Overview
The translated histories identify Chen Baxian as a family member, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 129 passages from 19 chapters across 6 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Chen Baxian | 陳霸先 | Chen Baxian |
| Given | Baxian | 霸先 | |
| Given | Baxian | 霸先 | Baxian |
| Personal name | Chen Baxian | 陳霸先 | Chen Baxian |
| Personal name | Chen Baxian | 陳霸先 | |
| Title | Chen Wudi | 陳武帝 | |
| Temple name | Chen Wudi | 陳武帝 | Chen Wudi |
| Title | Duke of Chen | 陳公 | |
| Title | Duke of Yixing | 義興郡公 | |
| Temple name | Emperor Wu | 高祖 | |
| Posthumous name | Emperor Wu of Chen | 陳武帝 | Chen Wu Di |
| Title | Emperor Wu of Chen | 武帝 | |
| Title | Founder | 高祖 | Gaozu |
| Alternate | Founder | 高祖 | Gāozǔ |
| Alternate | Founder | 高祖 | |
| Temple name | Founder | 高祖 | |
| Personal | Founder | 高祖 | Gaozu |
| Temple name | Founder | 高祖 | Gāozǔ |
| Title | Founder | 高祖 | |
| Alternate name | Founder | ||
| Temple name | Gaozu | 高祖 | |
| Temple | Gaozu | 高祖 | Gaozu |
| Temple name | Gaozu | 高祖 | Gaozu |
| Title | King of Chen | 陳王 | |
| Posthumous name | Martial Emperor | 武皇帝 | |
| Title | the Founder | 高祖 | |
| Title | the Founder | ||
| Title | The Founder | 高祖武皇帝 | |
| Temple name | 高祖 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:033:s0017, chenshu:007:s0008, chenshu:020:s0151, chenshu:029:s0008, suishu:072:s0118
- Sex: male
- Value: maleExplicit · chenshu:017:s0039
Roles
- Family Member
- General
- Military Officer
- Official
- Ruler
- Statesman
- Strategist
- Warlord
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是月 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0125
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 永定元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:007:s0028
- Source Date: Text: Shaotai and Yongding transition · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 559Explicit · chenshu:013:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552Explicit · chenshu:025:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 光大二年十一月甲寅 · Western Year: AD 568Explicit · chenshu:004:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 大同十一年 · Western Year: AD 545Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0003, zizhitongjian:159:s0003a, zizhitongjian:159:s0049
- Source Date: Text: 天保六年 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:033:s0016, beiqishu:033:s0017
- Source Date: Text: 太平二年 · Western Year: AD 557
- Source Date: Text: 太平元年 · Western Year: AD 556
- Source Date: Text: 太清三年七月甲寅 · Western Year: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:004:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 承聖三年十一月 · Western Year: AD 554Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:006:s0184
- Source Date: Text: 承聖前後 · Western Year: AD 553Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:046:s0073
- Source Date: Text: 是月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0193
- Source Date: Text: 是月 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:004:s0125
- Source Date: Text: 本高祖主帥 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:020:s0151
- Source Date: Text: 李賁復帥眾 · Western Year: AD 546Explicit event contextual date · zizhitongjian:159:s0252b
- Source Date: Text: 永定二年 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0116
- Source Date: Text: 永定元年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0153
- Source Date: Text: 紹泰元年 · Western Year: AD 555Strongly inferred · chenshu:015:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 紹泰元年 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:006:s0007, liangshu:006:s0018
- Source Date: Text: 陳武帝、霸先 · Western Interval: Start: AD 555 · End: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0118, suishu:072:s0127
- Source Date: Text: 高祖受命 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:018:s0022, chenshu:018:s0040
- Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 557
- Source Date: Text: 高祖在位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 559Explicit · chenshu:004:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 高祖微時 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:022:s0049
- Source Date: Text: 高祖承微接亂 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:007:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 高祖舊臣 · Western Interval: Start: AD 557 · End: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:020:s0159
- Source Date: Text: 高祖踐祚 · Western Year: AD 557
- Source Date: Text: 高祖輔政 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:022:s0051
Family
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- Kin of Emperor Wen (世祖)Kinship Term: elder brother's son / nephew / 兄子 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: paternal-uncle · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Elder brother of Chen Baxian (陳霸先之兄)
- Kin of Chen Ni (陳擬)Kinship Term: nephew / 從子 · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: distant kinsman / 疏屬 · Relationship State: active - Kin of Chen Huang (陳晃)Kinship Term: nephew / 從子 · Generation Distance: 1 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Bao (陳褒)Kinship Term: nephew / 從子 · Generation Distance: 1 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Jiong (陳炅)Kinship Term: nephew / 從子 · Generation Distance: 1 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Huiji (陳慧紀)Kinship Term: grandnephew on the collateral line / 從孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Jingya (陳敬雅)Kinship Term: grandnephew / 從孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Jingtai (陳敬泰)Kinship Term: grandnephew / 從孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Xiang (陳詳)Kinship Term: grandnephew / 從孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Xu (陳訬)Kinship Term: grandnephew / 從孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Zhi (陳祏)Kinship Term: grandnephew / 從孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Relationship State: active
