Xiang (象) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiang as an administrator and royal family member. This record brings together 9 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	Xiang	象	Xiang
Posthumous name	Dun	敦	Dun
Title	Heir Prince of Guiyang	桂陽嗣王
Courtesy name	Shiyi	世翼	Shiyi
Personal name	Xiang	象	Xiang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:023:s0147

Roles

Administrator
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Western Year: AD 536
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0115

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大同二年 · Western Year: AD 536
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0115
Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0153, liangshu:023:s0151

Family

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Child of Mother of Xiang (象所生母)
Kinship Term: birth mother / 所生母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Child of Rong (融)
Kinship Term: heir / 嗣 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Yi (懿)
Kinship Term: ninth son / 第九子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 9
Kin of Rong (融)
Kinship Term: paternal uncle / 叔父 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal
Parent of Cao (慥)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Ye (業)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 二弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

Label: Governor of Danyang / 丹陽尹 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0104
Label: Governor of Ezhou / 郢州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0108
Label: Governor of Jiangzhou / 江州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0112
Label: Governor of Xiangzhou / 湘州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0109
Label: posthumous title Dun / 諡曰敦 · Action: granted
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0115
Title: Prince of Guiyang / 桂陽嗣王 · Action: inherited
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0153

Places and affiliations

Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0153
Place: palace / 深宮 · Relation: raised-in
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0107

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: renowned for filial devotion · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0103, liangshu:023:s0118
Assessment: tiger violence ceased under his virtuous rule in Xiangzhou · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0110, liangshu:023:s0118

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 23Volume 23: Ye, Prince of Changsha; Boyou, Prince of Yongyang; Yuanjian, Prince of Hengyang; Xiang, Prince of Guiyang · 9 passages

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長沙嗣王業永陽嗣王伯游衡陽嗣王元簡桂陽嗣王象 Ye, Heir Prince of Changsha; Boyou, Heir Prince of Yongyang; Yuanjian, Heir Prince of Hengyang; and Xiang, Heir Prince of Guiyang

宣武之難，與二弟藻、象俱逃匿。 When Prince Xuanwu met his death, he went into hiding together with his younger brothers Zao and Xiang.

桂陽嗣王象字世翼，長沙宣武王第九子也。 Xiang, Heir Prince of Guiyang, styled Shiyi, was the ninth son of Prince Xuanwu of Changsha.

無子，乃詔象爲嗣，襲封爵。 He had no son, so an edict made Xiang his heir, and Xiang inherited the noble title.

象容止閒雅，善於交遊，事所生母以孝聞。 Xiang had an easy, refined bearing and was skilled in society. In caring for his birth mother he was renowned for filial devotion.

象生長深宮，始親庶政，舉無失德，朝廷稱之。 Xiang had grown up within the palace walls. When he first took up the duties of government, nothing he did fell short of propriety, and the court praised him.

尋遷湘衡二州諸軍事、輕車將軍、湘州刺史。 Soon after he was transferred to oversee military affairs in Xiang and Heng, as General of the Light Carriage and Governor of Xiangzhou.

湘州舊多虎暴，及象在任，爲之靜息，故老咸稱德政所感。 Xiangzhou had long been troubled by man-eating tigers. Under Xiang's rule they ceased their depredations, and the elders all attributed it to the power of his virtuous rule.

桂陽王象以孝聞，在於牧湘，猛虎息暴，蓋德惠所致也。 Prince Xiang of Guiyang was renowned for filial devotion. When he governed Xiangzhou, the man-eating tigers ceased their ravages—surely the effect of his benevolent rule.