Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Yin Xiaozu 殷孝祖

Yīn Xiàozǔ

Died AD 466

Passages
17
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yin Xiaozu as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and official. This record brings together 17 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Song

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yin Xiaozu 殷孝祖 Yīn Xiàozǔ
Title Commander Yin 殷統軍
Title Marquis of Jian'an 建安縣侯
Title Marquis of Zigui 秭歸縣侯
Posthumous name Marquis Zhong 忠侯 Zhōng hóu
Given Xiaozu 孝祖 Xiàozǔ
Surname Yin 殷 Yīn
Personal name Yin Xiaozu 殷孝祖 Yīn Xiàozǔ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: struck by arrow in battle · Manner: killed-in-action · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 泰始二年三月三日 · Western Year: AD 466
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0036

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 太祖元嘉末 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Year: AD 453
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:086:s0006
  • Source Date: Text: 前廢帝景和元年 · Western Year: AD 465
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:086:s0015
  • Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 468
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:086:s0039
  • Source Date: Text: 大明初 · Western Year: AD 457
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:086:s0009
  • Source Date: Text: 太宗初即位 · Western Year: AD 465
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:086:s0016, songshu:086:s0024
  • Source Date: Text: 泰始二年三月三日 · Western Year: AD 466
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0034, songshu:086:s0036

Family

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  • Descendant of Yin Xian (殷羨)
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Generation Distance: 3 · Line: paternal
  • Kin of Yin Huida (殷慧達)
    Kinship Term: cousin's son / 從兄子 · Intermediary Person Ids: Elder male cousin of Yin Xiaozu
  • Sibling of Elder male cousin of Yin Xiaozu
    Kinship Term: elder male cousin / 從兄 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Child of Father of Yin Xiaozu
    Parentage: biological · Kinship Term: father / 父 · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
  • Kin of Ge Sengshao (葛僧韶)
    Kinship Term: sister's son / nephew / 外甥 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: maternal-uncle
  • Sibling of Sister of Yin Xiaozu
    Kinship Term: sister / 姊妹 · Shared Parentage: full
  • Spouse of Wife of Yin Xiaozu
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active

Career and standing

  • Label: Court Gentleman for the Dynasty / 奉朝請 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖元嘉末 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Year: AD 453
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0006
  • Label: Supernumerary Gentlemen-Attendant at the Palace Gate / 員外散騎侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖元嘉末 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Western Year: AD 453
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0006
  • Label: Commander of military affairs in Yan Province / 督兗州諸軍事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 前廢帝景和元年 · Western Year: AD 465
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0015
  • Label: Governor of Yan Province / 兗州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 前廢帝景和元年 · Western Year: AD 465
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0015
  • Label: Adjutant on Prince Xiyang Zishang's pacification staff / 西陽王子尚撫軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0011
  • Label: Administrator of Jibei / 濟北太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0007
  • Label: Administrator of Jinan and Nan / 濟南、南郡太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0014
  • Label: Administrator of Southern Jiyin / 南濟陰太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0011
  • Label: Administrator of Xuyi / 盱眙太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0012
  • Label: Administrator of Yangping and Dongping / 陽平、東平二郡太守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0013
  • Label: Bearer of the Credentials Staff and Commander of Yan, Qing, Ji, and You / 使持節、都督兗州、青、冀、幽四州諸軍事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0032
  • Label: Champion General / 冠軍將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0028
  • Label: Commander of all vanguard forces with credentials staff / 假節、督前鋒諸軍事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0028
  • Label: Commander of the Crown Prince's Household Guards Brigades / 太子旅賁中郎將 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0010
  • Label: Commander of the Tiger Guards / 虎賁中郎將 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0013
  • Label: General of Accumulated Archery / 積射將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0008
  • Label: General of the Dragon Cavalry / 龍驤將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0010
  • Label: General Who Exerts Might / 奮武將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0007
  • Label: General Who Pacifies the Army / 撫軍將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0032
  • Label: General Who Pacifies the North / 寧朔將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0011
  • Label: Attendant-in-Ordinary / 散騎常侍 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0037
  • Label: General Who Campaigns North / 征北將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0037
  • Title: Marquis of Jian'an / 建安縣 · Action: changed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 468
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0039
  • Title: Marquis of Zigui / 秭歸縣侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Households: 1000
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0038
  • Title: posthumous title Marquis Zhong / 諡曰忠侯 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年 · Western Year: AD 468
    Explicit · songshu:086:s0039

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 46: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian · 17 passages
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時徐州刺史薛安都遣薛索兒等屯據津徑，僧韶間行得至，說孝祖曰：「景和兇狂，開闢未有，朝野危極，假命漏刻。 At that time Xu Province governor Xue An'du had sent Xue Suo'er and others to hold the river crossings. Sengshao traveled by concealed routes and reached Xiaozu, saying to him, "The Jinghe emperor was savage and deranged beyond anything since the realm was founded; court and countryside stood on the brink of ruin, their lives measured in hours.