Prince of Ji’nan (濟南王)

Overview

The translated histories identify Prince of Ji’nan as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese
Personal	Prince of Ji’nan	濟南王
Title	Prince of Ji’nan	濟南王
Childhood	the Daoist	道人

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:014:s0050

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 皇建末 · Western Year: AD 561
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:014:s0050

Works and attributed material

Kind: claim-of-legitimacy · Role: subject-of-claim · Action: was argued by Yuanhai to be the legitimate heir wrongfully displaced by the sovereign · Other Person Id: Gao Yuanhai (高元海)
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0074

Source notes

Statement: a children’s rhyme cryptically foretold his childhood name and fate before he was moved
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0053, beiqishu:014:s0055, beiqishu:014:s0056, beiqishu:014:s0057
Statement: an astrologer’s report of an emperor’s aura in the northern city was thought to correspond to him
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0058, beiqishu:014:s0059
Statement: was kept at Ye and later escorted to Bing Province and then to Jinyang
Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0050, beiqishu:014:s0059, beiqishu:014:s0083

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 14Volume 14 Biographies 6: Guangping Gongcheng; Yangzhou Gong Yongle; Di Zhangbi; Prince of Xiangle, Xiang Guo; Prince of Shangluo, Si Zong; Zi Yuanhai; Di Sihao; Prince of Pingqin, Guiyan; Prince Pu of Wuxing; Changle, Governor of Lingshan; Sizi Fuhu · 8 passages

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先是，恒留濟南於鄴，除領軍厙狄伏連為幽州刺史，以斛律豐樂為領軍，以分武成之權。 Before this, the Prince of Ji'nan had always been kept at Ye; Kudi Fulian was made governor of You Province, and Hulu Fengle was made commander of the army — both to divide Gao Zhan's power.

先是童謠云：「中興寺內白鳧翁，四方側聽聲雍雍，道人聞之夜打鐘。」 Before this a children's rhyme said, "At Zhongxing Temple, a white duck old man — from the four quarters they listen, the sound harmonious; the Daoist hears it and at night strikes the bell."

道人，濟南王小名。 "The Daoist" was the Prince of Ji'nan's childhood name.

昭帝以為濟南應之，乃使平秦王歸彥之鄴，迎濟南赴幷州。 Gao Yan thought the Prince of Ji'nan corresponded to it; he therefore sent Prince Guiyan of Pingqin to Ye to welcome the Prince of Ji'nan to Bing Province.

因逼之，答曰：「濟南世嫡，主上假太后令而奪之。 Pressed, he answered, "The Prince of Ji'nan is the legitimate heir; the sovereign seized the throne through the Empress Dowager's order.

今集文武，示以此勑，執豐樂，斬歸彥，尊濟南，號令天下，以順討逆，此萬世一時也。」 Now gather the civil and military officials, display this edict, seize Fengle, behead Guiyan, honor the Prince of Ji'nan, and proclaim to the realm — with righteousness to punish rebellion, this would be a once-in-ten-thousand-generations opportunity."

武成乃奉詔，令數百騎送濟南於晉陽。 Gao Zhan thereupon obeyed the edict and sent several hundred horsemen to escort the Prince of Ji'nan to Jinyang.

初濟南自晉陽之鄴，楊愔宣勑，留從駕五千兵於西中，陰備非常。 When Prince of Jinan first traveled from Jinyang to Ye, Yang Yin read the edict leaving five thousand troops of the escort in the Western Quarter — a secret guard against surprise.