Prince Yigong of Jiangxia (江夏王義恭)

Overview

The translated histories identify Prince Yigong of Jiangxia as an aristocrat, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 23 passages from 10 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Prince Yigong of Jiangxia	江夏王義恭	Jiāngxià Wáng Yìgōng
Personal name	Liu Yigong	劉義恭	Liú Yìgōng
Title	Prince of Jiangxia	江夏王	Jiāngxià Wáng
Title	Prince of Jiangxia	江夏王
Title	Prince of Jiangxia	江夏王	Jiāngxià wáng
Title	Prince Yigong of Jiangxia	江夏王義恭	Jiāngxià Wáng Yìgōng
Title	Prince Yigong of Jiangxia	江夏王義恭
Personal name	Yigong	義恭	Yìgōng
Given name	Yigong	義恭	Yigong
Personal	Yigong	義恭	Yigong
Personal	Yigong	義恭
Personal	Yigong	義恭	Yìgōng
Given name	Yigong	義恭	Yìgōng
Descriptive kinship	Younger brother of the emperor	皇弟義恭

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Sex: male
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Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official
Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元嘉十八年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 18 · Western Year: AD 441
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Source Date: Text: 元嘉22年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 22 · Western Year: AD 445
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Source Date: Text: 元嘉28年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 28 · Western Year: AD 451
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Source Date: Text: 元嘉 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Interval: Start: AD 424 · End: AD 453
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Source Date: Text: 宋大明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 457 · End: AD 464
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Source Date: Text: 宋孝武帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 453 · End: AD 464
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Source Date: Text: 景平二年二月乙未 · Western Year: AD 424
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Source Date: Text: 永初三年 · Western Year: AD 422
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Source Date: Text: 江夏王義恭 · Western Interval: Start: AD 453 · End: AD 456
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Source Date: Text: 泰始四年 · Western Year: AD 468
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Family

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Parent of Fifteenth daughter of Prince of Jiangxia Yigong (江夏王義恭第十五女)
Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter · Object Birth Order: 15
Sibling of Yifu (義符)
Kinship Term: emperor's younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
Sibling of Liu Yilong (劉義隆)
Kinship Term: prince/brother / 王 · Shared Parentage: full
Child of Song Gaozu (宋高祖)
Kinship Term: sons / 諸子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Grand Preceptor / 太宰 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宋大明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 457 · End: AD 464
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Label: General Who Establishes Champions / 冠軍將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年二月乙未 · Western Year: AD 424
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Label: Inspector of South Yuzhou / 南豫州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年二月乙未 · Western Year: AD 424
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Title En: General Who Pacifies the Army · Title Zh: 撫軍將軍
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Title: Prince of Jiangxia / 江夏王 · Action: held
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Title En: Prince of Jiangxia · Title Zh: 江夏王
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Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: member-of
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Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: membered
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Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: served
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Works and attributed material

Kind: letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Wang Xuanmo (王玄謨) · Quoted: true
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Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: He Shangzhi (何尚之)
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Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
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Events and relationships

Type: brother · Target Temp Person Key: emperor-taizu · Note: Taizu had deep brotherly affection toward him
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Source notes

Historicity: historical
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References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts · 1 passage

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宋大明用江夏王義恭，以後無人。 Song's Prince Yigong of Jiangxia held it in the Daming era; after that, no one.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 31Volume 31 Biographies 12: Jiang Mi, Xun Boyu · 1 passage

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泰始四年，江夏王義恭第十五女卒，年十九，未笄。 In the fourth year of Taishi, the fifteenth daughter of Prince of Jiangxia Yigong died at nineteen, before she had undergone the hairpin ceremony.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 37: Trusted Officials · 2 passages

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又用魯郡巢尚之，江夏王義恭以爲非選。 He also appointed Chao Shangzhi of Lu commandery, though Prince Yigong of Jiangxia judged the choice improper.

帝遣尚書二十餘牒，宣敕論辯，義恭乃歎曰：「人主誠知人。」 The emperor sent more than twenty dispatches from the Masters of Writing, issuing edicts to argue the point back and forth, until Yigong sighed and said, "The ruler truly knows how to judge men."

Book of Song, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Shao · 1 passage

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乙未，以皇弟義恭為冠軍將軍，南豫州刺史。 On the yiwei day, the emperor's younger brother Yigong was appointed General Who Establishes Champions and Inspector of South Yuzhou.

Book of Song, Chapter 58Volume 58 Biographies 18: Wang Hui, Xie Hongwei, Wang Qiu · 1 passage

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錄尚書江夏王義恭謂尚書何尚之曰：「當今乏才，群下宜加戮力，而王球放恣如此，恐宜以法糾之。」 Prince Yigong of Jiangxia, Overseer of the Masters of Writing, told Director He Shangzhi, "The court lacks talent and everyone should exert himself, yet Wang Qiu indulges himself like this—perhaps he ought to be called to account by law."

