Chen Shaoyou (陳少遊)

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Shaoyou as an administrator, military officer, official, and scholar. This record brings together 37 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Chen Shaoyou	陳少遊	Chén Shǎoyóu
Surname	Chen	陳	Chén
Personal name	Chen Shaoyou	陳少遊	Chén Shǎoyóu
Personal name	Chen Shaoyou	陳少游	Chén Shǎoyóu
Personal	Chen Shaoyou	陳少遊	Chen Shaoyou
Given name	Shaoyou	少遊	Shǎoyóu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0078, xintangshu:172:s0209
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:052:s0026

Roles

Administrator
Military Officer
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Cause: illness from shame and alarm · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建中興元之際 · Western Interval: Start: AD 783 · End: AD 784
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0155

Age

Age: 61 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0155

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大歷五年 · Western Year: AD 770
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0110
Source Date: Text: 大歷八年 · Western Year: AD 773
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0111
Source Date: Text: 寶應元年 · Western Year: AD 762
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0087
Source Date: Text: 建中三年 · Western Year: AD 782
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0124
Source Date: Text: 建中四年十月 · Western Year: AD 783
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0128
Source Date: Text: 永泰二年 · Western Year: AD 766
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0094
Source Date: Text: 淮南節度使陳少游 · Western Year: AD 782
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0026
Source Date: Text: 至德中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 756 · End: AD 758
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0086
Source Date: Text: 興元初 · Western Year: AD 784
Explicit · xintangshu:172:s0209

Family

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Descendant of Chen Yan (陳儼)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Chen Qing (陳慶)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Label: Huainan military commissioner / 淮南節度觀察使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大歷八年 · Western Year: AD 773
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0111
Label: magistrate of Nanping in Yuzhou / 渝州南平令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0085
Label: military governor of Huainan / 淮南節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0026
Title: Baron of Yingchuan / 潁川縣開國子 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0112
Title: Grand Marshal / 太尉 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0155

Places and affiliations

Place: Bozhou / 博州 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0078
Place: Huainan / 淮南 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0026

Learning and skills

Institution: Hall of Venerating Mystery / 崇玄館 · Subjects: Zhuangzi, Liezi, Laozi
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0081

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: sender · Action: offered submission to Li Xilie · Other Person Id: Li Xilie (李希烈)
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0147
Kind: administrative · Role: initiator · Action: raised circuit tax by two hundred cash per string, later extended empire-wide
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0026
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: recovered then abandoned Xu and Hai · Other Person Id: Li Na (李納) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建中三年 · Western Year: AD 782
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0124
Kind: political · Role: perpetrator · Action: seized Bao Ji tax funds · Other Person Id: Bao Ji (包佶) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建中四年十月 · Western Year: AD 783
Explicit · jiutangshu:130:s0129, jiutangshu:130:s0134