Xin (信) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xin as an aristocrat and royal family member. This record brings together 13 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	Xin	信	Xin
Title	Prince of Qi	杞王	Qi Wang
Title	Prince of Qi	𣏌王	Qǐ wáng
Title	Prince Xin of Qi	杞王信
Personal name	Xin	信	Xin
Personal name	Xin	信	Xìn
Childhood name	Yige	意哥	Yige
Childhood name	Yige	意哥	Yìgē

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0004, xinwudaishi:019:s0032

Roles

Aristocrat
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: murdered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢末 · Western Year: AD 950
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0004, 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:s0005
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:s0004
Source Date: Text: 顯德四年 · Western Year: AD 957
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0006, jiuwudaishi:122:s0019
Source Date: Text: 顯德四年夏四月癸未 · Western Year: AD 957
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0054, xinwudaishi:019:s0057

Family

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Sibling of Tong (侗)
Kinship Term: brother / 子 · Shared Parentage: uncertain
Child of Guo Wei (郭威)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 3
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 3
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 3
Sibling of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger brother · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Subject Relative Age: elder

Kinship Role: mother · Count: 0 · Negated: true · Detail: mother unknown / 不知其母誰氏
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0048
Kinship Role: mothers · Count: 0 · Negated: true · Statement: mother unknown / 不知其母誰氏
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0010

Career and standing

Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0005, jiuwudaishi:122:s0012
Label: Minister over the Masses / 司徒 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德四年夏四月癸未 · Western Year: AD 957
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0019
Title: Prince of Qi / 杞王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德四年 · Western Year: AD 957
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0006, jiuwudaishi:122:s0019
Title: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0050
Title: Minister over the Masses / 司徒 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0057
Title: Prince of Qi / 𣏌王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0057
Status: executed · Action: put-to-death
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0047

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: victim · Action: executed-with-household · 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

Source notes

From: Yige / 意哥 · To: Xin / 信 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0004, jiuwudaishi:122:s0005, jiuwudaishi:122:s0012
From: Yige / 意哥 · To: Xin / 信
Explicit · xinwudaishi:019:s0050