Overview
The translated histories identify Chen as an administrator, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 16 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Chen | 琛 | Chēn |
| Personal | Chen | 琛 | Chen |
| Title | Prince of Hejian | 河間王 | Hejian Wang |
| Courtesy | Tanbao | 曇寶 | Tánbǎo |
| Surname | Yuan | 元 | Yuan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · weishu:024:s0153, weishu:030:s0109
Roles
- Administrator
- General
- Official
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Action: died · Place: on campaign / 卒於軍Explicit · weishu:024:s0089
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 世宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515Explicit event contextual date · weishu:024:s0075
- Source Date: Text: 肅宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528Explicit event contextual date · weishu:024:s0080
- Source Date: Text: 詔河間王琛總眾援之。 · Western Interval: Start: AD 524 · End: AD 526Explicit · weishu:030:s0109
Family
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- Child of Liu Teng (劉騰)Kinship Term: adoptive father / 養 · Parentage: adoptive
Kinship Term: adopted son / 養息 · Parentage: adoptive - Spouse of Consort of Chen (琛妃)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage
- Child of Jian (簡)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Kin of Ruo (若)Kinship Term: successor / 繼 · Subject Role: predecessor · Object Role: successor
Career and standing
- Label: Inspector of Dingzhou / 定州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 世宗時 · Western Year: AD 499Explicit · weishu:024:s0075
- Label: Director of the Court for the Imperial Clan / 都官尚書 · Action: appointedExplicit · weishu:024:s0082
- Label: Inspector of Qinzhou / 秦州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · weishu:024:s0082
- Label: Mobile Office and Commissioner / 行臺、都督 · Action: appointedExplicit · weishu:024:s0084
- Title: princely title / 王爵 · Action: posthumously-restoredExplicit · weishu:024:s0089
- Title: princely title / 王爵 · Action: restoredExplicit · weishu:024:s0088
- Status: dismissed-kept-at-home · Action: enteredExplicit · weishu:024:s0079
- Status: stripped-of-office-and-title · Action: enteredExplicit · weishu:024:s0088
- Status: stripped-of-rank-made-commoner · Action: receivedExplicit · weishu:024:s0087
Works and attributed material
- Kind: edict · Role: addressee · Speaker Person Id: Empress Dowager Ling (靈太后) · Statement: took everything but Zhongshan PalaceExplicit · weishu:024:s0078
Events and relationships
- Explicit · weishu:024:s0081
- Explicit · weishu:024:s0088
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-by · Place: Di and Qiang regions / 氐羌Explicit · weishu:024:s0086
- Kind: scholarly · Role: donor · Action: presented · Work: gilt-letter Classic of Filial Piety / 金字孝經 · Other Person Id: Emperor Xiaoming of Wei (魏孝明帝)Explicit · weishu:024:s0080
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: amassed wealth; people groaned · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · weishu:024:s0083
- Assessment: clever as a child; Gaozu loved him · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · weishu:024:s0074
- Assessment: extremely greedy; took endless bribes · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · weishu:024:s0077
References in the histories
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