Hua He, style name

Chinese style name

A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name , is a given name to be used later in life. After 20 years of age, the zì is assigned in place of one's given name as a symbol of adulthood and respect...

 Yongxian (永先), was a minister of Eastern Wu

Eastern Wu

Eastern Wu, also known as Sun Wu, was one the three states competing for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period after the fall of the Han Dynasty. It was based in the Jiangnan region of China...

 during the late Three Kingdoms

Three Kingdoms

The Three Kingdoms period was a period in Chinese history, part of an era of disunity called the "Six Dynasties" following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty rulers. In a strict academic sense it refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 and the...

 period of Chinese history

History of China

Chinese civilization originated in various regional centers along both the Yellow River and the Yangtze River valleys in the Neolithic era, but the Yellow River is said to be the Cradle of Chinese Civilization. With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world's oldest...

. Hua He was a high ranking minister under the inept ruler of Wu, Sun Hao

Sun Hao

Sun Hao , style name Yuanzong , originally named Sun Pengzu with the style name Yuanzong , was the fourth and last emperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. He was the son of Sun He, a one-time crown prince of the founding emperor Sun Quan...

, but ended up being banished (which included many other ministers) from the court because he opposed the radical foreign policy of Sun Hao. Hua He then went to live in seclusion as a result of this event, and greatly despaired over the soon to come downfall of Wu

Conquest of Wu by Jin

The conquest of Wu by Jin was a military campaign launched by the Jin Dynasty against the state of Eastern Wu in 280 towards the end of the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history...

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Appointments and titles held

• Commandant of Shangyu (上虞尉)
• Commandant of Agriculture (曲農都尉)
• Gentleman of Secret Affairs Department (秘府郎)
• Assistant in Imperial Secretariat (中書丞)
• Marquis of Chuling (除陵亭侯)
• Prefect of Dongguan (東觀令)
• Right Official of State (右國吏)

See also

• List of people of the Three Kingdoms