Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Crown Prince

Crown Prince 皇太子

Huang taizi

Attested AD 420 - AD 422

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Crown Prince was a Crown Prince.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 422 永初三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 3, passage 181
AD 420 永初元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 3, passage 90

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Yu (劉裕)
heir 太子
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passages 90, 181
Child of Empress Jing (敬皇后)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 3, passages 89-90

Career and standing

Established
Crown prince
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 90

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu 3 · 2 passages

癸酉，立王太子為皇太子。 On the day guiyou, the domain heir apparent was established as Crown Prince.

五月，上疾甚，召太子誡之曰：「檀道濟雖有幹略，而無遠志，非如兄韶有難御之氣也。 In the fifth month, the emperor was gravely ill and summoned the Crown Prince to admonish him: "Tan Daoji has capacity and plan, but no far-reaching aim; he is not like his elder brother Shao, who has a spirit hard to control.