Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince

Yuan Xi 元禧

Yuán Xǐ

Attested AD 493 - AD 501

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Xi as an aristocrat and royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuan Xi 元禧 Yuán Xǐ
Title Prince of Xianyang 咸陽王 Xiányáng wáng
Title Prince of Xianyang 咸陽王 Xianyang wang
Personal name Xi
Personal name Xi Xi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 太和中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 493 · End: AD 497
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:027:s0032
  • Source Date: Text: 禧誅 · Western Year: AD 501
    Strongly inferred · beiqishu:028:s0003

Family

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  • Parent of Yuan Tan (元坦)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 7
  • Child of Emperor Xianwen of Wei (魏獻文皇帝)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 28Volume 28 Biographies 20: Yuan Tan (Eastern Wei); Yuan Bin; Yuan Xiaoyou; Yuan Huiye; Yuan Bi; Yuan Shao (Eastern Wei) · 3 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 27Volume 22: Emperor Xiaowen's Five Princes · 2 passages