Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince and Military Officer

Chen Tanlang 陳曇朗

c. AD 529 - AD 556

Passages: 19
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Tanlang was a prince and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Min	愍	Min

Life and dates

Death

AD 556 及軌等誅
Killed · At Jinyang 晉陽 · Authority Northern Qi 齊人 · Age 28
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 73

Age

28
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 73

Attested activity

AD 556 二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 14, passages 65, 70
AD 552 侯景平後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 14, passage 59
AD 556 時年二十八
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 73
AD 555 紹泰元年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 64

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Chen Xiuxian (休先)
son 之子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 51
Parent of Chen Fangtai (陳方泰)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 83, 87
Parent of Chen Fangqing (陳方慶)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 83
Parent of Chen Fanghua (方華)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 84
Parent of Chen Fangkuang (方曠)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 84

Kinship Role concubines · Count 2
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 84

Career and standing

Assistant Editorial Director 著作佐郎
AD 552 侯景平後 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 59
Secretariat Attendant; supervisor of South Xuzhou 中書侍郎，監南徐州
AD 555 紹泰元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 64
posthumous Palace Attendant; General Who Pacifies the East; etc. 侍中、安東將軍、開府儀同三司、南徐州刺史
AD 561 天嘉二年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 81
Prince of Nankang 南康郡王
AD 557 高祖踐祚 · Succeeded
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 75
Sent
Hostage · At Northern Qi 齊
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 70

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Hostage in
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 70, 78

Works and attributed material

Edict · Subject · Speaker Emperor Wen (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 77-81
Speech · Subject · Speaker Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 66-69

Events and relationships

Supported Dongfang Guang
Military · Commander · With Dongfang Guang (東方光)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 60-61
Garrison · Commander · At Jingkou 京口
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 63

Assessments and attributes

Assessment died young cut off from home despite favor like a son · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 161

References in the histories

Search passages

History

19 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 14Volume 14: Chen Chang; Chen Tanlang · 19 passages

衡陽獻王昌南康愍王曇朗子方泰方慶 Prince Xian of Hengyang Chen Chang; Prince Min of Nankang Chen Tanlang; sons Fangtai and Fangqing

南康愍王曇朗 Prince Min of Nankang Chen Tanlang

南康愍王曇朗，高祖母弟忠壯王休先之子也。 Chen Tanlang, Prince Min of Nankang, was the son of Prince Zhongzhuang Xiuxian, the Founder's younger brother by the same mother.

曇朗少孤，尤為高祖所愛，寵踰諸子。 Tanlang was orphaned young, and Gaozu loved him especially, favoring him even more than his own sons.

高祖北濟江，圍廣陵，宿預人東方光據鄉建義，乃遣曇朗與杜僧明自淮入泗應赴之。 When Gaozu crossed north of the Yangzi and besieged Guangling, Dongfang Guang of Suyu raised a loyal force in his home district. Gaozu sent Tanlang and Du Sengming from the Huai into the Si River region to support him.

齊援大至，曇朗與僧明築壘抗禦。 When Qi reinforcements arrived in force, Tanlang and Sengming built forts and held them off.

高祖誅王僧辯，留曇朗鎮京口，知留府事。 After Gaozu killed Wang Sengbian, he left Tanlang at Jingkou to command the garrison and manage the rear headquarters.

今在位諸賢，且欲息肩偃武，與齊和好，以靜邊疆，若違眾議，必謂孤惜子姪，今決遣曇朗，棄之寇庭。 You wish to rest and make peace with Qi to quiet the borders; if I refuse, you will say I spare my kin—today I will send Tanlang and abandon him to the enemy.

高祖慮曇朗憚行，或奔竄東道，乃自率步騎往京口迎之，以曇朗還京師，仍使為質於齊。 The Founder feared Tanlang would refuse or flee east; he went in person with troops to Jingkou to fetch him, brought him back to the capital, and then sent him to Qi as a hostage.

及軌等誅，齊人亦害曇朗于晉陽，時年二十八。 When Gui and the rest were put to death, the northerners also killed Tanlang at Jinyang; he was twenty-eight.

高祖踐祚，猶以曇朗襲封南康郡王，奉忠壯王祀，禮秩一同皇子。 When the Founder became emperor, he still had Tanlang recorded as Prince of Nankang to maintain Prince Zhongzhuang's sacrifices, with honors equal to an imperial prince.

南康王曇朗，明哲懋親，蕃維是屬，入質北齊，用紓時難。 Prince of Nankang Chen Tanlang was a worthy kinsman and a pillar of the realm; he went as hostage to Northern Qi to ease the crisis.

可贈侍中、安東將軍、開府儀同三司、南徐州刺史，諡曰愍。」 Posthumously appoint him palace attendant, general who pacifies the east, opener of the mansion equal to the three dukes, and inspector of South Xuzhou; posthumous title Min."

乃遣兼郎中令隨聘使江德藻、劉師知迎曇朗喪柩，以三年春至都。 He sent the acting director of the palace secretariat, Jiang Dezao and Liu Shizhi, with the embassy to bring Tanlang's coffin home; it reached the capital in spring of year three.

初，曇朗未質於齊，生子方泰、方慶。 Before Tanlang went to Qi as a hostage, he had sons Fangtai and Fangqing.

方泰少麤獷，與諸惡少年群聚，遊逸無度，世祖以南康王故，特寬貰之。 Fangtai was coarse and unruly from youth, running with bad company and living without restraint; because of Prince Tanlang of Nankang, Emperor Wen especially spared him.

天嘉元年，詔曰：「南康王曇朗，出隔齊庭，反身莫測，國廟方修，奠饗須主，可以長男方泰為南康世子，嗣南康王。」 In Tianjia year one an edict said: "Prince of Nankang Chen Tanlang is held in Qi and cannot return; the ancestral temple is being restored and needs a master—let his eldest son Fangtai be heir of Nankang and succeed the title."

後聞曇朗薨，於是襲爵南康嗣王。 When word came that Tanlang had died, Fangtai succeeded as Prince of Nankang.

史臣曰：獻、愍二王，聯華霄漢，或壤子之暱，或猶子之寵，而機橋為阻，驂駕無由，有隔於休辰，終之以早世。 The historian writes: Princes Xian and Min shone like stars in the sky—one a true brother's son, one cherished like a son—yet barriers kept them apart and they never came home; cut off in a fortunate age, both died young.