Xiang (象) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xiang was a Royal Family Member and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shiyi	世翼	Shiyi
Posthumous name	Dun	敦	Dun

Life and dates

Death

AD 536 大同二年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 115

Attested activity

AD 536 大同二年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 115
AD 502 天監元年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passages 151, 153

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Xiang (象所生母)
birth mother 所生母
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 103
Child of Rong (融)
heir 嗣 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 153
Child of Yi (懿)
ninth son 第九子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 147
Kin of Rong (融)
paternal uncle 叔父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passages 147-148
Parent of Cao (慥)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 116
Sibling of Ye (業)
younger brother 二弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 35

Career and standing

Governor of Danyang 丹陽尹
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 104
Governor of Ezhou 郢州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 108
Governor of Jiangzhou 江州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 112
Governor of Xiangzhou 湘州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 109
posthumous title Dun 諡曰敦
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 115
Prince of Guiyang 桂陽嗣王
Inherited
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 153

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 153
At palace 深宮 · Relation Raised in
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 107

Assessments and attributes

Assessment renowned for filial devotion · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passages 103, 118
Assessment tiger violence ceased under his virtuous rule in Xiangzhou · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passages 110, 118

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Book of Liang, Chapter 23Volume 23: Ye, Prince of Changsha; Boyou, Prince of Yongyang; Yuanjian, Prince of Hengyang; Xiang, Prince of Guiyang · 9 passages

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長沙嗣王業永陽嗣王伯游衡陽嗣王元簡桂陽嗣王象 Ye, Heir Prince of Changsha; Boyou, Heir Prince of Yongyang; Yuanjian, Heir Prince of Hengyang; and Xiang, Heir Prince of Guiyang

宣武之難，與二弟藻、象俱逃匿。 When Prince Xuanwu met his death, he went into hiding together with his younger brothers Zao and Xiang.

桂陽嗣王象字世翼，長沙宣武王第九子也。 Xiang, Heir Prince of Guiyang, styled Shiyi, was the ninth son of Prince Xuanwu of Changsha.

無子，乃詔象爲嗣，襲封爵。 He had no son, so an edict made Xiang his heir, and Xiang inherited the noble title.

象容止閒雅，善於交遊，事所生母以孝聞。 Xiang had an easy, refined bearing and was skilled in society. In caring for his birth mother he was renowned for filial devotion.

象生長深宮，始親庶政，舉無失德，朝廷稱之。 Xiang had grown up within the palace walls. When he first took up the duties of government, nothing he did fell short of propriety, and the court praised him.

尋遷湘衡二州諸軍事、輕車將軍、湘州刺史。 Soon after he was transferred to oversee military affairs in Xiang and Heng, as General of the Light Carriage and Governor of Xiangzhou.

湘州舊多虎暴，及象在任，爲之靜息，故老咸稱德政所感。 Xiangzhou had long been troubled by man-eating tigers. Under Xiang's rule they ceased their depredations, and the elders all attributed it to the power of his virtuous rule.

桂陽王象以孝聞，在於牧湘，猛虎息暴，蓋德惠所致也。 Prince Xiang of Guiyang was renowned for filial devotion. When he governed Xiangzhou, the man-eating tigers ceased their ravages—surely the effect of his benevolent rule.