Book of Song, Chapter 62Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei · 2 passages

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江夏王義恭鎮江陵，以為撫軍功曹，轉記室參軍。 When Prince of Jiangxia Yigong was stationed at Jiangling, he made Fu Merit Officer on his Pacification Army staff, then Record-House Staff Aide.

時義恭就太祖求一學義沙門，比沙門求見發遣，會敷赴假還江陵，太祖謂沙門曰：「張敷應西，當令相載。」 Yigong had asked Taizu for a learned monk; as the monk awaited travel orders, Fu was returning from leave to Jiangling; Taizu told the monk, "Zhang Fu is heading west—you may travel with him."

Book of Song, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye · 7 passages

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撫軍將軍江夏王義恭鎮江陵，以湛為使持節、南蠻校尉、領撫軍長史，行府州事。 When Yigong, Prince of Jiangxia and general who pacifies the army, garrisoned Jiangling, he made Zhan envoy holding the tally, colonel of the Southern Man, concurrently chief clerk to the general who pacifies the army, with acting authority over headquarters and provincial affairs.

琰於江陵病卒，湛求自送喪還都，義恭亦為之陳請。 When Yan died of illness at Jiangling, Zhan asked permission to escort the coffin back to the capital himself, and Yigong also petitioned on his behalf.

太祖答義恭曰：「吾亦得湛啟事，為之酸懷，乃不欲苟違所請。 Emperor Taizu replied to Yigong, "I too have received Zhan's memorial, and it pains me; I do not wish lightly to refuse his request.

義恭性甚狷隘，年又漸長，欲專政事，每為湛所裁，主佐之間，嫌隙遂構。 Yigong was narrow-minded by nature, and as he grew older he wished to monopolize administrative affairs, but Zhan repeatedly checked him; resentment thus grew between prince and chief clerk.

太祖聞之，密遣使詰讓義恭，并使深加諧緝。 When Taizu heard of this, he secretly sent an envoy to rebuke Yigong and ordered him to restore harmony with Zhan.

義恭具陳湛無居下之禮，又自以年長，未得行意，雖奉詔旨，頗有怨言。 Yigong detailed how Zhan failed to observe the deference owed by a subordinate, and complained that, though he was the elder, he could not have his way; despite obeying the imperial order, he harbored considerable resentment.

上友于素篤，欲加酬順，乃詔之曰：「事至於此，甚為可歎。 The emperor had always been deeply affectionate toward his brothers and wished to placate Yigong, so he issued an edict saying, "Matters have come to this point—it is deeply regrettable.

Book of Song, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 31: Xu Zhan, Jiang Zhan, Wang Sengchao · 3 passages

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湛之幼孤，為高祖所愛，常與江夏王義恭寢食不離於側。 Zhanzhi lost his father early and was cherished by Gaozu, who kept him at the side of Prince Yigong of Jiangxia day and night.

時改選學職，以太尉江夏王義恭領國子祭酒，湛及侍中何攸之領博士。 Academic offices were reformed; Grand Marshal Yigong, Prince of Jiangxia, became chancellor of the National University, while Zhan and Palace Attendant He Youzhi served as erudites.

初為江夏王義恭司徒參軍，轉始興王文學，秘書丞，司徒左長史，太子中庶子。 He began on Prince Yigong of Jiangxia's staff, then served as literary adjunct under the Prince of Shixing, director of the Secretariat, left chief of staff, and vice-steward of the heir apparent's household.

Book of Song, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 33: Yan Yanzhi · 1 passage

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竣弟測，亦以文章見知，官至江夏王義恭大司徒錄事參軍，蚤卒。 Jun's younger brother Ce was also known for his writing; he rose to Recorder under Prince Yigong of Jiangxia's Grand Minister of Works and died young.

Book of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 36: Zhu Xiuzhi, Zong Que, Wang Xuanmo · 4 passages

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江夏王義恭為征北將軍、南兗州刺史，慤隨鎮廣陵。 When the Prince of Jiangxia, Yigong, served as General Who Pacifies the North and Inspector of Southern Yanzhou, Que accompanied him to Guangling.

義恭舉慤有膽勇，乃除振武將軍，為安西參軍蕭景憲軍副，隨交州刺史檀和之圍區粟城。 Yigong praised his daring and appointed him General Who Quells the Martial, second to Xiao Jingxian on the Western Pacification staff, as they followed Jiaozhou Inspector Tan Hezhi in the siege of Qu Su.

遣代守碻磝，江夏王義恭為征討都督，以為碻磝不可守，召令還，為魏軍所追，大破之，流矢中臂。 He was reassigned to hold Queao. Yigong, Prince of Jiangxia, commanded the punitive force, judged Queao untenable, and recalled him. Wei troops pursued and shattered his column; a stray arrow pierced his arm.

二十八年正月，還至歷城，義恭與玄謨書曰：「聞因敗為成，臂上金瘡，得非金印之徵也。」 In the first month of the twenty-eighth year he reached Licheng. Yigong wrote, "They say defeat turned to victory and a golden wound appeared on your arm—surely that foretells a golden seal?"