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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · liangshu:036:s0106, weishu:111:s0277
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 524Explicit 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 527Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:032:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 元法僧反 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528Explicit · weishu:024:s0108
- Source Date: Text: 十五年 · Western Year: AD 516Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0132
- Source Date: Text: 孝昌元年正月庚申 · Western Year: AD 525Explicit · weishu:111:s0277
- Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Western Year: AD 525Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:036:s0106
- Source Date: Text: 普通六年 · Western Year: AD 525Explicit 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 524Explicit 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 527Explicit · liangshu:032:s0008
- Label: Inspector of Xuzhou / 徐州刺史 · Action: heldExplicit · weishu:111:s0277
- Title: King of Song / 宋王 · Action: assumedExplicit · weishu:111:s0277
Places and affiliations
- Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: submitted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 524Explicit · liangshu:038:s0026, liangshu:038:s0029
- Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: submitted-toExplicit · liangshu:032:s0008
- Label: Wei / 魏 · Relation: defected-fromExplicit · liangshu:032:s0008
- Label: Wei / 魏 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:038:s0026
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 524Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:038:s0026, liangshu:038:s0029
- Kind: military · Role: rebel-leader · Action: rebelledExplicit · weishu:024:s0108
- Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: rebelledExplicit · 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 527Explicit · 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 516Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0132
References in the histories
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