Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Hermit

Yuan Bi 元弼

Yuán Bì

Attested AD 499 - AD 530

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Bi as a hermit, official, royal family member, and scholar. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuan Bi 元弼 Yuán Bì
Courtesy name Fuzong 輔宗 Fǔzōng
Posthumous name Wenxian 文獻 Wénxiàn
Personal name Yuan Bi 元弼 Yuán Bì

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Hermit
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 宣武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0110
  • Source Date: Text: 永安三年 · Western Year: AD 530
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0113

Family

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  • Parent of Yuan Huiye (元暉業)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
  • Child of Yuan Hui (元暉)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Yuan Zhaoye (元昭業)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Kin of Yuan Li (元麗)
    Kinship Term: younger uncle / 季父 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: younger-uncle · Line: paternal

Career and standing

  • Label: palace attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0110
  • Label: regular attendant / middle chamberlain / 中散大夫 · Action: held
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0107
  • Label: director of the masters of writing / 尚書令 · Action: posthumous · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永安三年 · Western Year: AD 530
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0113
  • Title: princely rank / 王爵 · Action: stripped · Other Person Id: Yuan Li (元麗)
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0109
  • Title: Wenxian / 文獻 · Action: posthumous · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永安三年 · Western Year: AD 530
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0113
  • Title: Duke of the Department of State Affairs / 司徒公 · Action: posthumous · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 永安三年 · Western Year: AD 530
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0113
  • Status: withdrawal · Action: retired · Place: private residence / 私第
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0109

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: declined-appointment
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0110
  • Kind: dream · Role: recipient · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: dream
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0114

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: firm, upright, and literary · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0106

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 28Volume 28 Biographies 20: Yuan Tan (Eastern Wei); Yuan Bin; Yuan Xiaoyou; Yuan Huiye; Yuan Bi; Yuan Shao (Eastern Wei) · 6 passages
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