Song, Liao, and Jin · Imperial prince

Longxian 隆先

Lóngxiān

Attested AD 916 - AD 1125

Passages
8
Chapters
4
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Longxian as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and poet. This record brings together 8 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Longxian 隆先 Lóngxiān
Title Prince of Ping 平王
Courtesy name Tuanyin 團隱 Tuányǐn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Poet
  • Royal Family Member
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Death

  • Place: Daoyin Valley, Mount Yiwulü / 醫巫閭山之道隱谷 · Relation: died-and-buried
    Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0145

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 保寧之季 · Western Interval: Start: AD 969 · End: AD 979
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:072:s0147
  • Source Date: Text: 保寧元年 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0021
  • Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 978
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:009:s0032
  • Source Date: Text: 景宗即位 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:072:s0142
  • Source Date: Text: 遼皇族表 · Western Interval: Start: AD 916 · End: AD 1125
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:066:s0357

Family

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  • Descendant of Liao Taizu (遼太祖)
    Kinship Term: descended from / 係出 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Chenge (陳哥)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: his son / 其子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of Mother of Longxian (Da clan) (隆先母大氏)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
  • Child of Yelü Bei (耶律倍)
    Kinship Term: next / 次 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 4
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of Ma Renwang (馬人望)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Louguo (婁國)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: chief of governmental affairs / 政事令 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0143
  • Label: regent of the Eastern Capital / 留守東京 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0143
  • Title: Prince of Ping / 平王 · Action: enfeoffed
    Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0142
  • Title: Prince of Ping / 平王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 保寧元年四月 · Western Year: AD 969
    Explicit · liaoshi:008:s0021
  • Title: Prince of Ping / 平王 · Action: held

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Work: Collection of the Lang Garden / 閬苑集 · Relation: author
    Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0146

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: clever, broadly learned, skilled in poetry · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0146

Source notes

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Jingzong 1 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 9Volume 9 Annals 9: Jingzong 2 · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 66Volume 66 Tables 4: Imperial Family · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 5 passages