Li Hui (李繪) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Hui was an official and Diplomat.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jingwen	敬文	Jingwen
Posthumous name	Jing	景	Jing

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 89

Age

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Reckoning Suit
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 48

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 559 天保初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 87
AD 550 天保初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 35, passage 57
AD 534 to AD 537 天平初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 59
AD 543 to AD 550 武定初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 62
AD 547 to AD 549 追詣晉陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 38, passage 8

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Xing Yan (邢晏)
maternal uncle 舅 · maternal line · Through Mother of Li Hun
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 52
Kin of Li Qian (李騫)
cousin (younger) 從弟
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 57
Kin of Elder Cousin-Sister of Li Hui
elder cousin-sister 伯姊
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 49
Child of Li Zun (李遵)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 29, passages 4, 46
Child of Mother of Li Hun
mother 母 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 29, passages 7, 46
Sibling of Li Hun (李渾)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 46

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Career and standing

chief clerk on the right of the Minister over the Masses 司徒右長史
AD 550 to AD 559 天保初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 87
staff officer to the chancellor 丞相司馬
AD 534 to AD 537 天平初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 59
chief envoy to Liang 聘梁使主
AD 543 to AD 550 武定初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 62
attendant gentleman 從事中郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 55
chief clerk and recorder 主簿記室
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 54
general who pacifies the south 平南將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 74

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inner administrator of Gaoyang 高陽內史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 74
posthumous governor of Southern Qingzhou 贈南青州刺史
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 90

Learning and skills

Mastered
Subject Jijiuzhang 急就章
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 49

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Cui Mou (崔謀)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passages 84-85
Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passages 64, 67-68

Events and relationships

Relation Client of · Person Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶寅)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 54
Relation Recommended by · Person Cui Xuan (崔暹)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 86

Assessments and attributes

Assessment integrity · Mode named-source-report Statement Liang men respected his integrity
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 73
Assessment square and weighty; never hurried to serve the powerful · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 88

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 29Volume 29 Biographies 21: Li Hun; Zi Zhan; Hun Dihui; Zuzi Gongxu; Li Yu; Di Jin; Zu Dixiao; Zheng Shuzu; Zi Yuande · 18 passages

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李渾子湛渾弟繪族子公緒李璵弟瑾族弟曉鄭述祖子元德 Li Hun; his son Zhan; Hun's brother Hui; clansman Gongxu; Li Yu; brother Jin; clansman Xiao; Zheng Shuzu; son Yuande

渾與弟繪、緯俱為聘梁使主，湛又為使副，是以趙郡人士，目為四使之門。 Hun and his brothers Hui and Wei had all been chief envoys on missions to Liang; Zhan again served as deputy envoy — hence men of Zhao commandery called them the Gate of Four Envoys.

繪，字敬文。 Hui, styled Jingwen.

河間邢晏，卽繪舅也，與繪清言，歎其高遠。 Xing Yan of Hejian — Hui's maternal uncle — conversed in pure talk with Hui and admired his loftiness.

時勑侍中西河王、秘書監常景選儒學十人緝撰五禮，繪與太原王乂同掌軍禮。 At the time an edict had the attendant-in-ordinary Prince of Xihe and Secretary Director Chang Jing select ten Confucian scholars to compile the Five Rites; Hui and Wang Yi of Taiyuan together took charge of military rites.

魏靜帝於顯陽殿講《孝經》、《禮記》，繪與從弟騫、裴伯茂、魏收、盧元明等俱為錄議。 Emperor Jing of Wei lectured on the Classic of Filial Piety and the Record of Rites at the Xianyang Hall; Hui and his cousin Qian, Pei Bomo, Wei Shou, Lu Yuanming, and others were all recorders and discussants.

梁武帝問繪：「高相今在何處？」 Emperor Wu of Liang asked Hui, "Where is Chancellor Gao now?"

繪曰：「今在晉陽，肅遏邊寇。」 Hui said, "He is now at Jinyang, sternly repelling border raiders."

繪曰：「黑獺遊魂關右，人神厭毒，連歲凶災，百姓懷土。 Hui said, "Black Badger is a stray spirit in the west, loathed by men and spirits alike; year after year brings fierce calamity and the people yearn for their homeland.

繪曰：「兄所出雖遠，當共車千秋分一字耳。」 Hui said, "Though what you issue from is remote, you should share one character with Che Qianqiu."

前後行人，皆通啟求市，繪獨守清尚，梁人重其廉潔。 Envoys who came before and after all sent letters opening relations and seeking trade; Hui alone kept to purity and loftiness — the men of Liang respected his integrity.