Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Father of Empress Yuan

Yuan Man 元蠻

Attested AD 559 - AD 565

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Man as a family member and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuan Man 元蠻 Yuan Man
Changed Buliugu 步六孤氏
Title Commissioner with Protocol Equal to the Three Excellencies 開府 Kaifu
Personal name Yuan Man 元蠻 Yuan Man

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kinship Role: brothers · Quantity: plural · Statement: empress father and brothers wrote letters
    Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0093

Career and standing

  • Label: Director of the Imperial Household / 光祿卿 · Action: held
    Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0060
  • Label: Kaifu / 開府 · Action: held
    Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0085
  • Status: dismissal · Action: dismissed · Reason: letters found in palace investigation
    Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0093
  • Status: pardon · Action: pardoned during Yuan clan slaughter · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保十年 · Western Year: AD 559
    Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0061

Events and relationships

Source notes

  • From: Yuan / 元 · To: Buliugu / 步六孤 · Action: granted surname
    Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0061

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 2 passages
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 40: Imperial Affines · 2 passages