Shouyuan (守願) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Shouyuan as a military officer and royal family member. This record brings together 9 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Shouyuan	守願	Shouyuan
Alternate name	Shoujun	守筠	Shoujun
Alternate name	Shoujun	守筠	Shǒuyún
Personal name	Shouyuan	守願	Shouyuan
Personal name	Shouyuan	守願	Shǒuyuàn
Changed name	Shouyuan	守願	Shǒuyuàn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0009, xinwudaishi:019:s0032

Roles

Military Officer
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: executed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢末 · Western Year: AD 950 · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0009
Manner: executed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0047

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0013
Source Date: Text: 帝舉兵於魏 · Western Interval: Start: AD 950 · End: AD 951
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:019:s0047
Source Date: Text: 漢末 · Western Year: AD 950
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0009
Source Date: Text: 顯德四年夏四月癸未 · Western Year: AD 957
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0020, jiuwudaishi:122:s0021, xinwudaishi:019:s0054, xinwudaishi:019:s0059

Family

Kin of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Kinship Term: imperial cousin / 皇從弟 · Subject Role: cousin · Object Role: cousin
Kinship Term: cousin / 從弟 · Subject Role: cousin · Object Role: cousin
Kin of Guo Wei (郭威)
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
Kinship Term: imperial nephew / 皇侄 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle
Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle

Career and standing

Label: General of the Left Army of Inspired Majesty / 左領軍衛將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0013
Label: Grand General of the Left Guard / 左衛大將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德四年夏四月癸未 · Western Year: AD 957
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0021
Title: General of the Left Army Guard / 左領軍衛將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0051
Title: Grand General of the Left Guard / 左衞大將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0059
Status: executed · Action: put-to-death
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0047

Source notes

From: Shoujun / 守筠 · To: Shouyuan / 守願 · Reason: to avoid Shizong taboo because jun sounded like rong / 筠聲近榮，為世宗避 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0013
From: Shoujun / 守筠 · To: Shouyuan / 守願 · Reason: taboo avoidance for Shizong
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0051

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 122Volume 122 Book of Later Zhou 24: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 4 passages

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原本過於簡略，疑有刪節，今據《歐陽史·家人傳》云：初，帝舉兵於魏，漢以兵圍帝第，時張貴妃與諸子青哥、意哥，侄守筠、奉超、定哥皆被誅。 The base text is so terse that passages may have been cut; the following is drawn from Ouyang Xiu's family biographies. When the future Taizu first took up arms in Wei, the Later Han besieged his household. The honored consort Zhang, the boys Qingge and Yige, and the nephews Shoujun, Fengchao, and Dingge were all put to death.

皇侄守筠贈左領軍衛將軍，以「筠」聲近「榮」，為世宗避，更名守願； The imperial nephew Shoujun was made General of the Left Army of Inspired Majesty, but because "jun" sounded like "rong," to avoid Shizong's taboo he was renamed Shouyuan;

又詔曰：「故皇從弟贈左領軍衛將軍守願、贈左監門衛將軍奉超、贈左千牛衛將軍遜等，頃因季世，不享遐齡，每念非辜，難忘有慟。 A second edict read: "My late cousins Shouyuan, Fengchao, and Xun—honored respectively as generals of the Left Army of Inspired Majesty, the Left Gate Guards, and the Left Thousand-Ox Guards—perished young in violent times. Remembering their undeserved deaths, I cannot lay grief aside.

守願可贈左衛大將軍，奉超右衛大將軍，遜右武衛大將軍。」）〉 Shouyuan shall be Grand General of the Left Guard, Fengchao of the Right Guard, and Xun of the Right Martial Guard." (End of editorial note.)〉

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19: Taizu of Later Zhou's Family · 5 passages

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〈（太祖子侗信侄守願奉超遜）〉 (Taizu's sons Tong and Xin; nephews Shouyuan, Fengchao, and Xun)〉

初，帝舉兵於魏，漢以兵圍帝第，時張貴妃與諸子青哥、意哥，侄守筠、奉超、定哥，皆被誅。 Earlier, when the emperor raised his army in Wei, Later Han besieged his residence. Imperial Consort Zhang, the sons Qingge and Yige, and the nephews Shoujun, Fengchao, and Dingge were all executed.

皇侄守筠贈左領軍衛將軍，以筠聲近榮，為世宗避，更名守願； that the imperial nephew Shoujun be posthumously made general of the Left Army Guard—because jun sounded like "glory," it was changed for Shizong's taboo to Shouyuan;

又詔曰：「故皇從弟贈左領軍衞將軍守愿、贈左監門衞將軍奉超、贈左千牛衞將軍遜等，頃因季世，不享遐齡，每念非辜，難忘有慟。 He issued another edict: "My late cousins, posthumously General of the Left Army Guard Shouyuan, posthumously General of the Left Gate Guard Fengchao, and posthumously General of the Left Thousand-Ox Guard Xun, perished in these troubled times without reaching a full span of years. Whenever I recall their innocence, my grief will not be stilled.

守愿可贈左衞大將軍，奉超右衞大將軍，遜右武衞大將軍。」 Shouyuan shall be posthumously made Grand General of the Left Guard; Fengchao, Grand General of the Right Guard; and Xun, Grand General of the Right Martial Guard."