和连 / He Lian (Xianbei)

和连 / He Lian enters the wiki through Hanji 920 as 檀石槐’s son and immediate 鲜卑 successor. The transcript renders him as “何莲”; this page normalizes him to He Lian because the father-son succession and later 魁头 branch match the Xianbei leadership sequence.

The source gives He Lian a negative leadership profile. He is said to lack his father’s ability and to be greedy and lustful; when he attacks Beidi, he is killed by local people. Because his son is still too young, power passes to Kuitou, and the later contest between He Lian’s son and Kuitou disperses the group.

Connections

• Hanji 920 - source episode and transcript-caution context.
• 鲜卑 - frontier people affected by the succession weakness.
• 檀石槐 - father and stronger predecessor in the source contrast.
• 魁头 - successor after He Lian’s death.
• 幽州 and 并州 - northern pressure field around the same source layer.