Sui and Tang · Royal Family Member

Yuanji 元吉

Attested AD 626

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yuanji was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 626 誅建成、元吉 / 六月四日
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passages 239, 265-266

Career and standing

Nest-stinging Prince 巢剌王
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 239

Events and relationships

Competed to bribe Zhixuan
AD 626 競以金帛誘之 · Political · Briber · With Duan Zhixuan (段志玄)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 239
Killed / executed
AD 626 誅建成、元吉 · Political · Victim
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passages 239, 266
Relation Rival of · Person Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 72, passage 260

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 72Volume 68 Biographies 18: Weichi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Zheng Gongjin · 3 passages

隱太子建成、巢剌王元吉競以金帛誘之，志玄拒而不納，密以白太宗，竟與尉遲敬德等同誅建成、元吉。 Jiancheng and Yuanji tried to buy him with gold; he refused and warned the prince, then joined Jingde in killing them.

時太宗為隱太子建成、巢王元吉所忌，因召公謹，問以自安之策，對甚合旨，漸見親遇。 When Jiancheng and Yuanji threatened him, he asked Gongjin for counsel; the answers pleased him and he grew intimate with him.

及斬建成、元吉，其黨來攻玄武門，兵鋒甚盛。 When the princes were killed, their followers assaulted Xuanwu Gate fiercely.