Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Yuan Kuang 元匡

Attested AD 500 - AD 528

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Kuang as an aristocrat, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuan Kuang 元匡 Yuan Kuang
Given Kuang Kuang
Title Prince of Dongping 東平王
Personal name Yuan Kuang 元匡 Yuan Kuang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 肅宗初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0038
  • Source Date: Text: 魏東平王 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 525
    Strongly inferred · beiqishu:026:s0053

Family

  • Kin of Zhang (張氏)
    Kinship Term: concubine / 妾 · Union Category: concubinage · Subject Role: concubine · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: ended

Career and standing

  • Label: chief of the censors / 御史中尉 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 肅宗初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0038
  • Title: Prince of Dongping / 東平王 · Action: held
    Explicit · beiqishu:026:s0053

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 26Volume 26 Biographies 18: Xue Chu; Jing Xianjun; Ping Jian · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 86Volume 81: Qi Jun, Shan Wei, Liu Renzhi, Yuwen Zhongzhi · 2 passages