Overview
The translated histories identify Yuan Yu as an administrator, rebel, royal family member, and writer. This record brings together 22 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yuan Yu | 元愉 | Yuan Yu |
| Title | Prince Jingzhao | 京兆王 | Jingzhao wang |
| Title | Prince of Jingzhao | 京兆王 | Jingzhao wang |
| Title | Prince of Lintao | 臨洮王 | Lintao wang |
| Courtesy name | Xuande | 宣德 | Xuande |
| Personal | Yu | 愉 | Yu |
| Personal name | Yu | 愉 | Yu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · beiqishu:029:s0001, weishu:027:s0005
Roles
- Administrator
- Rebel
- Royal Family Member
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Age: Value: 21 · Reckoning: sui · Manner: died weeping; some say killed by Gao Zhao / 絕氣而死Explicit · weishu:027:s0091, weishu:027:s0092
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 太和二十一年 · Regnal Year: 21 · Western Year: AD 497Explicit · weishu:027:s0061
- Source Date: Text: 世宗初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515Explicit · weishu:027:s0063
- Source Date: Text: 冀州起逆 · Western Year: AD 508Explicit · beiqishu:029:s0004
Family
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- Spouse of Lady Li (李氏)Kinship Term: concubine / 妾 · Union Category: concubinage
- Spouse of Younger sister of Empress Shun (順皇后妹)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: primary-marriage
- Child of Emperor Xiaowen (孝文皇帝)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Yuan Baoyue (元寶月)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
- Child of Noble Lady Yuan (袁貴人)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Sibling of Yuan Huai (元懷)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
- Kinship Role: sons · Count: 4Explicit · weishu:027:s0086, weishu:027:s0095
Career and standing
- Label: commander-in-chief and governor of Xuzhou / 都督、徐州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · weishu:027:s0062
- Label: director of the secretariat / 中書監 · Action: appointedExplicit · weishu:027:s0066
- Label: governor of Ji / 冀州刺史 · Action: appointedExplicit · weishu:027:s0078
- Label: guardian general of the army / 護軍將軍 · Action: appointedExplicit · weishu:027:s0063
- Title: Prince of Jingzhao / 京兆王 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · weishu:027:s0061
- Title: Prince of Lintao / 臨洮王 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffedExplicit · weishu:027:s0095
- Status: caned · Action: punished · Label: fifty strokes / 杖愉五十Explicit · weishu:027:s0078
Learning and skills
- Belief: Buddhism / 佛道 · Relation: adherent-ofExplicit · weishu:027:s0076
- Skill: poetry and fu / 詩賦 · Level: notableExplicit · weishu:027:s0073
Events and relationships
- Kind: rebellion · Role: usurper · Action: declared-emperor · Place: Xindu / 信都Explicit · weishu:027:s0082, weishu:027:s0083
Source notes
- Explicit · weishu:027:s0092
References in the histories
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