Hu Sengyou (胡僧佑) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hu Sengyou was a general and Official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yuanguo	願果	Yuànguǒ

Killed in battle · Cause Stray arrow · Age 63
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 19

AD 529 中大通元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 46, passage 159
AD 551 大寶二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 46, passage 5
AD 551 大寶二年五月癸未
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 4, passage 106
AD 528 大通二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 46, passage 157
AD 553 承聖二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 46, passage 16
AD 554 承聖末西魏攻江陵
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 46, passages 17, 19

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AD 550 湘東遣胡僧佑領千餘人與同行
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 32, passage 16

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

acting staff-bearer 假節
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passages 5, 157
administrator of South Tianshui and Tianmen 南天水、天門二郡太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 159
commander of military affairs east of the city 都督城東諸軍事
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 17
commander of the Wende guard 文德主帥
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 157
General of Martial Ferocity 武猛將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 5
General Who Commands the Army 領軍將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 15

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General Who Surpasses Martial Might 超武將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 157
palace attendant 侍中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 15
Grand Master for Splendid Happiness with Silver Seal and Blue Ribbon 銀青光祿大夫
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 157
recorder on the Pacifying West staff 鎮西錄事參軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 3
General of Chariots and Cavalry 車騎將軍
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 16
Opening-the-Fortress with Three Staffs Equals 開府儀同三司
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 16
Marquis of Xinshi 新市縣侯
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 5
Jailed
Imprisoned · Authority Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 4

Polity Northern Wei · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 157
Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 32, passage 16
At Guanjun in Nanyang 南陽冠軍
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 155
At Xiangcheng 項城 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 157

Memorial · Author · sealed memorials
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 157
Speech · Speaker · With Son of Hu Sengyou (胡僧祐之子)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passages 6-8

City fell captured by Wei
Military · Garrison commander · At Xiangcheng 項城
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 158
Defeated and captured
Military · Commander · With Ren Yue (任約) · At Red Sand Pavilion / Nan'an Qian Ford
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passages 11, 13
Defended against Western Wei
Military · Defender
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passages 17-18
Marched with Lu Fahe
Military · Commander · With Lu Fahe (陸法和)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 32, passage 16
Ordered to suppress Western Ju
Military · Commander · With Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 4
Returned to Liang with Yuan Hao entry
AD 529 中大通元年 · Political · Returnee · With Yuan Hao (元顥)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 159

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Returned to Liang
AD 528 大通二年 · Political · Defector
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 157
Sent to relieve Baling
AD 551 大寶二年 · Military · Relief commander · With Wang Sengbian (王僧辯)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 5
Relation Subordinate of · Person Prince of Xiangdong (湘東王)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 32, passage 16
Relation Served · Person Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 3

Assessment brave and loyal martyr who died in royal service · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passages 149-150
Assessment governed well · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passage 159
did not understand literary composition; forced crude poems and was mocked but remained self-satisfied
Literary ability
Directly stated · Book of Liang 46, passages 160-161