Overview
The translated histories identify Yuan Hao as a general, rebel, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 34 passages from 10 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yuan Hao | 元顥 | Yuan Hao |
| Title | Beihai | 北海 | Beihai |
| Personal | Hao | 顥 | Hao |
| Given name | Hao | 顥 | |
| Title | Prince of Beihai | 北海王 | Beihai Wang |
| Title | Prince of Beihai | 北海王 | |
| Personal name | Prince Yuan Hao | 北海王顥 | |
| Personal name | Yuan Hao | 元顥 | Yuan Hao |
| Personal name | Yuan Hao | 元顥 | Yuán Hào |
| Personal name | Yuan Hao | 元顥 | |
| Personal | Yuan Hao | 元顥 | Yuán Hào |
| Surname | 元 | Yuan | |
| Given | 顥 | Hao |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- General
- Rebel
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
- Warlord
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:032:s0040
- Source Date: Text: 中大通元年 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:046:s0159
- Source Date: Text: 元顥入洛 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:047:s0123
- Source Date: Text: 元顥入洛 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit · weishu:024:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 元顥內逼 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · weishu:110:s0033
- Source Date: Text: 元顥已據酇城 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:026:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 北海王顥率兵討之 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 530Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0083
- Source Date: Text: 從尒朱榮平元顥 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:035:s0086
- Source Date: Text: 永安 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:034:s0030
- Source Date: Text: 破元顥 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit · zhoushu:017:s0031
Career and standing
- Action: appointed-and-enfeoffed-Chen-Qingzhi · Person Id: Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之)
- Title: Prince of Beihai / 北海王 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529Explicit · liangshu:032:s0040
- Title: Prince of Beihai / 北海王 · Action: heldExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0083
- Title: Emperor of Wei / 魏帝 · Action: assumed-title · Place: Huan River / 渙水 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529Explicit · liangshu:032:s0042
Places and affiliations
- Label: Liang / 梁 · Relation: defected-toExplicit · liangshu:032:s0040
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Gaozu (高祖) · Provenance: Mode: quoted-document · Speaker Person Id: Yuan Hao (元顥)Explicit · liangshu:032:s0085, liangshu:032:s0086
- Kind: refusal of posting request · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之) · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Yuan Hao (元顥)Explicit · liangshu:032:s0094
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned against rebelsExplicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0083, zhoushu:018:s0084
- Kind: military · Action: entered Luoyang palace, changed the reign title, and proclaimed amnesty · Role: commander · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529Explicit · liangshu:032:s0065
- Kind: military · Role: occupier · Action: entered Luoyang · Place: Luoyang / 洛 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顥遂入洛 · Western Year: AD 529Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:026:s0033
- Kind: military · Role: usurper · Action: entered · Place: Luoyang / 洛陽Explicit · weishu:024:s0115
- Kind: military · Action: held Luoyang for sixty-five days before all captured cities rebelled · Role: defender · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529Explicit · liangshu:032:s0097
- Kind: military · Action: was defeated by Erzhu Rong, fled to Linying, and was captured by marauders · Role: opponent · Other Person Id: Erzhu Rong (尒朱榮) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529Explicit · liangshu:032:s0100
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Wang Sizheng (王思政)Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0083, zhoushu:018:s0084
- Relation: became-suspicious-of · Person Id: Chen Qingzhi (陳慶之)Explicit · liangshu:032:s0084
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Yuan Yanming (元延明)Explicit · weishu:024:s0115
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: after gaining power, devoted himself to wine and women and neglected government · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:032:s0074
References in the histories
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