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Bao Quan
Liang official from Donghai and a ritual scholar who compiled the New Rites, a general under Xiao Yi, killed by Hou Jing in 552.
At dusk on a hilltop, a large tent stands open with a table holding a map marked with small stones inside, a saddled horse tethered outside, and fire stands burning; campfires dot the river plain below, and one tiny sentry stands on the slope.
Also known as Runyue · Runyue (variant character in Nan shi)
Bao Quan, courtesy name Runyue, was from Donghai; his father Bao Ji had served Xiao Yi, Prince of Xiangdong, as counselor. Widely read in history and an authority on the Yili, he compiled the New Rites. Starting as a household attendant to Xiao Yi, he rose to governor of Xinzhou and became chief administrator of Yingzhou. In 549 he and Wang Sengbian were sent against Xiao Yu but could not take Changsha, and Xiao Yi reproached him. Yingzhou fell to Hou Jing's commanders, and Bao Quan was captured and killed at Jiangxia in 552.
Life and times
Dates Born unknown; died 552 CE