Hua Xin

Hua Xin
華歆
Grand Commandant (太尉)
In office
January or February 227 (January or February 227) – 30 January 232 (30 January 232)
MonarchCao Rui
Succeeded bySima Yi
Minister over the Masses (司徒)
In office
11 December 220 (11 December 220) – January or February 227 (January or February 227)
MonarchCao Pi
Succeeded byWang Lang
Chancellor of State (相國)
(in Cao Pi's vassal kingdom)
In office
6 April (6 April) – 11 December 220 (11 December 220)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Pi
Preceded byZhong Yao
Grandee Secretary (御史大夫)
(in Cao Cao's vassal kingdom)
In office
c.August 217 – April 220
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Prefect of the Masters of Writing (尚書令)
In office
212–?
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
ChancellorCao Cao
Preceded byXun Yu
Administrator of Yuzhang (豫章太守)
In office
192–199
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
Personal details
Born157/158[a]
Yucheng, Shandong
Died(232-01-30)30 January 232 (aged 74)[a]
Spouses
RelationsHua Ji (brother)
Hua Yan (grandson; son of Hua Bing)
Hua Fang (great-granddaughter; granddaughter of Hua Bing and daughter of Hua Yan; wife of Wang Jun)[3]
Children
  • Hua Biao
  • Hua Bo
  • Hua Zhou
  • Hua Bing
  • Luo Tong (stepson)
OccupationPolitician
Courtesy nameZiyu (子魚)
Posthumous nameMarquis Jing (敬侯)
PeerageMarquis of Boping
(博平侯)

Hua Xin (157/158 – 30 January 232),[a][4] courtesy name Ziyu, was a Chinese politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China. He initially served directly under the central government of the Eastern Han dynasty. Later, he served under the warlord Sun Ce and then under the warlord Cao Cao. He continued to serve in the Cao Wei state during the Three Kingdoms period.

  1. ^ ([太和五年十二月]戊午,太尉華歆薨。) Sanguozhi vol. 3.
  2. ^ (魏書云:歆時年七十五。) Wei Shu annotation in Sanguozhi vol. 13.
  3. ^ (夫人曾祖父讳歆,字子鱼,故魏太尉。夫人滕氏。祖父讳炳,字伟明,故魏侍御史。夫人任氏。父讳衍,字长胄,...) Wang Jun Qi Hua Fang Muzhiming
  4. ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 333.


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