Hua Xin

Hua Xin
Politician of Cao Wei
Born 157[1]
Died 231 (aged 74)[1]
Names
Traditional Chinese 華歆
Simplified Chinese 华歆
Pinyin Huà Xīn
Wade–Giles Hua Hsin
Courtesy name Ziyu (traditional Chinese: 子魚; simplified Chinese: 子鱼; pinyin: Zǐyú; Wade–Giles: Tzu-yü)
Posthumous name Marquis Jing (Chinese: 敬侯; pinyin: Jìng Hóu; Wade–Giles: Ching Hou)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hua.

Hua Xin (157–231),[1][2] courtesy name Ziyu, was a politician who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was originally a minister in the Han imperial court, but later switched to serving under the warlord Sun Ce, and then later under the chancellor Cao Cao. He served as a minister over letters after the establishment of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.

Appointments and titles held

The following appointments and titles were held by Hua Xin when he served the state of Wei

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hua Xin's biography in Records of the Three Kingdoms stated that he died in the 5th year of the Taihe era (227-233) in Cao Rui's reign. (太和五年，歆薨，謚曰敬侯。) An annotation from the Wei Shu mentioned that he was 75 years old (by East Asian age reckoning) when he died. (魏書云：歆時年七十五。) By calculation, Hua Xin's birth year should be around 157.
  2. ↑ de Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A biographical dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD). Brill. p. 333. ISBN 978-90-04-15605-0.
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