Five Dynasties · Official

Xiao Yuan 蕭願

Attested AD 929

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiao Yuan as an official. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xiao Yuan 蕭願 Xiao Yuan
Surname Xiao Xiao
Personal name Xiao Yuan 蕭願 Xiao Yuan
Given Yuan Yuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: crown prince groom / 太子洗馬 · Action: demoted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十月癸卯 · Inherited Narrative Context: true · Western Year: AD 929
  • Label: Court of Imperial Sacrifices vice director / 太常少卿 · Action: held
  • Status: stripped-of-crimson-privilege · Action: punished · Label: stripped of crimson / 奪緋 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十月癸卯 · Inherited Narrative Context: true · Western Year: AD 929
  • Label: censorate impeachment for drunkenness at southern suburban rites / 為御史所劾 · Action: impeached · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 冬十月癸卯 · Inherited Narrative Context: true · Western Year: AD 929

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ritual · Role: participant · Action: drank-with-ritual-officers-and-was-too-drunk-to-perform · Place: southern suburban rites / 南郊

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: derelict in ritual duty through drunkenness · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: censorate impeachment / 御史所劾

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 2 passages