Overview
The translated histories identify Yuan Xiaoyou as an administrator, aristocrat, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 10 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yuan Xiaoyou | 元孝友 | Yuán Xiàoyǒu |
| Title | Duke of Linhuai County | 臨淮縣公 | |
| Title | Prince of Linhuai | 臨淮王 | |
| Personal name | Yuan Xiaoyou | 元孝友 | Yuán Xiàoyǒu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0031
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- Official
- Royal Family Member
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: killed · Place: Jinyang Palace / 晉陽宮 · Other Person Id: Yuan Huiye (元暉業) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保二年冬 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0083, beiqishu:028:s0098
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天保二年冬 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0083
- Source Date: Text: 齊天保初 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0082
Family
- Descendant of Emperor Taiwu of Wei (魏太武皇帝)Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
- Sibling of Yuan Yu (元彧)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Role: younger-brother
Career and standing
- Label: grand master for splendid happiness / 光祿大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊天保初 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0082
- Label: inspector of Cangzhou / 滄州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0033
- Label: mayor (Yin) / 尹 · Action: heldExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0081
- Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0032
- Title: Duke of Linhuai county / 臨淮縣公 · Action: reduced-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊天保初 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0082
- Label: pardoned of guilt at banquet / 奉旨舍罪 · Action: pardonedExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0036, beiqishu:028:s0037
Places and affiliations
- Place: Cangzhou / 滄州 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0033
Learning and skills
- Skill: governance / 政理 · Level: skilledExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0038
Works and attributed material
- Kind: memorial · Role: author · Quoted: trueExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0038, beiqishu:028:s0039, beiqishu:028:s0040, beiqishu:028:s0041, beiqishu:028:s0042, beiqishu:028:s0043, beiqishu:028:s0044, beiqishu:028:s0045, beiqishu:028:s0046, beiqishu:028:s0047, beiqishu:028:s0048, beiqishu:028:s0049, beiqishu:028:s0050, beiqishu:028:s0051, beiqishu:028:s0052, beiqishu:028:s0053, beiqishu:028:s0054, beiqishu:028:s0055, beiqishu:028:s0056, beiqishu:028:s0057, beiqishu:028:s0058, beiqishu:028:s0059, beiqishu:028:s0060, beiqishu:028:s0061, beiqishu:028:s0062, beiqishu:028:s0063, beiqishu:028:s0064, beiqishu:028:s0065, beiqishu:028:s0066, beiqishu:028:s0067, beiqishu:028:s0068, beiqishu:028:s0069, beiqishu:028:s0070, beiqishu:028:s0071
- Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0034
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: guest · Action: drunk-self-praise-at-banquet · Other Person Id: Emperor Jing of Wei (魏靜帝)
- Kind: legal · Role: victim · Action: executed-with · Other Person Id: Yuan Huiye (元暉業) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保二年 · Western Year: AD 551
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: kept to law and won repute, but lacked backbone and courted the powerful · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0081
- Assessment: mild governance; small favors; not upright but not abusive · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0033
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0001
References in the histories
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