Qin and Han · Royal Family Member

King Yuan of Chu 楚元王

Attested BC 201 - BC 178

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Yuan of Chu was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 201 to BC 178 楚元王墓
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 122, passage 218

Assessments and attributes

Item tomb of King Yuan of Chu 楚元王墓 · Relation Buried at · At Pengcheng 彭城
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 122, passage 218

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 122Volume 111: Commanderies and States Part Three · 1 passage

〖彭城〗古大彭邑。北征記城西二十里有山，山有楚元王墓。伏滔北征記曰：「城北六里有山，臨泗，有宋桓魋石槨，皆靑石，隱起龜龍鱗鳳之象。」有铁。 Pengcheng was the ancient settlement of Great Peng. The Beizheng ji says a mountain twenty li west of the city held the tomb of King Yuan of Chu. Fu Tao's Beizheng ji says, “Six li north of the city was a mountain, facing the Si River, with Song Huan Tui's stone outer coffin. All the stones were blue, with raised images of turtles, dragons, scales, and phoenixes.” Pengcheng was also an iron-working county.