Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler of Northern Wei

Yuan Hong 元宏

Yuán Hóng

Attested AD 495

Passages: 18
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuan Hong was a ruler of Northern Wei.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 495 建武二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 134

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 134

Works and attributed material

letter to Emperor Wu of Qi 與齊武書
Relation Author · With Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 161
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Cui Qingyuan (崔慶遠) · Direct quotation · Mode named-speech Speaker Yuan Hong (元宏)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passages 136, 139-141, 143-144, 152-154, 158-164, 167-168, 172-175, 179

Events and relationships

Attacked
AD 495 建武二年 · Military · Commander · At Shouchun 壽春
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 134
Discussed peace by marriage
Diplomatic · Counterpart · With Cui Qingyuan (崔慶遠)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passages 167, 169
Laughed loudly
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 183
Led army
Military · Commander · At east of the city 城東
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 184
Received envoys
Diplomatic · Host · With Cui Qingyuan (崔慶遠), Zhu Xuanzhi (朱選之)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passages 134-135
Refrained from attack
Military · Commander · At Shouchun 壽春 · Mode named-speech Speaker Yuan Hong (元宏)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 173

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wine, roasted mutton, and assorted fruits 酒及羊炙雜果
Ritual · Host · Set out banquet
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 174
Relation Correspondent of · Person Emperor Wu (武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 161

Assessments and attributes

Item five hundred bolts of silk 絹五百匹 · Relation Bestowed · Via Person Id Daodeng (道登)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 184
Item trousers, jackets, and belt ornaments 褶絡帶 · Relation Bestowed · With Cui Qingyuan (崔慶遠), Zhu Xuanzhi (朱選之)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 45, passage 184

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History

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 45Volume 45 Biographies 26: The Imperial Clan · 18 passages

二年，虜主元宏寇壽春，遣使呼城內人，遙昌遣參軍崔慶遠、朱選之詣宏。 In the second year the Northern Wei ruler Yuan Hong attacked Shouchun and sent envoys to summon the city's defenders; Yaochang sent his staff officers Cui Qingyuan and Zhu Xuanzhi to meet Hong.

慶遠曰：「旌蓋飄颻，遠涉淮、泗，風塵慘烈，無乃上勞？」 Qingyuan said, "Your banners and canopies flutter in the wind on this long march across the Huai and Si—the dust and hardship are severe. Is this not too great a burden for Your Majesty?"

宏曰：「六龍騰躍，倏忽千里，經途未遠，不足爲勞。」 Hong said, "The six dragons leap and soar—a thousand li in an instant. The journey is not yet long; it hardly counts as labor."

慶遠曰：「川境旣殊，遠勞軒駕。 Qingyuan said, "Our river realms are already different, yet Your Majesty's carriage has been troubled from afar.

屈完有言：『不虞君之涉吾地也，何故？』」 Qu Wan once said, 'We did not expect Your Lordship to cross our territory—what is the reason?'"

宏曰：「故當有故。 Hong said, "Of course there is a reason.

慶遠曰：「君包荒之德，本施北政，未承來議，無所含瑕。」 Qingyuan said, "Your Lordship's virtue of embracing all within the waste is shown in governing the north; we have not yet received your embassy—there is no flaw to harbor."

宏曰：「朕本欲有言，會卿來問。 Hong said, "I had intended to speak; it happens that you have come to ask.

未審聖旨，獨何疑怪？」 We have not yet understood Your Majesty's intent—why this doubt alone?"

宏曰：「聞卿此言，殊解我心。 Hong said, "Hearing your words has greatly eased my mind.

宏曰：「如我所聞，靡有孑遺。 Hong said, "As I have heard, not one was left alive.

宏又曰：「雲羅所掩，六合宜一。 Hong also said, "Where the cloud-net covers all, the six directions ought to be one.

宏曰：「卿爲欲朕和親？ Hong said, "Do you wish me to make peace by marriage?

和與不和，裁由聖衷。」 Peace or no peace rests solely with Your Majesty's heart."

宏曰：「朕來爲復遊行鹽境，北去洛都，率爾便至。 Hong said, "I have come again to tour the salt districts; traveling north toward the Luo capital, I came forth simply and arrived here.

宏設酒及羊炙雜果，又謂慶遠曰：「聽卿主克黜凶嗣，不違忠孝。 Hong set out wine, roasted mutton, and assorted fruits, and again said to Qingyuan, "I hear your sovereign was able to remove the vicious heir without violating loyalty and filial piety.

宏曰：「若爾，霍光嚮自立爲君，當復得爲忠臣不？」 Hong said, "If so, when Huo Guang formerly established himself as ruler, could he still have counted as a loyal minister?"

宏大笑。 Hong laughed loudly.