Chen Chang 陳昌

Other names

Family

• Child of Empress Xuan (宣后)
  Empress Xuan 宣后 · maternal line
  Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 14, passages 5-6
• Parent of Chen Boxin (伯信)
  heir 嗣 · Adoptive parentage
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 49
• Child of Gaozu (高祖)
  sixth son 第六子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 5

• Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 49

Career and standing

• Bearer of the Staff; Palace Attendant; Area Commander of Xiangzhou; General of Agile Cavalry; Governor of Xiangzhou 使持節、散騎常侍、都督湘州諸軍事、驃騎將軍、湘州牧
  AD 560 天嘉元年二月 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 29
• Administrator of Wuxing 吳興太守
  AD 552 景平 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 8
• External Regular Attendant of the Secretariat 員外散騎常侍
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 12
• posthumous offices incl. Grand Tutor and Governor of Yangzhou 侍中、假黃鉞、都督中外諸軍事、太宰、揚州牧
  AD 560 天嘉元年四月 · Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 44
• Heir of the Princedom of Changcheng 長城國世子
  AD 552 景平 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 8
• Prince of Hengyang 衡陽郡王
  AD 560 天嘉元年二月 · Enfeoffed · Fief Households 5000
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 29

Places and affiliations

• Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Member of royal house
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 5, 14
• Polity Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Detained by
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 13
• At Anlu 安陸 · Relation Resided at
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 15
• At Wuxing 吳興 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 6, 8

Learning and skills

• Teacher Person Id Du Zhiwei (杜之偉) · Subject classics 經書
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 10
• Skill administration and classical learning 政事、經書 · Level proficient
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 9, 11

Works and attributed material

• Edict · Subject · Speaker Emperor Wen (世祖)
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 35-47

Events and relationships

• Drowned midstream
  AD 560 天嘉元年三月 · Return journey · Traveler
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 32-33
• AD 552 東討侯景
  Military captivity · Prisoner · With Hou Jing (侯景)
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 7
• Relation Assisted by · Person Cai Jingli (蔡景歷)
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 10
• Relation Assisted by · Person Xie Zhe (謝哲)
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 10

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment died young cut off from home despite high birth · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 161
• tall and handsome; clear spirited bearing
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 9