Yi (懿) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yi as a general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 16 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	Yi	懿	Yi
Title	Marquis of Linxiang	臨湘縣侯
Title	Prince of Changsha	長沙郡王
Title	Prince Xuanwu	宣武王
Posthumous name	Xuanwu	宣武	Xuanwu
Personal name	Yi	懿	Yi
Courtesy name	Yuanda	元達	Yuanda

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:023:s0003

Roles

General
Official
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遂遇禍 · Western Year: AD 501
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0028, liangshu:023:s0025, liangshu:023:s0026

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中興元年 · Western Year: AD 501
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0029
Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0031
Source Date: Text: 永元二年 · Western Year: AD 500
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0016
Source Date: Text: 永明季 · Western Interval: Start: AD 490 · End: AD 493
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0009

Family

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Sibling of Fu (敷)
Kinship Term: brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Emperor Wu (高祖)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 長兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
Parent of Xiang (象)
Kinship Term: ninth son / 第九子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 9
Parent of Ye (業)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Zao (藻)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Rong (融)
Kinship Term: uncle from Xiang's view / 叔父 · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Label: Governor of Liang and South Qin / 梁、南秦二州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永明季 · Western Interval: Start: AD 490 · End: AD 493
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0009
Label: Director of the Secretariat / 尚書令 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0024
Label: Vice Director of the Secretariat / 中書侍郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0008
Label: Governor of Jinling / 晉陵太守 · Action: posted
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0007
Label: posthumous title Xuanwu / 諡曰宣武 · Action: granted
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0031
Title: Marquis of Linxiang / 臨湘縣侯 · Action: inherited
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0005
Title: Prince of Changsha / 長沙郡王 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0031

Places and affiliations

Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0031
Polity: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0005
Place: Jinling / 晉陵 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0007

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0027

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated Cui Huijing and beheaded him · Other Person Id: Cui Huijing (崔慧景) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永元二年 · Western Year: AD 500
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0021, liangshu:023:s0022
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: repelled Northern Wei siege of Nanzheng · Place: Nanzheng / 南鄭 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永明季 · Western Interval: Start: AD 490 · End: AD 493
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0010, liangshu:023:s0011

Assessments and attributes

Item: full princely funeral honors / 九旒、鸞輅、輼輬車 · Relation: bestowed
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0032

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 · 16 passages

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長沙嗣王業字靜曠，高祖長兄懿之子也。 Ye, Heir Prince of Changsha, whose style was Jingkuang, was the son of Yi, elder brother of Emperor Wu.

懿字元達，少有令譽。 Yi, styled Yuanda, enjoyed an excellent reputation from his youth.

懿隨機拒擊，傷殺甚多，乃解圍遁去。 Yi countered them as opportunities arose, inflicting heavy casualties, until the enemy lifted the siege and withdrew.

懿又遣氐帥楊元秀攻魏歷城、皋蘭、駱谷、坑池等六戍，剋之。 Yi also dispatched the Di chieftain Yang Yuanxiu against six Wei garrisons—Licheng, Gaolan, Luogu, Kengchi, and others—and took them all.

永元二年，裴叔業據豫州反，授持節、征虜將軍、督豫州諸軍事、豫州刺史，領歷陽南譙二郡太守，討叔業。 In the second year of Yongyuan, Pei Shuye rebelled while holding Yuzhou. Yi received the staff of authority as General Who Pacifies the Barbarians, Commander-in-Chief of Yuzhou, and Governor of Yuzhou, and concurrently governed Liyang and Nanqiao, to suppress Shuye.

齊室大亂，詔徵懿。 With the Qi court in turmoil, an edict summoned Yi to the capital.

懿時方食，投箸而起，率銳卒三千人援城。 Yi was in the middle of a meal when the summons came; he threw down his chopsticks, rose at once, and led three thousand elite troops to relieve the capital.

慧景遣其子覺來拒，懿奔擊，大破之，覺單騎走。 Huijing sent his son Jue to block him; Yi charged headlong and routed the force completely, and Jue fled alone on horseback.

乘勝而進，慧景衆潰，追斬之。 Pressing his advantage, Yi drove on until Huijing's army broke; Huijing was pursued and beheaded.

時東昏肆虐，茹法珍、王咺之等執政，宿臣舊將，並見誅夷，懿旣立元勳，獨居朝右，深爲法珍等所憚，乃說東昏曰：「懿將行隆昌故事，陛下命在晷刻。」 At that time Emperor Donghun ruled with savage cruelty; Ru Fazhen, Wang Xuanzhi, and their faction held power, and veteran ministers and old generals were slaughtered one after another. Yi, who had won the founding merit, stood alone at the summit of the court and was deeply feared by Fazhen and his allies. They told Donghun, 'Yi is about to repeat what happened in the Longchang era—Your Majesty's life is measured in moments.'

東昏信之，將加酷害，而懿所親知之，密具舟江渚，勸令西奔。 Donghun believed them and was about to have Yi killed. Those close to Yi learned of the plot, secretly prepared boats on the riverbank, and urged him to flee west.