Chen Xiuxian (休先) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Xiuxian as a general, military officer, and royal family member. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Chen Xiuxian	休先	Xiuxian
Title	Duke of Wukang	武康縣公
Title	Prince of Nankang	南康郡王
Title	Prince Zhongzhuang	忠壯王
Title	Prince Zhongzhuang Xiuxian	忠壯王休先
Given	Xiuxian	休先	Xiuxian
Posthumous	Zhongzhuang	忠壯	Zhongzhuang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

General
Military Officer
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清中…頃之卒 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太清中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549
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Source Date: Text: 梁敬帝即位 · Western Year: AD 555
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Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 557
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Family

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Child of Mother of Gaozu
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother · Line: maternal
Parent of Chen Tanlang (陳曇朗)
Kinship Term: son / 之子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Sibling of Gaozu (高祖)
Kinship Term: uterine younger brother / 母弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother

Career and standing

Label: Commander of Wende / 文德主帥 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太清中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549
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Label: posthumous Liang offices and Duke of Wukang / 侍中…武康縣公 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 梁敬帝即位 · Western Year: AD 555
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Title: Prince of Nankang / 南康郡王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed · Fief Households: 2000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 高祖受禪 · Western Year: AD 557
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: if he had lived, Yellow and Luo would have been easy to settle · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Gaozu (高祖)
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References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 14Volume 14: Chen Chang; Chen Tanlang · 7 passages

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南康愍王曇朗，高祖母弟忠壯王休先之子也。 Chen Tanlang, Prince Min of Nankang, was the son of Prince Zhongzhuang Xiuxian, the Founder's younger brother by the same mother.

休先少倜儻有大志，梁簡文之在東宮，深被知遇。 Xiuxian was daring and ambitious in youth; when Emperor Jianwen of Liang was crown prince he won deep favor.

太清中既納侯景，有事北方，乃使休先召募得千餘人，授文德主帥，頃之卒。 In the Taqing era, after Hou Jing was admitted and war moved north, he had Xiuxian raise more than a thousand men and made him commander of Wende; he died soon after.

高祖之有天下也，每稱休先曰：「此弟若存，河洛不足定也。」 Once the Founder held the realm, he often said of Xiuxian: "If this brother had lived, the Yellow and Luo would not have been hard to recover."

梁敬帝即位，追贈侍中、使持節、驃騎將軍、南徐州刺史，封武康縣公，邑一千戶。 When Emperor Jing of Liang came to the throne, Xiuxian was posthumously made palace attendant, bearer of the staff, general of agile cavalry, and inspector of South Xuzhou, and enfeoffed as Duke of Wukang with one thousand households.

高祖受禪，追贈侍中、車騎大將軍、司徒，封南康郡王，邑二千戶，諡曰忠壯。 When the Founder took the throne, he was posthumously made palace attendant, grand general of chariots and cavalry, and grand tutor, enfeoffed as Prince of Nankang with two thousand households, and given the posthumous name Zhongzhuang.

高祖踐祚，猶以曇朗襲封南康郡王，奉忠壯王祀，禮秩一同皇子。 When the Founder became emperor, he still had Tanlang recorded as Prince of Nankang to maintain Prince Zhongzhuang's sacrifices, with honors equal to an imperial prince.