Niu Hong (牛弘) | 24 Histories

Overview

Niu Hong was an official and Musician.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 601 to AD 604 仁壽中
Directly stated · Book of Sui 55, passage 274
AD 581 to AD 600 其後牛弘以為不可
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 13
AD 591 十一年公卿議
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 79, passage 94
AD 608 因謂牛弘
Directly stated · History of the Northern Dynasties 88, passage 172
AD 607 大業三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passages 203-204
AD 608 大業四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 77, passage 155

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AD 589 to AD 604 是時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passages 22-23

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書
AD 601 to AD 604 仁壽中 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 55, passage 274
Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 203

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui · Relation Associated with
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passages 203-204
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 39, passage 13
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 55, passage 274
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passages 22-23

Works and attributed material

kill the man to end the omen
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Sui 79, passage 94

Events and relationships

Jointly drafted and fixed music regulations
AD 589 to AD 604 是時 · Scholarly · Compiler
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 23
Ordered to select excellent staff for Yang Jian
Administrative · With Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝), Yang Jian (楊暕)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 203
Rejected jade bushel pitch
AD 581 to AD 600 其後牛弘以為不可 · Scholarly · Critic · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 13
Toured Shandong with the staff and ranked Ying first
AD 601 to AD 604 仁壽中 · Inspection · Imperial commissioner · With Houmo Chenying (侯莫陳穎) · At Shandong 山東
Directly stated · Book of Sui 55, passage 274
Relation Used standard of · Person Su Chuo (蘇綽) · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 13
Relation Followed method of · Person Jing Fang (京房)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 23-24

Assessments and attributes

Assessment celebrated-for-knowing-music · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 23
Assessment held the Zhou-Sui iron foot-rule near antiquity and therefore appropriate · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 23

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 23
Value historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 13

References in the histories

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History

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History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 1 passage

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因謂牛弘曰：「崔祖浚所謂問一知二。」 Thereupon he said to Niu Hong: 'This is what Cui Zujun means by asking one and knowing two.'

History of Jin, Chapter 39Volume 39 Treatises 20: Music 1: Formal Music, Court Music, Wind Instrument Music, Our Own Court Music · 2 passages

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至後周保定中，得古玉鬥於地中，以造尺律，其後牛弘以為不可，止用蘇綽鐵尺，至隋亦用之。 In the Baoding era of Later Zhou, an ancient jade bushel measure was unearthed and used to derive the foot-rule and pitch pipes; later Niu Hong rejected this method, and courts used only Su Chuo's iron foot-rule — a standard the Sui dynasty also adopted.

其後范鎮等論樂，複用李照所用太府尺、即周、隋所用鐵尺，牛弘等以謂近古合宜者也。 Later Fan Zhen and others debated music and revived Li Zhao's Grand Storehouse foot-rule — the same iron standard used in Zhou and Sui times — which Niu Hong and others had regarded as close to antiquity and therefore appropriate.

Book of Sui, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 20: Du Yan, Gao Mai, Er Zhu Chang, Zhou Yao, Du Gukai, Qi Fuhui, Zhang Wei, He Hong, Houmo Chenying · 1 passage

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仁壽中，吏部尚書牛弘持節巡撫山東，以穎為第一。 During Renshou, Minister of Personnel Niu Hong toured Shandong with imperial authority and ranked Ying first among the officials.

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 1 passage

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帝又敕吏部尚書牛弘妙選官屬，公卿由是多進子弟。 The emperor also ordered Minister of Personnel Niu Hong to select excellent staff for him; the chief ministers therefore mostly advanced their sons and younger relatives.

Book of Sui, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses · 1 passage

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因謂牛弘曰：「崔祖浚所謂問一知二。」 He then said to Niu Hong: "This is what Cui Zujun meant by 'ask one and know two.'"

Book of Sui, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 44: Imperial Affines · 1 passage

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上以其事下公卿，奇章公牛弘曰：「妖由人興，殺其人可以絕矣。」 The emperor referred the case to the high officials. Niu Hong, Duke of Qizhang, said, "Such evil rises through men. Kill the man and it will end."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 21Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 · 1 passage

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是時鄭譯、牛弘、辛彥之、何妥、蔡子元、于普明之徒，皆名知樂，相與譔定。 Zheng Yi, Niu Hong, Xin Yanzhi, He Tuo, Cai Ziyuan, Yu Puming, and others—all celebrated masters—jointly drafted the regulations.