Sui and Tang · Prince and Royal Family Member

Prince Zheng of Qi 齊王

Attested AD 605 - AD 618

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Prince Zheng of Qi was a prince and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 605 to AD 618 史臣曰
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passages 261-262
AD 618 有遺腹子政道
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 59, passage 245

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
father and son 父子
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passages 261-262
Parent of Zhengdao (政道)
posthumous son 遺腹子
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 245
Sibling of Yuande Heir Apparent (元德太子)
Paternal half siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 59, passages 260-261
Sibling of Gao (杲)
Paternal half siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Sui 59, passages 261, 263

Places and affiliations

Sui 隋
Relation Imperial prince of
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 261

Events and relationships

Relation Estranged from · Person Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passages 261-262

Assessments and attributes

Assessment clever and admirable, but aims not far-reaching; harbored arrogance and presumption · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 261
Assessment Emperor Yang kept him at a distance and was wary of him · With Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 59, passage 261

References in the histories

Book of Sui, Chapter 59Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang · 1 passage

齊王敏慧可稱，志不及遠，頗懷驕僭，故煬帝疏而忌之。 Prince Zheng of Qi was clever and admirable, but his aims did not reach far; he rather harbored arrogance and presumption, and so Emperor Yang kept him at a distance and was wary of him.