Qin and Han · king whose mother was Empress Dowager Feng

King Xiao of Zhongshan 中山孝王

Zhōngshān Xiào wáng

Attested BC 48 - BC 6

Passages
8
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify King Xiao of Zhongshan as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King Xiao of Zhongshan 中山孝王 Zhōngshān Xiào wáng
Title Filial King of Zhongshan 中山孝王
Title King of Zhongshan 中山王
Posthumous King Xiao of Zhongshan 中山孝王
Title Zhongshan Filial King 中山孝王 Zhongshan Xiao Wang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 48 · End: BC 33
    Explicit · hanshu:090:s0121
  • Source Date: Text: 元延四年 · Western Year: BC 9
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0005
  • Source Date: Text: 建平元年 · Western Year: BC 6
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:012:s0072

Family

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  • Child of Feng Yuan (馮媛)
    Kinship Term: bore / 產 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Empress Dowager Yuan (媛)
    Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: widowed
  • Child of Emperor Yuan (元帝)
    Kinship Term: Filial King of Zhongshan / 中山孝王 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Emperor Xiaocheng (孝成皇帝)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 少弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 12Volume 11: Annals of Emperor Ai · 3 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 88Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 4 passages