Overview
The translated histories identify Chen Shubao as a musician, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 24 passages from 5 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Chen Shubao | 陳叔寶 | Chen Shubao |
| Alternate | Chen Shubao | 陳叔寶 | Chen Shubao |
| Personal name | Chen Shubao | 陳叔寶 | |
| Personal name | Chen's last emperor | 陳後主 | |
| Title | Houzhu | 後主 | Houzhu |
| Title | Last Lord of Chen | 後主 | |
| Title | Lord of Chen | 陳主 | |
| Title | ruler of Chen | 陳主 | |
| Given name | Shubao | 叔寶 | |
| Title | the heir | 太子 | |
| Title | the heir apparent | 皇太子 | |
| Title | the Last Emperor |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · chenshu:029:s0060, suishu:079:s0188
- Sex: maleExplicit · suishu:052:s0023, xintangshu:022:s0045
Roles
- Musician
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 平陳 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:052:s0023
- Source Date: Text: 至德至禎明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 583 · End: AD 589Explicit · chenshu:029:s0060, chenshu:029:s0066
- Source Date: Text: 陳亡 / 陳主被擒 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:079:s0188, suishu:079:s0192
- Source Date: Text: 陳後主 · Western Interval: Start: AD 582 · End: AD 589Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:115:s0169
Family
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- Child of Chen Xu (陳頊)Kinship Term: heir / 太子 · Parentage: biological
Parentage: biological - Child of Empress Liu (柳皇后)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
- Sibling of Younger sister of Chen Shubao (陳叔寶妹)Kinship Term: younger sister / 妹 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-sister
Places and affiliations
- Label: Chen / 陳 · Relation: ruledExplicit · suishu:052:s0023, suishu:052:s0028
Works and attributed material
- Work: Jade Tree in the Rear Court / 玉樹後庭花 · Relation: authorExplicit · xintangshu:022:s0045
- Work: Stately / 堂堂 · Relation: authorExplicit · xintangshu:022:s0045
- Kind: edict · Role: authorExplicit · chenshu:029:s0066
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: captive · Action: captured-by-Qinhu · Other Person Id: Han Qihu (韓擒虎) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 平陳 · Western Year: AD 589Explicit event contextual date · suishu:052:s0028, suishu:052:s0167
- Description: invoked as the doomed last ruler of Chen / 以陳末主數盡為鑒 · Western Year: AD 955 · Kind: historical-event · Action: invoked as the doomed last ruler of ChenExplicit · jiuwudaishi:115:s0169
References in the histories
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