Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member and General

Prince Xiu of Anding 安定王休

Xiu

Attested AD 493 - AD 494

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Prince Xiu of Anding was a Royal Family Member and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 494 乙巳
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 351
AD 493 九月丁丑
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 298, 303
AD 493 魏主南伐；齊世祖殂、鬱林即位之歲
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 248

Career and standing

Grand Marshal 大司馬
Held
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 248
Prince of Anding 安定王
AD 494 乙巳 · Held
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 351
Prince of Anding 安定王
Held
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 248, 298

Places and affiliations

AD 494 乙巳
Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 351
Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 248
Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 298
AD 494 乙巳
At Pingcheng 平城 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 351

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Xiaowen (孝文) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 249

Events and relationships

Led accompanying officials to bring the imperial household from Pingcheng
AD 494 乙巳 · Diplomatic · Commander · With Wei emperor (魏主) · At Pingcheng 平城
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 351
Seized three thief soldiers for execution
Legal · Enforcer
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 248
Wept and then stood to the right
Political · Remonstrant · With Wei emperor (魏主)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 298, 303
AD 494 乙巳
Relation Envoy of · Person Wei emperor (魏主)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 351

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 351

References in the histories

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 138Volume 138 Qi Records 4 · 6 passages

大司馬安定王休執軍士為盜者三人，以徇於軍，將斬之。 Grand Marshal Prince Xiu of Anding had seized three soldiers who had been thieves, displayed them before the army, and was about to execute them.

魏主行軍遇之，命赦之，休不可，曰：「陛下親御六師，將遠清江表，今始行至此，而小人已為攘盜，不斬之，何以禁奸！」 The Wei emperor encountered this on march and ordered them pardoned; Xiu would not consent and said, "Your Majesty personally leads the six armies and intends soon to clear the lands south of the Yangtze. We have only just set out and arrived here, yet petty men are already plundering—if we do not execute them, how can we check wrongdoing!"

既而謂司徒馮誕曰：「大司馬執法嚴，諸君不可不慎。」 Then he said to Minister of Education Feng Yan, "The Grand Marshal enforces the law strictly—you gentlemen must be careful."

策馬將出，於是安定王休等並殷勤泣諫。 He spurred his horse and was about to depart; then Prince Xiu of Anding and the others all earnestly wept and remonstrated.

安定王休等相帥如右。 Prince Xiu of Anding and the others led one another to the right.

乙巳，魏主遣安定王休帥從官迎家於平城。。 On the day yisi the Wei emperor sent Prince Xiu of Anding to lead the accompanying officials to bring the imperial household from Pingcheng.