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Prince of Lanling 蘭陵王

Attested AD 550 - AD 551

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Prince of Lanling was a prince.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 551 齊氏諸王選國臣府佐
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 10, passages 150-151

Assessments and attributes

Assessment praised for drawing cultivated men into staff · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 10, passage 151

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 10Volume 10 Biographies 2: Eleven Princes of Shenwu · 1 passage

齊氏諸王選國臣府佐，多取富商群小、鷹犬少年，唯襄城、廣甯、蘭陵王等頗引文藝清識之士，當時以此稱之。 When the princes of the Qi house chose state ministers and office staff, most selected wealthy merchants, petty men, and sporting youths. Only the princes of Xiangcheng, Guangning, Lanling, and a few others drew in cultivated and perceptive men, and they were praised for it at the time.