Overview
Hua Qiu was a Laborer and Family Member.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 581 to AD 618 undated Sui-period biographyDated from the passage context · Book of Sui 72, passage 258
- AD 605 to AD 618 大業初及其後Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 235, 240, 242
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Hua Qiu (華秋之父)father 父Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 230
- Child of Mother of Hua Qiu (華秋之母)mother 母Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 230, 232-233
Career and standing
- hired laborer 傭賃Worked to support his motherDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 231
- filial conduct reported by commandery and county 嘉其孝感，俱以狀聞CommendedDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 239
- imperial consolation and household marker 降使勞問，表其門閭Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 240
Places and affiliations
- At Linhe in Ji commandery 汲郡臨河 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 229
Events and relationships
- Bandits warned one another not to harm him, and many villagers survived because of himProtection by reputation · Filial sonDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 241-242
- Filial conduct with auspicious responseRitual · ExemplarDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 258
- Mourning · Mourner · With Mother of Hua Qiu (華秋之母) · Actions lived in a hut beside the tomb, carried earth to build the mound, refused all offers of helpDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 233-234
- a hunted rabbit hid under his knees, was spared, and thereafter lived tamely in his hutFilial omen · ProtectorDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passages 235-238
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment filial piety and fraternal devotion raised to the utmost, touching the spirits; omen of tame beasts/birds or flourishing plants · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 258
- Assessment renowned for serving his mother with filial devotion · Mode contemporary-reputationDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 230
- after his mother's death he ceased grooming and his hair fell out until he was baldPhysical changeDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 233
- his face wasted away and his beard and whiskers suddenly changed color during his mother's illnessPhysical changeDirectly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 232
References in the histories
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