Qin and Han · Prince and Scholar

Prince Yuan of Chu 楚元

Chu Yuan

Attested BC 202 - BC 179

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Prince Yuan of Chu was a prince and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 202 to BC 179 兩漢
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passage 291

Career and standing

Prince Yuan of Chu 楚元
Held
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 291

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Enfeoffed in
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 12, passage 291

Assessments and attributes

Assessment spread fame through literary learning · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 291

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 12, passage 291

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 12Volume 12 Biographies 4: Prince Xian of Qiyang · 1 passage

史臣曰：自兩漢逮乎魏、晉，其帝弟帝子衆矣，唯楚元、河間、東平、陳思之徒以文儒播美，任城、琅邪以武功馳譽。 The historiographer says: From the Two Han through Wei and Jin, imperial younger brothers and imperial sons were many; only Prince Yuan of Chu, Prince of Hejian, Prince of Dongping, Prince Si of Chen, and the like spread fame through literary learning; Prince of Rencheng and Prince of Langye won renown through martial achievement.