Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Military Officer and Official

Chen Yingshu 陳胤叔

Chen Yinshu

First attested AD 465; died AD 485

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Yingshu was a Military Officer and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Chengshu	承叔	Chengshu

Life and dates

Death

AD 485 永明三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 104

Attested activity

AD 477 冬
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 36
AD 485 永明三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 104
AD 465 泰始初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 99

Key source chapters

Career and standing

commander of the Left Flank-Chariot Company 左夾轂隊將
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 98
Left Guard of the Heir 太子左率
Attained
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 101
Viscount of Dangyang 當陽縣子
Enfeoffed · At Dangyang 當陽
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 100

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passages 100, 102
Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 99
At Yuyao 餘姚
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 96

Learning and skills

Skill debate, blade and shield 彊辯果捷，便刀楯
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 97

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Addressed to Emperor Wu (世祖) · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 102

Events and relationships

Followed east on campaign
AD 465 泰始初 · Military · Follower · With the Founder (太祖)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 99
Held western forts to await rebel exhaustion
AD 477 冬 · Military · Army commander · With Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 36

Assessments and attributes

Assessment careful and attentive in affairs, rewarded for merit · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 99

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 3
From Chengshu 承叔 · To Yinchu 胤叔 · Reason avoided the taboo of Emperor Xuan
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 30, passage 96

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 24Volume 24 Biographies 5: Liu Shilong, Zhang Gui · 1 passage

至是世祖遣軍主桓敬、陳胤叔、苟元賔等八軍據西塞，令堅壁以待賊疲。 Now Shizu sent Huan Jing, Chen Yingshu, Gou Yuanbin, and other commanders with eight armies to hold the western forts, with orders to stand behind strong walls until the rebels were spent.

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 30Volume 30 Biographies 11: Xue Yuan, Dai Sengjing, Huan Kang, Jiao Du, Cao Hu · 1 passage

僧靜同郡餘姚人陳胤叔，本名承叔，避宣帝諱改。 Chen Yinchu of Yuyao, in the same commandery as Seng Jing, had borne the name Chengshu and changed it to avoid the taboo of Emperor Xuan.