of He Wei (賀惟一)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 47

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 47

Career and standing

Academician of the Hall of Encouraging Literature 集賢學士
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 11
Assistant Administrator of the Secretariat 參知政事
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 15
Governor of Shangdu 上都留守
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 17
Left Chief Minister 左丞相
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 20
Duke of Qin 秦國公
Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 45
Prince of Jingyang 涇陽王
Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 46

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Merit for Extending Loyalty, Proclaiming Merit, and Preserving Virtue 推忠宣力保德功臣
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 45

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 3

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Kublai Khan (元世祖)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 14

Events and relationships

Served in headquarters
Military · Attendant · With Nayan (乃顏)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passages 6-7
Stopped runaway elephants
Rescue · Protector
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passages 9-10

References in the histories

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History

18 passages

History of Yuan, Chapter 179Volume 179 Biographies 66: He Sheng, Yang Duoerzhi, Xiao Baizhu · 18 passages

賀胜，仁杰子也，字貞卿，一字舉安，小字伯顏，以小字行。 He Sheng was a son of He Renjie. His courtesy name was Zhenqing; he also used Ju'an as an alternate courtesy name. His childhood name was Bayan, and he was commonly known by that name.

大臣有密奏，輒屏左右，獨留勝，許聽之。 Whenever a minister brought a confidential report, the emperor would send everyone else away and keep only Sheng, allowing him to hear it.

至元二十四年，乃顏叛，帝親征，勝直武帳中，雖親王不得輒至。 In 1287, when Nayan rebelled, the emperor led the campaign in person. Sheng stayed in the military headquarters throughout, and even princes were not allowed to approach without permission.

勝傳旨飭諸將，詰旦合戰，還侍帝側，矢交帳前，勝立侍不動。 Sheng carried the emperor's orders to the generals. At dawn the armies engaged; when he returned to the emperor's side, arrows were flying before the tent, yet he stood at attendance without flinching.

乃顏既敗，帝還都，乘輿夜行，足苦寒，勝解衣，以身溫之。 After Nayan's defeat, as the emperor made the night journey back to the capital, his feet grew bitterly cold. Sheng took off his own clothes and warmed them against his body.

帝一日獵還，勝參乘，伶人蒙採毳作獅子舞以迎駕，輿象驚，奔逸不可製，勝投身當象前，後至者斷靷縱象，乘輿乃安。 Once, returning from a hunt with Sheng in the carriage, entertainers in feathered costumes performed a lion dance to greet the procession. The carriage elephants panicked and ran out of control. Sheng threw himself in front of them; men arriving behind cut the harness traces and freed the elephants, and the imperial carriage was brought to safety.

勝退，創甚，帝親撫之，遣尚醫、尚食視護。 When Sheng withdrew, badly wounded, the emperor comforted him in person and sent the chief physicians and provisioners to care for him.

盧世榮、桑哥秉政，勢焰熏灼，勝父仁傑留守上都，不肯為之下，桑哥欲陰中之，累數十奏，帝皆不聽。 Under Lu Shirong and Sangge, who wielded power with intimidating force, Sheng's father Renjie, serving as governor of Shangdu, refused to bow to them. Sangge tried to destroy him in secret, filing dozens of accusations, but the emperor paid no heed.

帝問誰可相者，胜對曰：「天下公論，皆屬完澤。」 When the emperor asked who should serve as chief minister, Sheng replied, "By general consensus throughout the empire, Wanzhe is the choice."

遂相完澤，而以勝參知政事。 Wanzhe was duly appointed chief minister, and Sheng was made Assistant Administrator of the Secretariat.

大德九年，勝父仁傑請老，以勝代為上都留守，兼本路都總管、開平府尹、虎賁親軍都指揮使。 In 1305, when Sheng's father Renjie retired, Sheng succeeded him as Governor of Shangdu, simultaneously serving as Chief Administrator of the circuit, Magistrate of Kaiping Prefecture, and Commander-in-Chief of the Tiger Guard.

勝白帝，斥之，高氏以全。 Sheng reported the matter to the emperor, who condemned the official, and the Gao family was spared.

勝素惡鐵木迭兒貪暴，居同巷，不與往來。 Sheng had long despised Temüder for his greed and cruelty. Though they lived on the same lane, Sheng refused any contact with him.

且復誣勝乘賜車迎詔，不敬，並殺之。 He also framed Sheng on the charge of disrespect for failing to receive an edict properly while riding in the granted carriage, and had him killed too.

勝死之日，百姓爭持紙錢，哭於屍傍甚哀。 On the day Sheng died, common people crowded forward with paper money to mourn him, weeping beside his body in deep grief.

泰定初，詔雪其冤，贈推忠宣力保德功臣、太傅、開府儀同三司、上柱國，追封秦國公，諡惠愍。 Early in the Taiding reign, an edict cleared his wrongful conviction and posthumously granted him the titles of Merit for Extending Loyalty, Proclaiming Merit, and Preserving Virtue, Grand Preceptor, Grand Preceptor with Honored Ceremony Equal to the Three Dukes, and Senior Pillar of State. He was posthumously enfeoffed as Duke of Qin with the posthumous name Huimin.

至正三年，加贈推忠亮節同德翊戴功臣、太師、開府儀同三司、上柱國，追封涇陽王，改諡忠宣。 In 1343 he was further granted the titles of Merit for Extending Loyalty with Bright Integrity, Sharing Virtue and Supporting the Throne, Grand Preceptor, Grand Preceptor with Honored Ceremony Equal to the Three Dukes, and Senior Pillar of State. He was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Jingyang, and his posthumous name was changed to Zhongxuan.

上都富民張弼殺人繫獄，鐵木迭兒使大奴脅留守賀伯顏出之，及強以他姦利事，不能得。 Zhang Bi, a wealthy man of Shangdu, was imprisoned for murder. Temüder sent his chief slave to intimidate Governor He Bayan into releasing him and also tried to extort other illicit gains, but failed.