Yuan Heng (元亨) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yuan Heng was a general and administrator; Prince of Fengyi then Duke; Governor of Weizhou.

Type	English	Chinese
Courtesy name	Deliang	德良
Posthumous name	Xuan	宣
Alternate name	Xiaocai	孝才

歲餘
Illness · At at home 家 · Age 69
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 139

c. AD 534 to c. AD 547 亨時年數歲
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 54, passages 116-117
c. AD 552 to c. AD 554 亨年十二，魏恭帝在儲宮
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 54, passage 122
AD 557 周閔帝受禪
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 127
c. AD 551 大統末
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 124
AD 578 to AD 579 宣帝時
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 129
AD 557 to AD 578 明、武時
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 128

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Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kinship Term orphaned nephews 孤侄 · Count 8 · eight orphaned paternal-line nephews who fled to Chang'an together with Heng and his mother; unindividuated in the text · Kinship Role nephews
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 120

Thousand-Ox Guard Attendant 千牛備身
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 123
Minister of Ceremonies 太常卿
AD 581 髙祖受禪 · Appointed · Authority Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 134
Governor of Weizhou 衛州刺史
c. AD 582 尋出為衛州刺史 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 135
Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry with Direct Transmission 通直散騎常侍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 126
Governor of Luozhou 洛州刺史
AD 578 to AD 579 宣帝時 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 129
Governor of Longzhou 隴州刺史
AD 557 to AD 578 明、武時 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 128

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General of the Martial Guard 武衛將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 126
Governor of Xunzhou 勳州刺史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 126
Grand Master for Rectification 禦正大夫
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 128
Junior Vice Minister of War 小司馬
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 128
Grand General 大將軍
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 135
Increased
AD 581 髙祖受禪 · Fief Households Increase 700
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 134
King of Fengyi 馮翊王
c. AD 551 大統末 · Inherited · Fief Households 1000
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 124
posthumous name Xuan 宣
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 140
King of Pingliang 平涼王
Re enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 126
Duke 公
AD 557 周閔帝受禪 · Reduced · Reason by precedent when Emperor Min of Zhou ascended the throne
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 127
Detained · Authority Emperor Shenwu of Qi (齊神武帝) · Authority Polity Qi 齊 · Reason his father Jihai was in the western territory (Western Wei)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 117

Became companion of
c. AD 552 to c. AD 554 亨年十二，魏恭帝在儲宮 · Social · Companion · With Emperor Gong of Wei (魏恭帝)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 122
Defeated
AD 580 遇尉遲迥作亂 · Military · Military commander · With Liang Kang (梁康) · With Person Id Xing Liushui (邢流水) · Detail attacked and routed the rebels with 2,000 hand-picked troops from Guanzhong
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 133
Fled in secret to
c. AD 550 李氏陰托大豪李長壽 · Flight · Fugitive · At Chang'an 長安 · With Person Id Lady Li (李氏) · With Li Changshou (李長壽) · Detail traveled hidden among the grasslands with his mother, Li Changshou, and eight orphaned nephews
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 120
Petitioned for retirement
Career · Official · Detail due to old age and illness; officials and townspeople petitioned the throne asking that he remain in office
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 137
Seized and executed
AD 580 遇尉遲迥作亂 · Military · Military commander · With Wang Wenshu (王文舒)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 133
Was plotted against by
AD 580 遇尉遲迥作亂 · Political · Target · With Wang Wenshu (王文舒) · With Person Id Liang Kang (梁康)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 132

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Relation Raised by · Person Lady Li (李氏) · Kinship Term mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 116

Assessment the emperor sighed over the petitions for a long time; later sent envoys with medicine and inquiries continually along the road · Mode narrator-report
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passages 137-138
Assessment Zhou Taizu was delighted to see him and, as the son of a founding minister, treated him with exceptional favor · Mode narrator-report
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 121
overcome with grief on receiving his princely appointment, unable to contain himself
Character
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 125
governed Weizhou with stern authority for eight years; local customs were thoroughly reformed
Governance
Directly stated · Book of Sui 54, passage 136