- Kin of Chen Xuan (陳諠)Kinship Term: grandnephew / 從孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Relationship State: active
- Spouse of Zhang Yao'er (章要兒)Kinship Term: betrothed/married / 聘 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
- Parent of Princess Mu of Kuaiji (會稽穆公主)Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
- Sibling of Elder brother of Chen Baxian (陳霸先之兄)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
- Parent of Elder Princess of Kuaiji (會稽長公主)Kinship Term: elder princess / 長公主 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
- Parent of Princess Yongshi (永世公主)Kinship Term: eldest daughter / 長女 · Parentage: biological
- Spouse of Dowager Empress Cixun (慈訓太后)Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
- Kin of Cousin of Chen Gaozu (高祖從妹)Kinship Term: female cousin / 從妹 · Subject Role: cousin · Object Role: female-cousin
Kinship Term: female cousin / 從妹 · Subject Role: female-cousin · Object Role: cousin - Spouse of Daughter of Qian Zhongfang (錢仲方女)Kinship Term: married / 娶 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended
- Kin of Prince of Hengyang Chang (衡陽王昌)Kinship Term: Prince of Hengyang / 衡陽王
- Parent of Emperor Wen (世祖)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
- Parent of Chen Xu (陳頊)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Career and standing
- Label: Chancellor of State / 相國 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平二年九月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · liangshu:006:s0114
- Label: Chancellor / 丞相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平元年 · Western Year: AD 556Explicit · liangshu:006:s0064
- Label: Marshal / 司馬 · Action: appointedExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0049
- Label: Vanguard / 前鋒 · Action: appointedExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0049h
- Title: King of Chen / 陳王 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平二年十月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · liangshu:006:s0117
- Title: Duke of Chen / 陳公 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平二年九月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · liangshu:006:s0114
- Label: Nine Bestowals / 九錫 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平二年九月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · liangshu:006:s0114
- Action: ascended · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平二年 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · liangshu:006:s0179
- Title: Emperor Wu of Chen / 陳武帝 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0193
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:029:s0008
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖踐祚 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · chenshu:015:s0011
Places and affiliations
- Label: Chen / 陳 · Relation: ruledExplicit · chenshu:004:s0089
- Label: Chen · Relation: ruledExplicit · chenshu:018:s0022
- Polity: Chen / 陳 · Relation: associated-withExplicit · chenshu:007:s0028
- Polity: Chen / 陳 · Relation: foundedExplicit · liangshu:006:s0116, liangshu:006:s0179
- Polity: Chen / 陳 · Relation: ruled
- Polity: Chen · Relation: associated-withExplicit · chenshu:025:s0018
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0252b
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · chenshu:013:s0058
- Explicit · chenshu:013:s0060
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Audience: generals
- Kind: edict · Role: author · Start Unit Id: s0011 · End Unit Id: s0013
- Kind: military counsel · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: direct-quotation · Speaker Person Id: Chen Baxian (陳霸先)
- Explicit · chenshu:025:s0014
Events and relationships
- Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0026
- Explicit · liangshu:004:s0045
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Counterpart: Qi / 齊 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太平元年六月乙卯 · Western Year: AD 556Explicit · liangshu:006:s0057
- Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0252i, zizhitongjian:159:s0252j
- Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: deposed-and-usurped · Other Person Id: Xiao Fangzhi (蕭方智) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是月 · Western Year: AD 557Explicit · zhoushu:004:s0193
- Kind: political · Role: agent · Action: deposed · Other Person Id: Xiao Yuanming (蕭淵明) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰元年九月甲辰 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit · liangshu:006:s0007
- Kind: political · Role: regent · Action: held-regencyExplicit · chenshu:022:s0051
- Kind: posthumous · Role: victim of tomb desecration · Action: his tomb was opened and his bones burned by Wang Ban · Other Person Id: Wang Ban (王頒) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及陳滅 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0127, suishu:072:s0128, suishu:072:s0129, suishu:072:s0131, suishu:072:s0132
- Kind: political · Role: killer · Action: killed Wang Sengbian · Other Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 為陳武帝所殺 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit event contextual date · suishu:072:s0118
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: killed-Wang-Sengbian · Other Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯)Explicit · liangshu:046:s0121
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Wang Sengbian (王僧辯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹泰元年九月甲辰 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit · liangshu:006:s0007
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: 撥亂反正 · Assessment En: put down disorder and restored the right · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Dowager Empress Cixun (慈訓太后)Explicit · chenshu:004:s0089
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · chenshu:015:s0012
References in the histories
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