Qin and Han · King of Zhongshan

Zhongshan King Xing 中山王興

Zhongshan Wang Xing

Died BC 8

Passages: 9
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhongshan King Xing as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 9 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhongshan King Xing	中山王興	Zhongshan Wang Xing
Title	King of Xindu	信都王
Title	King of Zhongshan	中山王
Posthumous	Prince Xiao	孝王	Xiaowang
Title	Prince Xiao of Zhongshan	中山孝王興	Zhongshan Xiaowang Xing
Personal	Xing	興	Xing
Title	Zhongshan King	中山王	Zhongshan Wang
Title	Zhongshan King Xing	中山王興	Zhongshan Wang Xing

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · hanshu:011:s0285
Sex: male
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0177

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三十年，薨 · Western Year: BC 8
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0192
Date Text: 綏和元年秋八月庚戌 · Unresolved: true
Explicit · hanshu:011:s0285

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建昭二年立為信都王 · Western Year: BC 37
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0186

Family

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Kin of Feng Can (馮參)
Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 舅 · Line: maternal
Child of Emperor Yuan (孝元帝)
Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Emperor Ping (平)
Parentage: biological
Parentage: biological
Child of Lady Feng (馮昭儀)
Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Title: added ten thousand households / 益封萬戶 · Action: augmented
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0191
Title: King of Xindu / 信都王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建昭二年 · Western Year: BC 37
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0186

Places and affiliations

Place: Zhongshan / 中山 · Relation: transferred-to
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0187

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: untalented · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Emperor Xiaocheng (孝成皇帝)
Explicit · hanshu:091:s0189

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 11Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng · 2 passages

封中山王舅諫大夫馮參為宜鄉侯，益中山國三萬戶，以慰其意。 Enfeoffed Zhongshan King's maternal uncle Remonstrance Grandee Feng Can as Marquis of Yixiang, increased the Zhongshan kingdom by 30,000 households, to console his intention.

秋八月庚戌，中山王興薨。 On Gengxu of the eighth month of autumn, Zhongshan King Xing passed away.

Book of Han, Chapter 91Volume 80: The Six Sons of Emperors Xuan and Yuan · 7 passages

王皇后生孝成帝，傅昭儀生定陶共王康，馮昭儀生中山孝王興。 Empress Wang gave birth to Emperor Cheng. Lady Fu the Brilliant Companion bore Prince Gong of Dingtao, Kang; Lady Feng the Brilliant Companion bore Prince Xiao of Zhongshan, Xing.

中山孝王興 Prince Xiao of Zhongshan, Xing

中山孝王興，建昭二年立為信都王。 Prince Xiao of Zhongshan, Xing, was made king of Xindu in Jianzhao 2.

成帝之議立太子也，御史大夫孔光以為《尚書》有殷及王，兄終弟及，中山王元帝之子，宜為後。 When Cheng debated the succession, Imperial Counselor Kong Guang cited the Documents on Yin brother-to-brother transmission and argued that Xing, Yuan’s son and king of Zhongshan, should follow.

成帝以中山王不材，又兄弟，不得相入廟。 Cheng judged Xing unfit and held that brothers could not share one temple line.

上乃封孝王舅馮參為宜鄉侯，而益封孝王萬戶，以尉其意。 The emperor then made Xing’s uncle Feng Can marquis of Yixiang and added ten thousand households to Xing’s fief to soothe him.

太皇太后以帝為成帝後，故立東平思王孫桃鄉頃侯子成都為中山王，奉孝王後。 The grand empress dowager, treating Ping as Cheng’s heir, enfeoffed Chengdu—son of Marquis Qing of Taoxiang and grandson of Prince Si of Dongping—as king of Zhongshan to carry on Xing’s line.