Overview
The translated histories identify Chen Bogu as an administrator, general, rebel, and royal family member. This record brings together 19 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 Bogu | 陳伯固 | Chen Bogu |
| Given name | Bogu | 伯固 | Bogu |
| Given | Bogu | 伯固 | Bogu |
| Personal name | Chen Bogu | 陳伯固 | Chen Bogu |
| Courtesy name | Laozhi | 牢之 | Laozhi |
| Title | Prince of Xin'an | 新安王 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · chenshu:004:s0050, chenshu:036:s0094
Roles
- Administrator
- General
- Rebel
- Royal Family Member
- Scholar
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: killed by mutinous troops · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 叔陵之叛 · Western Year: AD 582 · Place: Dongchang hostel gate / 東昌館門Explicit · chenshu:036:s0121
Age
- Age: 28 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 叔陵之叛 · Western Year: AD 582Explicit · chenshu:036:s0121
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 光大元年閏月癸巳 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:004:s0050
- Source Date: Text: 叔陵之叛 · Western Year: AD 582Explicit · chenshu:036:s0057, chenshu:036:s0121
- Source Date: Text: 天嘉六年 · Western Year: AD 565Explicit · chenshu:036:s0096
- Source Date: Text: 太建七年 · Western Year: AD 575Explicit · chenshu:036:s0103
- Source Date: Text: 太建元年 · Western Year: AD 569Explicit · chenshu:036:s0099
- Source Date: Text: 太建十三年 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · chenshu:036:s0111
- Source Date: Text: 太建十二年 · Western Year: AD 580Explicit · chenshu:036:s0110
- Source Date: Text: 太建十年 · Western Year: AD 578Explicit · chenshu:036:s0106
- Source Date: Text: 太建四年 · Western Year: AD 572Explicit · chenshu:036:s0102
- Source Date: Text: 廢帝嗣立 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit event contextual date · chenshu:036:s0097
Family
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- Child of Lady Wang (王氏)Kinship Term: birth mother / 所生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
- Sibling of Chen Bozong (陳伯宗)Kinship Term: brother / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
- Child of Emperor Wen (世祖)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 5
Kinship Term: fifth son / 第五子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 5
- Kinship Role: children · Quantity: pluralExplicit · chenshu:036:s0125
Career and standing
- Label: Governor of Danyang / 丹陽尹 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光大元年閏月癸巳 · Western Year: AD 567Explicit · chenshu:004:s0050
- Label: inspector of Yangzhou / 揚州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建十三年 · Western Year: AD 581Explicit · chenshu:036:s0111
- Label: libationer of the National University / 國子祭酒 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建十年 · Western Year: AD 578Explicit · chenshu:036:s0107
- Label: governor of Danyang / 丹陽尹 · Action: appointedExplicit · chenshu:036:s0098
- Title: Prince of Xin'an / 新安郡王 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 2000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天嘉六年 · Western Year: AD 565Explicit · chenshu:036:s0096
- Title: Prince of Xin'an / 新安王 · Action: heldExplicit · chenshu:004:s0050
- Status: burial with commoner rites · Action: grantedExplicit · chenshu:036:s0123
- Status: children and birth mother pardoned as commoners; fief abolished · Action: posthumous settlementExplicit · chenshu:036:s0125, chenshu:036:s0126
Places and affiliations
- Label: Chen / 陳 · Relation: servedExplicit · chenshu:004:s0050
- Polity: Chen / 陳 · Relation: member-ofExplicit · chenshu:036:s0094
Learning and skills
- Subject: arcane learning / 玄理Explicit · chenshu:036:s0108
- Skill: debate and discourse / 俊辯善言論 · Level: skilledExplicit · chenshu:036:s0095
Events and relationships
- Kind: rebellion · Role: ally · Action: joined Shuling · Other Person Id: Shuling (叔陵) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 叔陵之叛 · Western Year: AD 582Explicit · chenshu:036:s0057, chenshu:036:s0117
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: poorest among the princes; frivolous; harsh administrator · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: pigeon chest; bright eye-whites; slight statureExplicit · chenshu:036:s0095
References in the histories
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