Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Filial Exemplar

Hua Bao 華寶

Huà Bǎo

Born c. AD 410

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hua Bao was a Filial Exemplar.

Life and dates

Age

AD 416 to AD 418 義熙末
Years 8 · Reckoning Source stated
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 50
Years 70 · Reckoning Source stated
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 53

Attested activity

AD 416 to AD 418 義熙末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Hua Hao (華豪)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 50

Career and standing

Never married or capped · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 53

Places and affiliations

At Wuxi, Jinling · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 2

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 5 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

華寶，晉陵無錫人也。 Hua Bao was from Wuxi in Jinling commandery.

父豪，義熙末，戍長安，寶年八歲。 His father Hao was posted to Chang'an at the end of the Yixi era, when Bao was eight.

臨別，謂寶曰：「須我還，當為汝上頭。」 As he left he told Bao: "When I come back, I will cap you myself."

寶年至七十，不婚冠，或問之者，輙號慟彌日，不忍答也。 Bao lived to seventy without marrying or being capped; if anyone asked why, he would wail for days on end and could not bring himself to reply.