Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Prince of Yueyang 岳陽

Yueyang

Attested AD 502 - AD 557

Passages: 8
Chapters: 6
Histories: 2

Overview

Prince of Yueyang was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 532 四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 36, passage 70
AD 535 to AD 546 大同中
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 42, passages 82, 86
AD 548 太清二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 46, passage 63
AD 502 to AD 557 岳陽王記室
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 16, passage 28
AD 552 承聖
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 55, passage 159
AD 540 to AD 552 梁末
Directly stated · Book of Chen 19, passage 122

Key source chapters

Events and relationships

Relation Ally of · Person Xiao Yu (蕭譽)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 55, passage 159

References in the histories

Search passages

History

8 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 16Volume 16: Zhao Zhili; Cai Jingli; Liu Shizhi; Xie Qi · 1 passage

父大同，輕車岳陽王記室參軍，掌京邑行選。 His father Datong was record-office aide to the Prince of Yueyang of the Light Chariots establishment and ran metropolitan appointments.

Book of Chen, Chapter 19Volume 19: Shen Jiong; Yu Li; Ma Shu · 1 passage

岳陽王為會稽太守，引寄為行參軍，遷記室參軍，領郡五官掾。 When the Prince of Yueyang was administrator of Kuaiji he brought Ji in as traveling aide, then staff recorder, leading the commandery's five offices major.

Book of Liang, Chapter 36Volume 36: Kong Xiuyuan; Jiang Ge · 1 passage

官至岳陽王府諮議、東揚州別駕。 He rose to adviser in Prince of Yueyang's household and deputy governor of East Yangzhou.

Book of Liang, Chapter 42Volume 42: Zang Dun; Zang Jue; Fu Qi · 1 passage

至都，除廷尉正，入兼中書通事舍人，遷寧遠岳陽王記室參軍，舍人如故。 At the capital he became Rectifier in the Chamberlain for Law Enforcement, entered court as concurrent Palace Secretariat Communications Attendant, was promoted to Record-Office Aide to the Prince of Yueyang, General Who Pacifies Distant, and kept his attendant post.

Book of Liang, Chapter 46Volume 46: Hu Sengyou; Xu Wensheng; Du Ze; Du An; Du You'an; Du Kan; Yin Zichun · 3 passages

太清二年，隨岳陽王來襲荊州，世祖以與之有舊，密邀之。 In Supreme Clarity year two he came with the Prince of Yueyang to attack Jingzhou; Shizu, who knew him of old, secretly called him over.

岳陽至，遂走依其兄巘于南陽，巘時爲南陽太守。 When the Prince of Yueyang came he fled to his brother Yan at Nanyang, who was then Nanyang governor.

岳陽尋遣攻陷其城，岸及巘俱遇害。 The prince soon took the city; An and Yan both perished.

Book of Liang, Chapter 55Volume 55: Zong, Prince of Yuzhang; Ji, Prince of Wuling; Zhengde, Prince of Linhe; Yu, Prince of Hedong · 1 passage

時世祖軍于武城，新除雍州刺史張纘密報世祖曰：「河東起兵，岳陽聚米，共爲不逞，將襲江陵。」 Emperor Yuan was then at Wucheng; the new inspector of Yongzhou, Zhang Zuan, secretly warned him: "Hedong has risen and Yueyang is hoarding grain—they plot mischief and mean to strike Jiangling."