Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince of Guangwu; Yongle’s younger brother

Changbi 長弼

Attested AD 550 - AD 559

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Changbi as an aristocrat and rebel. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Changbi 長弼
Childhood A’jia 阿伽

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Death

  • Place: among the Turks / 突厥 · Uncertain: true · Statement: died in an unknown place after fleeing to the Turks
    Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0032

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天保元年前後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:014:s0029

Family

  • Sibling of Yongle (永樂)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

  • Label: Governor of Southern Ying Province / 南營州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0032
  • Title: Prince of Guangwu / 廣武王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0029
  • Status: flogged · Action: flogged one hundred strokes
    Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0031

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Kind: character · Statement: coarse and martial by nature, liked to beat passersby on the road; people called him Lord A’jia
    Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0028

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 14Volume 14 Biographies 6: Guangping Gongcheng; Yangzhou Gong Yongle; Di Zhangbi; Prince of Xiangle, Xiang Guo; Prince of Shangluo, Si Zong; Zi Yuanhai; Di Sihao; Prince of Pingqin, Guiyan; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Changle, Governor of Lingshan; Sizi Fuhu · 5 passages