Lord of Nandun (南顿君)

Overview

The translated histories identify Lord of Nandun as a family member and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lord of Nandun	南顿君	Nándùn jūn
Descriptive kinship	Imperial Deceased Father	皇考
Title	Lord Nandun	南顿君
Title	Lord of Nandun	南顿君	Nándùn jūn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · houhanshu:110:s0006

Roles

Family Member
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建武三年 · Western Year: AD 27
Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:110:s0006

Family

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Child of Commandant of Julu (钜鹿都尉)
Kinship Term: imperial deceased grandfather / 皇祖考 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Parent of Emperor Guangwu of Han (漢光武帝)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Places and affiliations

Place: Nandun / 南顿
Explicit · houhanshu:110:s0006

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 110Volume 99: Rituals and Worship Part Three · 4 passages

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三年正月，立亲庙雒阳，祀父南顿君以上至舂陵节侯。 In Jianwu 3 he set up shrines to his own line in Luoyang, reaching from his father, the Lord of Nandun, up to the Jieling marquis of Chunling.

宜为南顿君立皇考庙，祭上至舂陵节侯，群臣奉祠。」 For his own father they proposed a "royal father" temple from Nandun up to Jieling, with the bureaucracy as celebrants."

南顿君以上至节侯，皆就园庙。 The line from Nandun through Jieling was worshipped only at the garden-temples.

南顿君称皇考庙，钜鹿都尉称皇祖考庙，郁林太守称皇曾祖考庙，节侯称皇高祖考庙，在所郡县侍祠。 Lord Nandun's temple was called the Imperial Deceased Father's Temple; the Julu Commandant's temple was called the Imperial Deceased Grandfather's Temple; the Yulin Administrator's temple was called the Imperial Deceased Great-Grandfather's Temple; and Marquis Jie’s temple was called the Imperial Deceased Great-Great-Grandfather's Temple. The commanderies and counties where they were located attended to the sacrifices.