Zhao Hui (趙徽) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhao Hui was a Bandit.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 946 丙午歲
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passages 34, 40

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wife of Zhao Hui (趙徽妻)
wife 妻
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 43

Kinship Role children · Quantity unspecified children in 妻孥 · 妻孥; children taken as hostages then participated in ambush narrative
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 43

Career and standing

bandit chieftain 郡盜酋長
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 40

Events and relationships

Ambushed and killed
Military · Attacker · With Wang Qinhuo (王欽祚)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 46

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 5 passages

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時隴東屯兵扼其川路，將北趣蕃部假途，而因與郡盜酋長趙徽歃血為約，以兄事之。 Garrison troops in eastern Long blocked the river routes, so they planned to head north through tribal territory and borrow a passage. Yu then swore a blood oath with Zhao Hui, a local bandit chieftain, and treated him as an elder brother.

謂徽曰：「西至成都，余身為相，余父為將，爾當領一大郡，能遂行乎？」 He told Hui, "When we reach Chengdu, I shall become chief minister and my father a general, and you shall govern a great prefecture. Will you go through with this?"

徽曰：「諾。」 Hui answered, "Agreed."

行有期矣，徽潛召其黨，伺於郊外。 When the day of departure was fixed, Hui secretly gathered his men and waited in ambush outside the city.

徽之所親，循溝澮而遁，至馬峽路隅，舉燧相應，其黨起於伏莽，斷欽祚之首，貫諸長矛。 Hui's men stole along ditches and canals until, at a bend on the Maxia road, they lit signal fires. His band sprang from the brush, cut off Qinhuo's head, and spitted it on a long spear.