Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince of Nanyang and Western Wei Claimant

Yuan Baoju 元寶炬

Attested AD 528 - AD 540

Passages: 5
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

Yuan Baoju was a prince of Nanyang and Western Wei Claimant.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 532 南陽王寶炬…構神武
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 251
AD 528 to AD 535 孝莊至出帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 27, passages 99-101
AD 537 沙苑之敗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 26, passages 41, 45
AD 540 興和二年七月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 111, passages 236, 238

Family

Sibling of Yuan Baoyue (元寶月)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Wei 27, passage 98

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Prince of Nanyang 南陽王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Wei 27, passage 99
Prince of Nanyang 南陽王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 251

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 251
Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Associated
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 26, passages 41, 86
Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 111, passage 238

Events and relationships

Forces raided
AD 540 興和二年七月癸巳 · Military · Sovereign of raiders · At Yangdi 陽翟 · With Zhao Jizong (趙繼宗), Cui Kang (崔康)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 111, passages 236, 238
Seized imperial title
Usurpation · Claimant
Directly stated · Book of Wei 27, passage 101
Slandered Gao Huan
Political · Agent · With Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 251
Relation Superior of · Person Zhao Jizong (趙繼宗)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 111, passage 238
Relation Superior of · Person Cui Kang (崔康)
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 111, passage 238

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 251

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 1Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Shenwu 1 · 1 passage

斛斯椿由是內不自安，乃與南陽王寶炬及武衛將軍元毗、魏光、王思政構神武於魏帝。 Husi Chun was inwardly ill at ease; with Prince Nanyang Baoju and Military Guard Generals Yuan Pi, Wei Guang, and Wang Sizheng he slandered Gao Huan to the Wei emperor.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 26Volume 26 Biographies 18: Xue Chu; Jing Xianjun; Ping Jian · 1 passage

但置兵諸道，勿與野戰，比及來年麥秋，人民盡應餓死，寶炬、黑獺，自然歸降。 Simply place troops on the roads and do not fight in the open field. By next year's wheat harvest the people will all have starved; Bao Ju and Hei Hu will surrender of themselves.

Book of Wei, Chapter 27Volume 22: Emperor Xiaowen's Five Princes · 2 passages

寶月弟寶炬，輕躁薄行，耽淫酒色。 Baoyue's younger brother Baoju was rash and loose in conduct, given to wine and women.

宇文黑獺害出帝，寶炬乃僭大號。 Yuwen Heituo slew the Deposed Emperor; Yuan Baoju then seized the imperial title.

Book of Wei, Chapter 111Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 · 1 passage

七月癸巳，元寶炬廣豫二州行臺趙繼宗、南青州刺史崔康寇陽翟，鎮將擊走之。 In the seventh month, on guisi day, Zhao Jizong of the Guang-Yu provisional headquarters under Yuan Baoju and Cui Kang, governor of Southern Qing Province, raided Yangdi; the garrison commander drove them off.