Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Duke of Wenxi 聞喜公

Wenxi gong

Attested AD 480 - AD 481

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke of Wenxi was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 481 建元三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 10, passages 114, 144
AD 480 建元二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 10, passage 115

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Crown Prince Wenhui (文惠太子)
brothers 兄弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passages 66, 114, 140
Child of Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 10, passages 114, 144
Child of Consort Mu (穆妃)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passages 114, 144

Career and standing

Duke of Wenxi 聞喜公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passages 115, 144

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 10Volume 10 Treatises 2: Rituals 1 · 4 passages

皇太子穆妃服，尚書左丞兼著作郎王逡問左僕射王儉：「中軍南郡王小祥，應待聞喜不？ During mourning for the crown prince's Consort Mu, Wang Xun—left director of the Masters of Writing and concurrent director of composition—asked Vice Director Wang Jian: "For the Central Army prince of Nan Commandery, should minor felicity wait on Wenxi?

穆妃七月二十四日薨，聞喜公八月發哀，計十一月之限，應在六月。 Consort Mu died on the twenty-fourth of the seventh month; the duke of Wenxi began mourning in the eighth; by an eleven-month count, minor felicity should land in the sixth month.

中軍祥縞之日，聞喜致哀而已，不受弔慰。 On the Central Army prince's xiang-and-hemp day, Wenxi begins mourning only—he does not receive callers.

建元三年，太子穆妃薨，南郡王聞喜公國臣疑制君母服。 In the third year of Jianyuan, the crown prince's Consort Mu died; retainers of the prince of Nan Commandery and the duke of Wenxi disputed how to mourn a lord's mother.