Five Dynasties · Prince of Hui

You Neng 友能

Yǒu Néng

Died AD 923

Passages
18
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify You Neng as an administrator, aristocrat, military officer, and official. This record brings together 18 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal You Neng 友能 Yǒu Néng
Title Marquis of Fangling 房陵侯
Title Marquis of Fangling 房陵侯 Fanglinghou
Title Prince of Hui 惠王
Title Prince of Hui 惠王 Huì Wáng
Title Prince of Hui 惠王 Hui Wang
Title Prince of Hui 惠王 Huiwang
Personal Youneng 友能 Youneng
Personal name Youneng 友能 Youneng
Personal Zhu Youneng 朱友能

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐師入汴 · Western Year: AD 923

Attested activity

Family

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  • Sibling of Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)
    Kinship Term: brother / 伯仲 · Subject Role: brother · Object Role: brother · Shared Parentage: uncertain
  • Sibling of You Hui (友誨)
    Kinship Term: brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full
  • Kin of Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)
    Kinship Term: nephew / 姪 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
  • Child of Quan Yu (全昱)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of You Liang (友諒)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled · Place: Chenzhou / 陳州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 龍德元年夏四月 · Western Year: AD 921
  • Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 龙德元年三月 · Western Year: AD 921
  • Kind: military · Role: surrendered · Action: surrendered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 秋七月 · Western Year: AD 921
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel prince · Actions: raised troops toward the capital, fled to Chenzhou, surrendered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 龍德元年夏四月至秋七月 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 921

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: relied on favor as imperial kin, often acted unlawfully, and attracted villains · Provenance: Mode: narrator-assessment

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 6 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Book of Later Liang 12: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 9 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Later Liang Annals 3: Later Emperors · 2 passages