Ming · Royal Family Member

Princess of Lin'an 臨安公主

Lín'ān Gōngzhǔ

Attested AD 1376

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Princess of Lin'an was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1376 九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 127, passage 65

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Li Qi (李祺)
married the princess 尚主 · Marriage
Directly stated · History of Ming 127, passage 65
Child of Ming Taizu (太祖)
princess 公主
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 127, passage 65

Career and standing

Entered
Exile · At Jiangpu 江浦
Directly stated · History of Ming 127, passage 98

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 127Volume 127 Biographies 15: Li Shanzhang, Wang Guangyang · 5 passages

九年以臨安公主歸其子祺，拜駙馬都尉。 In year nine the Princess of Lin'an married his son Qi, who was named Commandant of the Imperial Son-in-Law.

初定婚禮，公主修婦道甚肅。 As wedding protocol was first established, the princess conducted herself as a daughter-in-law with strict propriety.

善長子祺與主徙江浦，久之卒。 Shanzhang's son Qi and the princess were exiled to Jiangpu; years later he died.

祺子芳、茂，以公主恩得不坐。 Qi's sons Fang and Mao, by the princess's favor, escaped punishment.

善長死之明年，虞部郎中王國用上言：「善長與陛下同心，出萬死以取天下，勳臣第一，生封公，死封王，男尚公主，親戚拜官，人臣之分極矣。 In the year after Shanzhang died, Wang Guoyong, director in the Yu Bureau, submitted a memorial: "Shanzhang stood with Your Majesty in one purpose, risked death again and again to win the empire, and stood first among the founding ministers—duke in life, king in death, a son married to a princess, kinsmen raised to office. No subject could ask for more.