Eke (訛可) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Eke as a royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Eke	訛可	Ékě
Personal name	Eke	訛可	Ékě
Title	Prince Cao	曹王
Title	Prince Cao	曹王	Cáo wáng
Personal	Wo-ke	訛可	Ékě
Descriptive kinship	Younger brother of the Jin emperor	弟

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jinshi:115:s0002, yuanshi:002:s0037

Roles

Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 四年壬辰三月 · Western Year: AD 1232
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:002:s0037
Source Date: Text: 天興元年 · Western Year: AD 1232
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:115:s0016, jinshi:115:s0013

Family

Sibling of Jin emperor (金主)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

Status: hostage · Action: became
Explicit · jinshi:115:s0016
Status: hostage · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年壬辰三月 · Western Year: AD 1232
Explicit · yuanshi:002:s0037

References in the histories

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History of Jin, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 53: Wanyan Nushen, Cui Li, Li Qi, Nie Tianji, Chizhan Weixin · 2 passages

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汴受圍數月，倉庫匱乏，召武仙等入援不至，哀宗懼，以曹王訛可出質，請罷攻。 Kaifeng had been under siege for months, and the granaries were empty. Wuxian and others were called to relieve the city but never came. In fear, Emperor Aizong offered Prince Cao, Eke, as a hostage and asked that the assault be halted.

或曰是時週邊不解，如在陷阱，議者欲推立荊王以城出降，是亦《春秋》紀季入齊之義，況北兵中已有曹王也。 Some say that at this time, besieged on every side as if in a trap, those deliberating wished to install Prince Jing and surrender the city—an act in the spirit of Ji Ji's surrender to Qi in the Spring and Autumn Annals—and besides, Prince Cao was already held among the northern forces.

History of Yuan, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizong, Dingzong · 1 passage

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三月，命速不台等圍南京，金主遣其弟曹王訛可入質。 In the third month Subutai and others were ordered to besiege Nanjing; the Jin emperor sent his younger brother Prince Cao, Wo-ke, as hostage.