Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Yuan Yu 元彧

Yuán Yù

Attested AD 520 - AD 534

Passages
10
Chapters
4
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Yu as an aristocrat, general, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 10 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yuan Yu 元彧 Yuán Yù
Title Prince of Linhuai 臨淮王 Línhuái wáng
Title Prince of Linhuai 臨淮王 Línhuái Wáng
Title Prince of Linhuai 臨淮王 Linhuai Wang
Given name Ye
Personal name Yu
Personal Yu Yu
Surname Yuan Yuan
Personal name Yuan Ye 元彧 Yuán Yù
Personal Yuan Yu 元彧 Yuan Yu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Official
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Reign: 普通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 527
    Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:032:s0010
  • Source Date: Text: 朝廷重遣河間王琛及臨淮王彧、尚書李憲等三 · Western Interval: Start: AD 524 · End: AD 526
    Explicit · weishu:030:s0113
  • Source Date: Text: 臨淮王彧 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 530
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:047:s0021
  • Source Date: Text: 臨淮王無子時 · Western Year: AD 534
    Strongly inferred · beiqishu:028:s0032

Family

  • Kin of Yuan Fu (元孚)
    Kinship Term: brother's son / 兄子 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
  • Sibling of Yuan Xiaoyou (元孝友)
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Object Role: elder-brother · Subject Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

  • Title: Prince of Linhuai / 臨淮王 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Reign: 普通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 527
    Explicit · liangshu:032:s0010

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Action: helped usher Yuan Hao into Luoyang and prepare his accession · Role: combatant · Other Person Id: Yuan Hao (元顥) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大通初 · Reign: 大通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 527 · End: AD 529
    Explicit · liangshu:032:s0065
  • Kind: military · Action: led twenty thousand troops with Yuan Yanming against Prince Zong · Role: commander · Other Person Id: Yuan Yanming (元延明) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 普通中 · Reign: 普通 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 527
    Explicit · liangshu:032:s0010
  • Relation: political-ally-of · Person Id: Yuan Hao (元顥) · Later State: plotted against Liang
    Explicit · liangshu:032:s0075

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) · 2 passages
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 39: Cruel Officials · 4 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 32Volume 32: Chen Qingzhi; Lan Qin · 3 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 1 passage