Yuan (元) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan as an official and royal family member. This record brings together 16 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yuan	元	Yuan
Alternate	Changsheng	常勝	Changsheng
Title	Prince of Zu	胙王
Title	Puyangwen	蒲陽溫

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jinshi:069:s0003

Roles

Official
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Manner: execution
Explicit · jinshi:069:s0128

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 海陵篡立 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1149 · End: AD 1150
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:069:s0133
Source Date: Text: 皇統七年四月戊午 · Western Year: AD 1147
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:069:s0112

Family

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Child of Zong Jun (宗峻)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yu (育)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Emperor Xizong (熙宗)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Parentage: biological · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Chaci (查刺)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Parentage: biological · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full

References in the histories

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History of Jin, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 7: Taizu Sons: Zong Jun Formerly Named Eluguan, Zong Jie Formerly Named Meiliye, Zong Qiang Formerly Named Alu, Son: Shuang (Formerly Named Alin) Kexi, a Suo, Zong Min Formerly Named Alubu, Yuan Formerly Named Changsheng · 16 passages

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可喜阿瑣宗敏本名阿魯補元宗峻子，本名常勝 Kexi, A Suo, Zong Min (born Alubu); Yuan, son of Zong Jun, born Changsheng.

胙王元，景宣皇帝峻子也，本名常勝，為北京留守，弟查刺為安武軍節度使。 Yuan, Prince of Zu, son of the Jingxuan Emperor Jun, was born Changsheng. He served as regent at the Northern Capital; his brother Chaci was military commissioner of the Anwu Army.

熙宗被酒，酌酒賜元，元不能飲，上怒，仗劍逼之，元逃去。 Xizong, already drunk, poured wine and pressed it on Yuan. Yuan could not drink. The emperor flew into a rage, sword in hand, and drove at him; Yuan fled.

命左丞宗憲召元，宗憲與元俱去，上益怒，是時戶部尚書宗禮在側，使之跪，手殺之。 He ordered Left Vice Director Zongxian to fetch Yuan; Zongxian left with him, and the emperor’s wrath only mounted. Minister of Revenue Zongli stood nearby—the emperor forced him to his knees and killed him himself.

而辯與秉德初意不在海陵，常勝乃熙宗之弟，辯答曰：「無胙王常勝乎。」 Bian and Bingde had not first thought of Hailing. Changsheng was Xizong’s own brother. Bian said: "What of the Prince of Zu, Changsheng?"

由是海陵謂胙王有人望，不除之將不得立，故心忌常勝並阿楞。 Thence Hailing reckoned the Prince of Zu held the people’s favor—without removing him he could not reign—and so he hated Changsheng and Aleng alike.

河南軍士孫進自稱「皇弟按察大王」，熙宗疑「皇弟」二字或在常勝也，使特思鞫之，無狀。 Sun Jin, a soldier in Henan, called himself "Younger Brother, Inspector King." Xizong wondered whether "younger brother" meant Changsheng and set Tesi to question him; nothing was proved.

海陵知熙宗有疑常勝心，因此可以除之，謂熙宗曰：「孫進反有端，不稱他人，乃稱皇弟大王。 Hailing saw that Xizong already doubted Changsheng and that here was his chance. He told Xizong: "Sun Jin’s revolt has a thread to pull—he named no one else but Younger Brother the King.

陛下弟止有常勝、查刺。 Your Majesty has only two brothers—Changsheng and Chaci.

熙宗以為然，使唐括辯、蕭肄按問特思，特思自誣服，故出常勝罪。 Xizong agreed and set Tangguo Bian and Xiao Yi to press Tesi; Tesi confessed under torture, and Changsheng was condemned.

於是，乃殺常勝及其弟查刺，並殺特思。 Then they killed Changsheng and his brother Chaci, and killed Tesi too.