Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince of Badong

Zi Xiang 子響

Zixiang

Attested AD 483 - AD 493

Passages: 16
Chapters: 5
Histories: 2

Overview

Zi Xiang was a prince of Badong.

Life and dates

Death

Execution
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 219; Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 132

Age

young
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 85

Attested activity

AD 483 to AD 490 AD 483-490
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 48, passage 219
AD 490 八年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passages 38, 85
AD 490 子響事
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 189
AD 485 to AD 490 巴東王子響友
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 12, passages 6-9
AD 490 明年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 224
AD 483 to AD 493 永明
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 127

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AD 483 to AD 493 永明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 188
AD 490 永明八年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 19, passage 61

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Wu (世祖)
son of the Son of Heaven 天子兒 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 86

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Jing province post 荊州
Posted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 7
Prince of Badong 巴東王
AD 490 明年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 224
Prince of Badong 巴東王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 6; Book of Southern Qi 30, passages 85, 188

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Member of imperial house
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 188
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Member of royal house
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passages 85, 224
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Royal of
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 38
Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation Royal member
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 6
At Jing province 荊州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 7

Events and relationships

Defeated
Military · Commander · With Yin Lue (尹略)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 130
Disaster broke
Political · Principal
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 9
Killed staff officers
Killing · Killer · At Jiangling 江陵
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 85
Rebelled and burned Jingzhou offices
AD 490 永明八年 · Rebellion · Leader
Directly stated · Book of Liang 19, passage 61
Replaced in Jingzhou
AD 490 明年 · Political · Predecessor · With Zilong (子隆)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 224
Rose in arms
AD 490 子響事 · Military · Rebel
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 189

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Was suppressed
AD 490 八年 · Military · Target · With Xue Yuan (薛淵)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 38

Assessments and attributes

Assessment clung to petty men · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 12, passage 8

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 224

References in the histories

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History

16 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 12Volume 12: Liu Tan; Liu Chen; Xi Chanwen; Wei Rui; Wei Ai · 3 passages

齊初，入爲尚書三公郎，累遷太子中舍人，巴東王子響友。 Early in Qi he entered the secretariat as three-ducal attendant, rose to crown prince gentleman companion, and was made Friend of the Prince of Badong, Zi Xiang.

子響爲荊州，惔隨之鎮。 When Zi Xiang went to Jing province, Tan followed him there.

子響昵近小人，惔知將爲禍，稱疾還京。 Zi Xiang clung to petty men; Tan foresaw ruin, claimed illness, and went back to the capital.

Book of Liang, Chapter 19Volume 19: Zong Guai; Liu Tan; Yue Ai · 1 passage

永明八年，荊州刺史巴東王子響稱兵反，旣敗，焚燒府舍，官曹文書，一時蕩盡。 In Yongming year eight Prince Zixiang of Badong rebelled; defeated, he burned the offices and every record was lost.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 30Volume 30 Biographies 11: Xue Yuan, Dai Sengjing, Huan Kang, Jiao Du, Cao Hu · 7 passages

八年，爲右將軍、大司馬，領軍討巴東王子響。 In the eighth year he was made general of the right and grand marshal, leading the host to suppress Prince Zixiang of Badong.

子響軍主劉超之被捕急，以眠褥雜物十餘種賂淵自逃，淵匿之軍中，爲有司所奏，詔原。 Liu Chaozhi, Zixiang's army commander, was hard pressed in arrest and bribed Yuan with a dozen sleeping mats and other goods to slip away; Yuan hid him in the host—impeached, and the edict pardoned him.

八年，巴東王子響殺僚佐，世祖召僧靜使領軍向江陵，僧靜面啓上曰：「巴東王年少，長史捉之太急，忿不思難故耳。 In the eighth year Prince of Badong Zi Xiang killed his staff. Emperor Wu summoned Seng Jing to lead troops toward Jiangling. Seng Jing spoke to the throne: "The Prince of Badong is young; the chief administrator seized him too hard. Anger outran caution, that is all.

天子兒過誤殺人，有何大罪。 A son of the Son of Heaven who kills a man in a passing error—what grave crime is that?

子世榮，永明中爲巴東王防閤。 His son Shirong, in the Yongming era, was guard to the Prince of Badong.

子響事，世榮避奔雍州，世祖嘉之，以爲始興中兵參軍。 When Prince Zixiang rebelled, Shirong ran to Yongzhou; Shizu commended him and named him middle staff officer of Shixing.

隨郡王子隆代巴東王子響爲荊州，備軍容西上，以虎爲輔國將軍、鎮西司馬、南平內史。 Prince Zilong of Suizhou took Jingzhou from Prince Zixiang of Badong; the court sent the full martial train west and named Hu Supporting-the-State General, Pacify-the-West major, and interior administrator of Nanping.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 1 passage

魚復侯子響誅後，豫章王嶷欲求葬之，召繪言其事，使爲表。 After the Marquis of Yufu, Zixiang, was executed, the Prince of Yuzhang, Yan, wished to have him buried and summoned Hui to discuss it, ordering him to compose a memorial.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 37: Trusted Officials · 4 passages

巴東王子響於荊州殺僚佐，上遣軍西上，使法亮宣旨慰勞，安撫子響。 Prince Zixiang of Badong killed his staff officers in Jingzhou. The emperor sent armies west and dispatched Faliang to proclaim the imperial will, offer comfort, and pacify the prince.

法亮至江津，子響呼法亮，法亮疑畏不肯往。 When Faliang reached Jiangjin, Zixiang summoned him, but Faliang, suspicious and afraid, refused to go.

故子響怒，遣兵破尹略軍。 The prince grew angry and sent troops to defeat the army of Yin Lue.

軍還，上悔誅子響，法亮被責。 When the army returned, the emperor regretted executing Zixiang and blamed Faliang.