Overview
The translated histories identify Chu Yuan as a general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 27 passages from 8 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Chu Yuan | 褚淵 | Chu Yuan |
| Surname | Chu | 褚 | |
| Personal name | Chu Yuan | 褚淵 | Chu Yuan |
| Personal name | Chu Yuan | 褚淵 | Chǔ Yuān |
| Personal | Chu Yuan | 褚淵 | Chǔ Yuān |
| Title | Minister over the Masses | 司徒 | |
| Title | Protector General Chu | 褚護軍 | |
| Posthumous name | Wenjian | 文簡 | Wenjian |
| Given | Yuan | 淵 | Yuan |
| Surname | Yuan | 淵 | |
| Given | Yuan | 淵 | |
| Given | Yuan | 淵 | Yuān |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Explicit · liangshu:052:s0116
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: Yu Yuan and Shen Xian career contexts · Western Interval: Start: AD 465 · End: AD 493Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0079
- Source Date: Text: 卽位後 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0033
- Source Date: Text: 太宗臨崩 · Western Year: AD 472Explicit event contextual date · songshu:089:s0103
- Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Western Year: AD 481Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:010:s0063, nanqishu:010:s0082
- Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 昇明前後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 477 · End: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0051
- Source Date: Text: 齊初…褚淵 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit · liangshu:052:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 齊高帝受禪 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · liangshu:020:s0006
Career and standing
- Label: Minister over the Masses / 司徒 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元二年十二月戊戌 · Western Year: AD 480Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0122
- Label: Grand Minister / 司徒 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元二年正月 · Western Year: AD 480Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0098
- Label: Grand Minister / Minister over the Masses / 司徒 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0039
- Label: Director of the Master of Writing / 尚書令 · Action: concurrent · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年九月丙午 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0092
- Action: held · Appointments: Grand Administrator / 太守Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0168
- Label: Director of the Imperial Secretariat / 尚書令 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit · liangshu:052:s0115
- Label: Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書令 · Action: heldExplicit · nanqishu:010:s0082
- Label: Grand Minister / Taizai / 太宰 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:020:s0006
- Label: Minister of Works / 司徒 · Action: heldExplicit · nanqishu:010:s0109, nanqishu:010:s0142
- Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: heldExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0039
- Status: one-of-Four-Esteemed · Label: the Four Esteemed / 四貴Explicit · songshu:089:s0054
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author
- Kind: oral assessment · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yu Yuan (虞愿) · Statement: Lord Yu's integrity extended even to his dust-covered couch and few books.Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0079, nanqishu:053:s0080
- Kind: oral assessment · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Qiu Zhongqi (丘仲起) · Statement: Remaining unperturbed by desirable things was the virtue Duke Yang left his descendantsExplicit · nanqishu:053:s0192
- Kind: oral assessment · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Shen Xian (沈憲) · Statement: Xian could be deployed for tasks of any shapeExplicit · nanqishu:053:s0168
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: recipient · Action: received-dying-command · Other Person Ids: Yuan Can (袁粲), Liu Mian (劉勔)Explicit · songshu:089:s0103
- Explicit · liangshu:020:s0006
- Relation: minister-to · Person Id: Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0145, nanqishu:002:s0148
References in the histories
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