Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Scholar, Official, and Envoy

He Xian 何憲

Attested AD 479 - AD 494

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

He Xian was a scholar, Official, and Envoy.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zisi	子思	Zisi

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 479 to AD 494 南齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 205
AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 124, 127
AD 492 永明十年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 131

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Wang Fu (王敷)
maternal grandfather 外祖父 · maternal line · 2 generations · Through Mother of He Xian (何憲母)
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 129
Child of Mother of He Xian (何憲母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 129

Key source chapters

Career and standing

scholar 學士
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 205
Vice Prefect of his home province 本州別駕
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 130

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 205
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 130-131
At Lujiang 廬江
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 127

Learning and skills

Skill forceful wide learning 強學 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 128

Events and relationships

Gathered by Wang Jian among scholars for discussion
Scholarly · Participant · With Wang Jian (王儉)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 205
Sent among the barbarians
AD 492 永明十年 · Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 131

Assessments and attributes

Assessment called one of the three dukes at Wang Jian's side · With Wang Jian (王儉) · Mode named-source-report Source Work men of the day 時人
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 124
Assessment known for forceful wide learning · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 128

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 205

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 15: Yu Wanzhi, Liu Xiu, Shen Chong, Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen · 4 passages

時人呼孔襜、何憲爲王儉三公。 Men of the day called Kong Can and He Xian the three dukes at Wang Jian's side.

附何憲 Appended: He Xian

憲字子思，廬江人也。 He Xian, styled Zisi, was of Lujiang.

憲爲本州別駕。 He served as vice-prefect of his home province.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 39Volume 39 Biographies 20: Liu Huan, Di Jin, Lu Cheng · 1 passage

儉集學士何憲等盛自商略，澄待儉語畢，然後談所遺漏數百千條，皆儉所未睹，儉乃歎服。 Jian gathered the scholars He Xian and others for vigorous discussion. Cheng waited until Jian had finished, then cited several hundred or thousand omitted items that Jian had never seen, and Jian sighed in admiration.