Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince of Shijian

Prince Xi of Shijian 始建王禧

Xi

Attested AD 476 - AD 479

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Prince Xi of Shijian as an aristocrat, rebel, 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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Prince Xi of Shijian 始建王禧 Xi
Title Duke of Lifeng County 荔封縣公
Title Prince of Shijian 始建王
Title Prince Xi of Shijian 始建王禧
Personal name Xi Xi
Courtesy name Zhongan 仲安 Zhongan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Age

  • Age: 6 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元徽四年 · Western Year: AD 476
    Explicit · songshu:090:s0015

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Lady Quan (泉美人)
    Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Prince You of Shao-ling (友)
    Kinship Term: same mother / 同母 · Shared Parentage: full
  • Child of Emperor Ming (明帝)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 12

Career and standing

  • Title: Prince of Shijian / 始建王 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 2000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元徽四年 · Western Year: AD 476
    Explicit · songshu:090:s0015
  • Title: Duke of Lifeng County / 荔封縣公 · Action: demoted-to · Households: 1500 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊受禪 · Western Year: AD 479
    Explicit · songshu:090:s0016
  • Status: granted-death · Action: ordered-to-die · Label: granted death / 賜死
    Explicit · songshu:090:s0017

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: demoted-on-dynastic-change · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊受禪 · Western Year: AD 479
    Explicit · songshu:090:s0016
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted-rebellion
    Explicit · songshu:090:s0017

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: To end merely as a Zhou-style fief-holder was fortune enough under sparse imperial branches. · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · songshu:090:s0019

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 90Volume 90 Biographies 50: Ming Siwang · 4 passages