Yuan Xi (元禧) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yuan Xi was a prince of Xianyang.

PeriodThree Kingdoms and Six Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 493 to AD 497 太和中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 27, passage 32
AD 501 禧誅
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yuan Tan (元坦)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 2
Child of Emperor Xianwen of Wei (魏獻文皇帝)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 2

Key source chapters

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 1

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 28Volume 28 Biographies 20: Yuan Tan (Eastern Wei); Yuan Bin; Yuan Xiaoyou; Yuan Huiye; Yuan Bi; Yuan Shao (Eastern Wei) · 3 passages

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元坦，祖魏獻文皇帝，咸陽王禧第七子。 Yuan Tan's grandfather was Emperor Xianwen of Wei; he was the seventh son of Prince Xianyang Xi.

禧誅後，兄翼、樹等五人相繼南奔，故坦得承襲，改封敷城王。 After Xi was executed, five elder brothers including Yi and Shu fled south one after another, so Tan inherited the title; his fief was changed to prince of Fucheng.

初，禧死後，諸子貧乏，坦兄弟為彭城王勰所收養，故有此言。 Earlier, after Xi died his sons were impoverished; Tan and his brothers were taken in and raised by Prince Pengcheng Xie — hence this remark.

Book of Wei, Chapter 27Volume 22: Emperor Xiaowen's Five Princes · 2 passages

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引恂數罪，與咸陽王禧等親杖恂，又令禧等更代，百餘下，扶曳出外，不起者月餘。 He recited Xun's crimes one by one. With the Prince of Xianyang Xi and others he personally beat him, then had them take turns until more than a hundred strokes were laid on. Xun was dragged out and could not rise for over a month.

高祖在長安，使中書侍郎邢巒與咸陽王禧，奉詔齎椒酒詣河陽，賜恂死，時年十五。 At Chang'an Gaozu sent palace secretariat attendant Xing Luan with the Prince of Xianyang Xi, bearing an edict and peppered wine to Heyang, and had Xun put to death. He was fifteen.