Xin (信) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xin was a prince; Son of Taizu.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Childhood name	Yige	意哥	Yìgē

Life and dates

Death

Stated true · As of already deceased
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 111, passage 12
AD 951 to AD 956 故（顯德四年四月追贈時已卒）
already deceased at the 957 posthumous upgrade
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 73
AD 950 漢末
Murdered
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 4, 9
Executed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 47

Attested activity

AD 951 太祖即位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passage 5
AD 950 to AD 951 帝舉兵於魏
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 47
AD 951 廣順元年二月庚子
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 111, passages 9, 12
AD 950 漢末
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passage 4

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Tong (侗)
brother 子 · Uncertain siblings
brother 弟 · Paternal half siblings
Sources vary in certainty · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 47-48; Old History of the Five Dynasties 111, passages 11-12
Child of Guo Wei (郭威)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 4, 12; New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passages 32, 50
Sibling of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
imperial younger brother 皇弟
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 55; Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passage 17
Sibling of Shizong (世宗)
imperial younger brother 皇弟
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 73
Child of Emperor (帝)
third son 第三子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 111, passage 12

Kinship Role mother · Count 0 · Negated true · Detail mother unknown 不知其母誰氏
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 48
mother unknown 不知其母誰氏
Kinship Role mothers · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passage 10

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Career and standing

Minister of Works 司空
AD 951 太祖即位 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 5, 12
Minister of Works 司空
AD 951 廣順元年二月庚子 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 111, passage 12
Minister over the Masses 司徒
AD 957 顯德四年夏四月癸未 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passage 19
Prince of Qi 杞王
AD 957 顯德四年 · Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 6, 19
Minister of Education 司徒
AD 957 顯德四年四月癸未 · Posthumously advanced
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 73
Minister of Works 司空
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 50

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Minister over the Masses 司徒
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 57
Prince of Qi 杞王
AD 957 顯德四年四月癸未 · Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 73
Prince of Qi 𣏌王
Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 57
Put to death
Executed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 47

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Zhou 周 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 73
Polity Later Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 111, passage 12

Events and relationships

Executed with household
AD 950 漢末 · Political · Victim · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passage 9
Posthumously honored
AD 951 廣順元年二月庚子 · Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 111, passage 12

Source notes

Bestowed
AD 951 廣順元年二月庚子 · From Yige 意哥 · To Xin 信
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 111, passage 12
AD 951 太祖即位
From Yige 意哥 · To Xin 信
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 122, passages 4-5, 12
From Yige 意哥 · To Xin 信
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 19, passage 50

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 111Volume 111 Book of Later Zhou 13: Taizu Annals 2 · 1 passage

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第三子意哥贈司空，賜名信； the third son Yige received the posthumous rank of Minister of Works and the name Xin;

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 117Volume 117 Book of Later Zhou 19: Shizong Annals 4 · 1 passage

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故皇弟贈司空信再贈司徒，追封杞王。 and the late imperial brother Xin, posthumously Minister of Works, was further honored as Minister of Education and enfeoffed as Prince of Qi.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 122Volume 122 Book of Later Zhou 24: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 7 passages

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杞王信，太祖子，初名意哥，漢末遇害。 Prince Xin of Qi was another son of Taizu; born Yige, he too was slain in the closing days of the Later Han.

太祖即位，詔贈司空，賜名信。 On his accession Taizu posthumously named him Xin and honored him as Minister of Works.

原本過於簡略，疑有刪節，今據《歐陽史·家人傳》云：初，帝舉兵於魏，漢以兵圍帝第，時張貴妃與諸子青哥、意哥，侄守筠、奉超、定哥皆被誅。 The base text is so terse that passages may have been cut; the following is drawn from Ouyang Xiu's family biographies. When the future Taizu first took up arms in Wei, the Later Han besieged his household. The honored consort Zhang, the boys Qingge and Yige, and the nephews Shoujun, Fengchao, and Dingge were all put to death.

青哥、意哥不知其母誰氏。 The mothers of Qingge and Yige are unknown.

第三子意哥贈司空，賜名信。 his third son Yige he named Xin and raised to Minister of Works.

故皇弟贈太保侗、贈司空信，景運初啟，天年不登，俾予終鮮，實動予懷。 My late brothers, Grand Guardian Tong and Minister of Works Xin, died just as fortune was turning and never lived out their years, leaving me alone among my kin—a grief that pierces me still.

信司徒，杞王。」 and Xin as Minister over the Masses and Prince of Qi."

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19: Taizu of Later Zhou's Family · 6 passages

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〈（太祖子侗信侄守願奉超遜）〉 (Taizu's sons Tong and Xin; nephews Shouyuan, Fengchao, and Xun)〉

初，帝舉兵於魏，漢以兵圍帝第，時張貴妃與諸子青哥、意哥，侄守筠、奉超、定哥，皆被誅。 Earlier, when the emperor raised his army in Wei, Later Han besieged his residence. Imperial Consort Zhang, the sons Qingge and Yige, and the nephews Shoujun, Fengchao, and Dingge were all executed.

青哥、意哥，不知其母誰氏。 Who bore Qingge and Yige is not recorded.

第三子意哥贈司空，賜名信； that the third son Yige be posthumously made Minister of Works and given the name Xin;

故皇弟贈太保侗、贈司空信，景邊初啟，大年不登，俾予終鮮，實勤予懷。 My late brothers, posthumously Grand Guardian Tong and posthumously Minister of Works Xin, when the border war had barely begun did not live out their full span, leaving me brotherless to the end—a sorrow that truly weighs on my heart.

信司徒，𣏌王。」 Xin shall be posthumously made Minister over the Masses and enfeoffed as Prince of Qi."