Yifu 義符

Names

Identity

Historicity

Historical

Identification

Named

Sex

Male

• Sex: male
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0137

Roles

• Royal Family Member
• Ruler

Family

• Child of Emperor Wu (武帝)
  Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
• Sibling of Prince Yigong of Jiangxia (江夏王義恭)
  Kinship Term: emperor's younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
• Child of Lady Zhang (張夫人)
  Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

• Kinship Role: children · Quantity: unspecified · Note: children borne by selected concubines and brought into the palace
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0050

Career and standing

• Label: Song crown prince / 宋太子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元熙元年 · Western Year: AD 419
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0144
• Label: Crown prince / 皇太子 · Action: appointed
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0145
• Title: Heir of the Duke of Yuzhang / 豫章公世子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 年十歲 · Western Year: AD 416
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0141
• Title: Song heir / 宋世子 · Action: appointed
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0143
• Title: Prince of Yingyang / 營陽王 · Action: conferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月乙酉 · Western Year: AD 424
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0058
• Status: confinement · Action: entered · Place: Wu Commandery / 吳郡 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月 · Western Year: AD 424
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0075
• Label: removal of seals and cords / 收璽紱 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月 · Western Year: AD 424
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0075
• Title: Emperor / 皇帝 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永初三年五月癸亥 · Western Year: AD 422
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0001
• Title: Prince of Yingyang / 營陽王 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月乙酉 · Western Year: AD 424 · Authority Person Id: Lady Zhang (張夫人)
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0058, songshu:004:s0045

Places and affiliations

• Polity Id: eastern-jin · Relation: born-under
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0139
• Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: ruled
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0001
• Place: Hualin Garden / 華林園 · Relation: resided-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月 · Western Year: AD 424
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0071
• Place: Jingkou / 京口 · Relation: born-at
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0139

Learning and skills

• Skill: horseback archery / 騎射 · Level: excelled
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0142
• Skill: musical theory / 音律 · Level: understood
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0142

Events and relationships

• Kind: coup · Role: victim · Action: seized in Hualin Garden; wounded; seals taken; confined · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 景平二年五月 · Western Year: AD 424
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0071, songshu:004:s0074, songshu:004:s0075

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment: committed many faults in his conduct · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0044
• Assessment: delighted in others' misfortune during mourning; summoned music and feasting; selected concubines scandalously; mistreated Empress Yi's funeral; harsh punishments; menial amusements; wasteful constructions · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Lady Zhang (張夫人)
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0048, songshu:004:s0049, songshu:004:s0050, songshu:004:s0051, songshu:004:s0052, songshu:004:s0053, songshu:004:s0054, songshu:004:s0055, songshu:004:s0056
• Assessment: viciously depraved and unfit to keep the throne · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Lady Zhang (張夫人)
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0047, songshu:004:s0057
• Kind: physical-description · Statement: strong and vigorous; had courage and force
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0142, songshu:004:s0080
• Item: imperial seals and cords / 璽紱 · Relation: deprived-of
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0075

Source notes

• Statement: Emperor Wu had long been without a son and was greatly pleased at Yifu's birth
  Explicit · songshu:004:s0140