Yuan Xiangxian (袁象先)

Overview

Yuan Xiangxian was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 113

Attested activity

AD 923 象先二子
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 112

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yuan Jiao (袁泬)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 112
Parent of Yuan Zhengci (袁正辭)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 112

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 112

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 114

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 2 passages

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象先二子，正辭官至刺史，泬周世宗時為橫海軍節度使。 He had two sons—Zhengci reached prefect; Jiao became Henghai military governor under Shizong of Zhou.

象先平生所積財產數千萬，邸舍四千間，其卒也，不以分諸子，而悉與正辭。 He had piled tens of millions and four thousand houses. At death he left his sons nothing and gave the whole hoard to Zhengci.