Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Xiaoyuan 孝元皇帝

Xiaoyuan huangdi

Attested c. AD 870 - c. AD 920

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xiaoyuan was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. AD 870 to c. AD 920 孝元皇帝生高祖
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 122-123

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Wanyou (萬友)
brother 生 · Paternal half siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 122
Parent of Gaozu (高祖)
fathered 生
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 122-123
Child of Emperor Xiaoping (孝平皇帝)
fathered 生
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 122

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17: The Later Jin Imperial Family · 2 passages

孝平皇帝生孝元皇帝、萬友、萬詮，孝元皇帝生高祖，萬友生敬威、敬赟，萬詮生敬暉，而敬儒、敬德、敬殷、重胤皆不知其於高祖為親疏也。 Emperor Xiaoping fathered Emperor Xiaoyuan, Wanyou, and Wanyuan; Emperor Xiaoyuan fathered Gaozu; Wanyou fathered Jingwei and Jingyun; Wanyuan fathered Jinghui; but whether Jingru, Jingde, Jingyin, and Chongyin stood near or far from Gaozu in kinship is unknown.

高祖，孝元皇帝第二子也，而敬儒為兄，疑其長子也，則於高祖屬長而親，然贈官反最後於諸弟，而高祖世獨不得追封，此又可疑也。 Gaozu was Emperor Xiaoyuan’s second son, yet Jingru is styled elder brother—as if he were the eldest—making him Gaozu’s senior close kin; yet posthumous honors came to him last among the brothers, and under Gaozu alone he received no princely enfeoffment. That too is suspect.