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Overview The translated histories identify Ying as an aristocrat, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 9 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names Type English Chinese Pinyin
Personal
Ying
映
Yìng
Title
Prince of Linchuan
臨川王
Línchuān wáng
Title
Prince of Linchuan
臨川王
Alternate name
Xiao Ying
Personal name
Xiao Ying
映
Ying
Personal name
Ying
映
Yìng
Identity
Historicity Historical
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Sex Male Roles Aristocrat General Official Royal Family Member Life and dates Attested activity Family
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Career and standing Label: Inspector of Jing / 荊州刺史Action: appointedDate Context: Source Date: Text: 建元二年十二月壬子Western Year: AD 480
Label: Inspector of Yang / 揚州刺史Action: appointedDate Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年九月乙巳Western Year: AD 479
Title: Prince of Linchuan / 臨川王Action: enfeoffed
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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 2 Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 2 · 4 passages
戊戌，以荊州刺史嶷爲尚書令、驃騎大將軍、開府儀同三司、揚州刺史，冠軍將軍映爲荊州刺史，西中郎將晃爲南徐州刺史，冠軍將軍垣崇祖爲豫州刺史，驃騎司馬崔文仲爲徐州刺史。
Day wuxu: Yi, inspector of Jing, became director of the master of writing, general-in-chief who spreads might, with secretariat equal to the three excellencies, and inspector of Yang; Ying, champion general, inspector of Jing; Huang, west general of the gentlemen, inspector of South Xuzhou; Yuan Chongzu, champion general, inspector of Yu; Cui Wenzong, chief commandant under the general who spreads might, inspector of Xu.
立皇子嶷爲豫章王，映爲臨川王，晃爲長沙王，曅爲武陵王，暠爲安成王，鏘爲鄱陽王，鑠爲桂陽王，鑒爲廣陵王，皇孫長懋爲南郡王。
Princes were named: Yi of Yuzhang, Ying of Linchuan, Huang of Changsha, Ye of Wuling, Gao of Ancheng, Qiang of Poyang, Shuo of Guiyang, Jian of Guangling; the imperial grandson Zhangmao became prince of Nan commandery.
乙巳，以新除尚書令、驃騎將軍豫章王嶷爲荊、湘二州刺史，平西將軍臨川王映爲揚州刺史。
Day yisi: Yi, new director of the master of writing and general who spreads might, prince of Yuzhang, took Jing and Xiang; Ying, prince of Linchuan and general who pacifies the west, took Yang.
壬子，以驃騎大將軍豫章王嶷爲司空，揚州刺史、前將軍臨川王映爲荊州刺史。
On day renzi, Prince of Yuzhang Xiao Yi, general of agile cavalry, became minister of works; Prince of Linchuan Xiao Ying, forward general and inspector of Yangzhou, took Jing.
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 21 Volume 21 Biographies 2: Crown Prince Wenhui · 5 passages
宋元徽末，隨世祖在郢。
Late in the Yuánhuī era of Song he was with Emperor Wu at Ying.
升明三年，太祖將受禪，世祖已還京師，以襄陽兵馬重鎮，不欲處他族，出太子爲持節、都督雍梁二州、郢州之竟陵、司州之隨郡軍事、左中郎將、寧蠻校尉、雍州刺史。
In Shengming year 3, as Xiao Daocheng prepared to accept the throne, Emperor Wu was already in the capital. Xiangyang held the empire's horses and arms, and he would not trust another house with it—so he sent the prince out as bearer of the staff, superintendent of Yong and Liang, of Jingling in Ying and Sui in Si, left central commander, colonel pacifying the barbarians, and inspector of Yong.
臨川王映曰：「先舉必敬，以明大體，尊卑事數，備列後章，亦當不以總略而礙。」
The prince of Linchuan, Xiao Ying, said: "To open with reverence is to show the great pattern; the counts of rank and rite are spelled out in later chapters—a summary should not stand in the way."
臨川王映諮曰：「孝爲德本，常是所疑。
The prince of Linchuan, Xiao Ying, asked: "Filial piety as the root of virtue is often doubted.
映曰：「率由斯至，不俟明德，大孝榮親，衆德光備，以此而言，豈得爲本？」
Ying said: "Follow this and you arrive without waiting for bright virtue; great filial piety honors kin and every virtue gleams—on that reading, how is it the root?"