Yi (懿) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yi was a Royal Family Member, Official, and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yuanda	元達	Yuanda
Posthumous name	Xuanwu	宣武	Xuanwu

Life and dates

Death

AD 501 遂遇禍
Killed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passages 25-26, 28

Attested activity

AD 501 中興元年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 29
AD 502 天監元年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 31
AD 500 永元二年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 16
AD 490 to AD 493 永明季
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 9

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Fu (敷)
brother 兄 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 23, passages 3, 135
Sibling of Emperor Wu (高祖)
elder brother 長兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 3
Parent of Xiang (象)
ninth son 第九子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 147
Parent of Ye (業)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 3
Parent of Zao (藻)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 23, passages 35, 121
Sibling of Rong (融)
uncle from Xiang's view 叔父 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 23, passages 147-148

Career and standing

Governor of Liang and South Qin 梁、南秦二州刺史
AD 490 to AD 493 永明季 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 9
Director of the Secretariat 尚書令
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 24
Vice Director of the Secretariat 中書侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 8
Governor of Jinling 晉陵太守
Posted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 7
posthumous title Xuanwu 諡曰宣武
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 31
Marquis of Linxiang 臨湘縣侯
Inherited
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 5

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Prince of Changsha 長沙郡王
AD 502 天監元年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 31

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 31
Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 5
At Jinling 晉陵 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 7

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 27

Events and relationships

Defeated Cui Huijing and beheaded him
AD 500 永元二年 · Military · Commander · With Cui Huijing (崔慧景)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passages 21-22
Repelled Northern Wei siege of Nanzheng
AD 490 to AD 493 永明季 · Military · Commander · At Nanzheng 南鄭
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passages 10-11

Assessments and attributes

Item full princely funeral honors 九旒、鸞輅、輼輬車 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Liang 23, passage 32

References in the histories

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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 · 16 passages

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長沙嗣王業字靜曠，高祖長兄懿之子也。 Ye, Heir Prince of Changsha, whose style was Jingkuang, was the son of Yi, elder brother of Emperor Wu.

懿字元達，少有令譽。 Yi, styled Yuanda, enjoyed an excellent reputation from his youth.

懿隨機拒擊，傷殺甚多，乃解圍遁去。 Yi countered them as opportunities arose, inflicting heavy casualties, until the enemy lifted the siege and withdrew.

懿又遣氐帥楊元秀攻魏歷城、皋蘭、駱谷、坑池等六戍，剋之。 Yi also dispatched the Di chieftain Yang Yuanxiu against six Wei garrisons—Licheng, Gaolan, Luogu, Kengchi, and others—and took them all.

永元二年，裴叔業據豫州反，授持節、征虜將軍、督豫州諸軍事、豫州刺史，領歷陽南譙二郡太守，討叔業。 In the second year of Yongyuan, Pei Shuye rebelled while holding Yuzhou. Yi received the staff of authority as General Who Pacifies the Barbarians, Commander-in-Chief of Yuzhou, and Governor of Yuzhou, and concurrently governed Liyang and Nanqiao, to suppress Shuye.

齊室大亂，詔徵懿。 With the Qi court in turmoil, an edict summoned Yi to the capital.

懿時方食，投箸而起，率銳卒三千人援城。 Yi was in the middle of a meal when the summons came; he threw down his chopsticks, rose at once, and led three thousand elite troops to relieve the capital.

慧景遣其子覺來拒，懿奔擊，大破之，覺單騎走。 Huijing sent his son Jue to block him; Yi charged headlong and routed the force completely, and Jue fled alone on horseback.

乘勝而進，慧景衆潰，追斬之。 Pressing his advantage, Yi drove on until Huijing's army broke; Huijing was pursued and beheaded.

時東昏肆虐，茹法珍、王咺之等執政，宿臣舊將，並見誅夷，懿旣立元勳，獨居朝右，深爲法珍等所憚，乃說東昏曰：「懿將行隆昌故事，陛下命在晷刻。」 At that time Emperor Donghun ruled with savage cruelty; Ru Fazhen, Wang Xuanzhi, and their faction held power, and veteran ministers and old generals were slaughtered one after another. Yi, who had won the founding merit, stood alone at the summit of the court and was deeply feared by Fazhen and his allies. They told Donghun, 'Yi is about to repeat what happened in the Longchang era—Your Majesty's life is measured in moments.'

東昏信之，將加酷害，而懿所親知之，密具舟江渚，勸令西奔。 Donghun believed them and was about to have Yi killed. Those close to Yi learned of the plot, secretly prepared boats on the riverbank, and urged him to flee west.