Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince

Chen

Chēn

Attested AD 499 - AD 528

Passages
16
Chapters
2
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chen Chēn
Personal Chen Chen
Title Prince of Hejian 河間王 Hejian Wang
Courtesy Tanbao 曇寶 Tánbǎo
Surname Yuan Yuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 世宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:024:s0075
  • Source Date: Text: 肅宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528
    Explicit 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 526
    Explicit · 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 499
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0075
  • Label: Director of the Court for the Imperial Clan / 都官尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0082
  • Label: Inspector of Qinzhou / 秦州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0082
  • Label: Mobile Office and Commissioner / 行臺、都督 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0084
  • Title: princely title / 王爵 · Action: posthumously-restored
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0089
  • Title: princely title / 王爵 · Action: restored
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0088
  • Status: dismissed-kept-at-home · Action: entered
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0079
  • Status: stripped-of-office-and-title · Action: entered
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0088
  • Status: stripped-of-rank-made-commoner · Action: received
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0087

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: amassed wealth; people groaned · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0083
  • Assessment: clever as a child; Gaozu loved him · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0074
  • Assessment: extremely greedy; took endless bribes · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0077

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 24Volume 20: Emperor Wencheng's Five Princes · 7 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 9 passages