Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Yuan Faseng 元法僧

Attested AD 515 - AD 528

Passages
10
Chapters
7
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Faseng as an administrator, general, official, and rebel. This record brings together 10 passages from 7 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuan Faseng 元法僧 Yuan Faseng
Title King of Song 宋王
Personal name Yuan Faseng 元法僧 Yuan Faseng
Personal Yuan Faseng 元法僧 Yuán Fǎsēng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Official
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 普通五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 524
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0026, liangshu:038:s0029
  • Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Reign: 普通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 527
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:032:s0008
  • Source Date: Text: 元法僧反 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0108
  • Source Date: Text: 十五年 · Western Year: AD 516
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0132
  • Source Date: Text: 孝昌元年正月庚申 · Western Year: AD 525
    Explicit · weishu:111:s0277
  • Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Western Year: AD 525
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0106
  • Source Date: Text: 普通六年 · Western Year: AD 525
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:055:s0028

Family

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  • Parent of Yuan Jinglong (元景隆)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Office: Governor of Xuzhou / 徐州刺史 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 524
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0026
  • Label: Inspector of Xu province / 徐州刺史 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Reign: 普通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 527
    Explicit · liangshu:032:s0008
  • Label: Inspector of Xuzhou / 徐州刺史 · Action: held
    Explicit · weishu:111:s0277
  • Title: King of Song / 宋王 · Action: assumed
    Explicit · weishu:111:s0277

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: defector · Action: offered Xuzhou territory and submitted; then obeyed Liang orders · Other Person Id: Zhu Yi (朱异) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 524
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0026, liangshu:038:s0029
  • Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelled
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0108
  • Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: rebelled
    Explicit · weishu:111:s0277
  • Kind: military · Action: requested to defect at Pengcheng and was received by Liang forces · Role: combatant · Other Person Id: Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Reign: 普通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 527
    Explicit · liangshu:032:s0008
  • Kind: military · Role: dispatcher · Action: sent-son · Other Person Id: Yuan Jinglong (元景隆) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十五年 · Western Year: AD 516
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0132

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 32Volume 32: Chen Qingzhi; Lan Qin · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 36Volume 36: Kong Xiuyuan; Jiang Ge · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 38Volume 38: Zhu Yi; He Chen · 4 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 55Volume 55: Zong, Prince of Yuzhang; Ji, Prince of Wuling; Zhengde, Prince of Linhe; Yu, Prince of Hedong · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 24Volume 20: Emperor Wencheng's Five Princes · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 111Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 · 1 passage