Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Prince and Military Officer

Chen Xiuxian 休先

Xiuxian

Died AD 547 to AD 549

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Xiuxian was a prince and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Zhongzhuang	忠壯	Zhongzhuang

Life and dates

Death

AD 547 to AD 549 太清中…頃之卒
Died
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 53

Attested activity

AD 547 to AD 549 太清中
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 53

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Gaozu
mother 母 · maternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 14, passage 51
Parent of Chen Tanlang (陳曇朗)
son 之子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 51
Sibling of Gaozu (高祖)
uterine younger brother 母弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passages 51, 54

Career and standing

Commander of Wende 文德主帥
AD 547 to AD 549 太清中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 53
posthumous Liang offices and Duke of Wukang 侍中…武康縣公
AD 555 梁敬帝即位 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 55
Prince of Nankang 南康郡王
AD 557 高祖受禪 · Posthumously enfeoffed · Fief Households 2000
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 56

Assessments and attributes

Assessment if he had lived, Yellow and Luo would have been easy to settle · Mode named-speech Speaker Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 54

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 14Volume 14: Chen Chang; Chen Tanlang · 7 passages

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.

休先少倜儻有大志，梁簡文之在東宮，深被知遇。 Xiuxian was daring and ambitious in youth; when Emperor Jianwen of Liang was crown prince he won deep favor.

太清中既納侯景，有事北方，乃使休先召募得千餘人，授文德主帥，頃之卒。 In the Taqing era, after Hou Jing was admitted and war moved north, he had Xiuxian raise more than a thousand men and made him commander of Wende; he died soon after.

高祖之有天下也，每稱休先曰：「此弟若存，河洛不足定也。」 Once the Founder held the realm, he often said of Xiuxian: "If this brother had lived, the Yellow and Luo would not have been hard to recover."

梁敬帝即位，追贈侍中、使持節、驃騎將軍、南徐州刺史，封武康縣公，邑一千戶。 When Emperor Jing of Liang came to the throne, Xiuxian was posthumously made palace attendant, bearer of the staff, general of agile cavalry, and inspector of South Xuzhou, and enfeoffed as Duke of Wukang with one thousand households.

高祖受禪，追贈侍中、車騎大將軍、司徒，封南康郡王，邑二千戶，諡曰忠壯。 When the Founder took the throne, he was posthumously made palace attendant, grand general of chariots and cavalry, and grand tutor, enfeoffed as Prince of Nankang with two thousand households, and given the posthumous name Zhongzhuang.

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.