Sole Ancestor Emperor Xuan Yuan (肅祖宣元皇帝)

Overview

The translated histories identify Sole Ancestor Emperor Xuan Yuan as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 2 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	Sole Ancestor Emperor Xuan Yuan	肅祖宣元皇帝	Suzu Xuanyuan Huangdi
Personal	An	黯	An
Temple	Ancestor Su	肅祖	Suzu
Posthumous	Emperor Xuan Yuan	宣元皇帝
Temple	Sole Ancestor	肅祖	Suzu
Title	Sole Ancestor Emperor Xuan Yuan	肅祖宣元皇帝
Posthumous	Xuan Yuan	宣元	Xuanyuan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:144:s0017
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0019

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 开平元年秋七月己亥 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:002:s0019, xinwudaishi:002:s0018
Source Date: Text: 梁開平初 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:144:s0017

Family

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Parent of Revered Ancestor Emperor Guang Xian (敬祖光憲皇帝)
Parentage: biological · Line: paternal · Generation Distance: 1
Kinship Term: ancestor / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Ancestor of Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)
Kinship Term: imperial high ancestor / 皇高祖 · Generation Distance: 4 · Line: paternal
Spouse of Lady Fan (范氏)
Kinship Term: ancestress / 祖妣 · Union Category: marriage

Career and standing

Title: Ancestor Su / Suzu / 肃祖 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0019
Title: Xuan Yuan / 宣元 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0019
Status: posthumous-emperor · Action: honored
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0018, xinwudaishi:002:s0019

Places and affiliations

Label: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: ancestral-temple
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:144:s0017

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 144Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 · 1 passage

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梁開平初，太祖受禪，始建宗廟，凡四室，每室有登歌、酌獻之舞：肅祖宣元皇帝室曰《大合之舞》。 Early in Kaiping of the Liang, when Taizu accepted the abdication, he established the ancestral temple with four chambers. Each chamber had dances for the ascending song and the libation offering: the chamber of Sole Ancestor Emperor Xuan Yuan used the Dance of Great Harmony.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

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皇高祖黯谥曰宣元，庙号肃祖，祖妣范氏谥曰宣僖； his high ancestor (gaozu) An received the posthumous name Xuan Yuan and temple name Ancestor Su, and his high ancestress of the Fan clan the name Xuanxi;