夏侯惠 (稚權)

Xiahou Hui 夏侯惠 (209?–245?), zi Zhiquan 稚權. Three States period Wei literatus.

Xiahou Hui's ancestral home was Qiao 譙 (modern 亳州, Anhui). He was the fourth son of the statesman Xiahou Yuan 夏侯淵 (d. 219). Already in his youth he was known for his learning. He was a skilled writer of court petitions. During the reign of Emperor Ming (r. 226–239) he served at the Wei court as gentleman cavalier attendant and gentleman attendant at the palace gate. During this period he often engaged in debates with the precocious Zhong Yu 鍾毓 (d. 263), and most of Xiahou Hui's arguments were accepted. He also recommended an appointment for Liu Shao 劉劭 (ca. 180–ca. 245). Ca. 239, Xiahou Hui served as administrator on the staff of the prince of Yan 燕, Cao Yu 曹宇 (fl. 221–239). In 244, he was appointed governor of Le'an 樂安 (administrative seat Gaoyuan 高苑, southwest of modern Boxing 博興, Shandong). He died ca. 245 at the age of thirty-seven.

The monographs on bibliography of the Sui shu and the two Tang histories list his collected works in two juan. This was lost in the Song. two of his works survive, his petition recommending Liu Shao to the court, and the “Jingfu dian fu” 景福殿賦 (Fu on the Hall of Great Blessings), written to celebrate the construction of the Jingfu dian at Xuchang in 232.

Studies

• Cao Daoheng and Shen Yucheng, Zhongguo wenxuejia dacidian, 337.
• Cao Daoheng and Shen Yucheng, Zhonggu wenxue shiliao congkao, 89–90.

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