Overview
The translated histories identify Sima Yu as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 82 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Sima Yu | 司馬遹 | Sima Yu |
| Title | Crown Prince | 皇太子 | huang taizi |
| Title | Crown Prince Minhuai | 愍懷太子 | Minhuai taizi |
| Posthumous name | Minhuai | 湣懷 | Minhuai |
| Title | Prince of Guangling | 廣陵王 | Guangling wang |
| Childhood name | Shamen | 沙門 | Shamen |
| Personal name | Sima Yu | 司馬遹 | Sima Yu |
| Courtesy name | Xizu | 熙祖 | Xizu |
| Given | Yu | 遹 | Yu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jinshu:053:s0002
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月 · Western Year: AD 300 · Manner: murder · Place: Xuchang / 許昌 · Cause: beaten with medicine pestle
Age
- Age: 23 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 時年二十三 · Western Year: AD 300Explicit · jinshu:053:s0124
- Age: 5 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太子時年五歲 · Western Interval: Start: AD 266 · End: AD 290Explicit · jinshu:053:s0007
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 三月，矯詔使黃門孫慮 · Western Year: AD 300Explicit · jinshu:053:s0120
- Source Date: Text: 九年六月 · Western Year: AD 299Explicit · jinshu:053:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 元康元年 · Western Year: AD 291Explicit · jinshu:053:s0203
- Source Date: Text: 六月己卯，葬于顯平陵 · Western Year: AD 300Explicit · jinshu:053:s0168
- Source Date: Text: 十二月，賈后將廢太子 · Western Year: AD 299Explicit · jinshu:053:s0045
- Source Date: Text: 太子時年五歲 · Western Interval: Start: AD 266 · End: AD 290Explicit event contextual date · jinshu:053:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 幼而聰慧，武帝愛之 · Western Year: AD 290Explicit event contextual date · jinshu:053:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 明年正月 · Western Year: AD 300Explicit · jinshu:053:s0066
- Source Date: Text: 時年二十三 · Western Year: AD 300Explicit · jinshu:053:s0124
Family
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- Descendant of Emperor Wu (武帝)Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Spouse of Wang Huifeng (王惠風)Kinship Term: crown princess / 太子妃 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: divorced
- Child of Emperor Hui (惠帝)Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Line: paternal
- Spouse of Consort Jiang (蔣美人)Kinship Term: favored consort / 美人 · Union Category: concubinage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband
- Child of Lady Xie (謝才人)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
- Parent of Sima Zang (司馬臧)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2
- Parent of Sima Shang (司馬尚)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 3
- Parent of Sima Bin (司馬虨)Kinship Term: son / 男 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 3Explicit · jinshu:053:s0170
Career and standing
- Label: Crown Prince / 皇太子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 惠帝即位 · Western Year: AD 290Explicit · jinshu:053:s0201
- Title: Prince of Guangling / 廣陵王 · Place: Guangling / 廣陵 · Households: 50000 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · jinshu:053:s0199
- Label: posthumous title Minhuai / 諡湣懷 · Action: grantedExplicit · jinshu:053:s0167
- Title: Prince of Guangling / 廣陵王 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · jinshu:053:s0199
- Status: deposed-to-commoner · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 299Explicit · jinshu:053:s0062, jinshu:053:s0063
- Label: sentenced to death then degraded / 賜死／免為庶人 · Action: sentenced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 299Explicit · jinshu:053:s0058, jinshu:053:s0062
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Western Jin / 西晉 · Relation: member-ofExplicit · jinshu:053:s0002, jinshu:053:s0201
- Place: Eastern Palace / 東宮 · Relation: resided-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元康元年 · Western Year: AD 291Explicit · jinshu:053:s0203
- Place: Xianping Mausoleum / 顯平陵 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六月己卯 · Western Year: AD 300Explicit · jinshu:053:s0168
- Place: Xuchang / 許昌 · Relation: imprisoned-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年正月 · Western Year: AD 300Explicit · jinshu:053:s0068
- Place: Jinyong / 金墉 · Relation: associated-withExplicit · jinshu:053:s0065, jinshu:053:s0170
Works and attributed material
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- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: trueExplicit · jinshu:053:s0008, jinshu:053:s0010
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: victim · Action: deposed · Other Person Id: Empress Jia (賈后) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二月 · Western Year: AD 299
- Kind: assassination · Role: victim · Action: murdered · Other Person Id: Sun Lü (孫慮) · Place: Xuchang / 許昌 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月 · Western Year: AD 300Explicit · jinshu:053:s0120, jinshu:053:s0123
- Kind: ritual · Role: subject · Action: posthumously restoredExplicit · jinshu:053:s0131
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: clever-and-precocious · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
- Assessment: neglected-study-and-virtue-when-grown · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · jinshu:053:s0014, jinshu:053:s0188
- Kind: habit · Statement: kept palace market; weighed goods; sold garden produceExplicit · jinshu:053:s0022, jinshu:053:s0024
- Kind: temperament · Statement: petty taboos; rigid temperExplicit · jinshu:053:s0021, jinshu:053:s0029
References in the histories
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