Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Poet

Xie Huilian 惠連

Attested AD 420 - AD 479

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xie Huilian was a Poet.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 420 to AD 479 劉宋
Directly stated · Book of Chen 32, passage 68

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 32, passage 68

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 32Volume 32: Filial Piety · 1 passage

八歲，嘗為春日閑居五言詩，從舅尚書王筠奇其有佳致，謂所親曰：「此兒方可大成，至如『風定花猶落』，乃追步惠連矣。」 At eight he once composed a five-character poem on spring days at leisure in retirement. His mother's brother, Secretariat director Wang Yun, marveled at its fine quality and told those close to him, "This boy can surely achieve great things. As for 'the wind has stilled yet flowers still fall'—that already follows in Hui Lian's steps."