Yuan Xie (元勰) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yuan Xie was a prince of Pengcheng.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 497 to AD 515 太和至世宗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 27, passage 62
AD 501 禧死後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 6

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yuan Tan (元坦)
adopted and raised 收養 · Foster parentage
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 6

Key source chapters

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 28 Volume 28 Biographies 20: Yuan Tan (Eastern Wei); Yuan Bin; Yuan Xiaoyou; Yuan Huiye; Yuan Bi; Yuan Shao (Eastern Wei) 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 27 Volume 22: Emperor Xiaowen's Five Princes 3 passages

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) · 1 passage

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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 · 3 passages

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拜都督、徐州刺史，以彭城王中軍府長史盧陽烏兼長史，州事巨細，委之陽烏。 He was made commander-in-chief and governor of Xuzhou. Lu Yangwu, chief clerk of the Prince of Pengcheng's center-army office, served as acting chief clerk, and every detail of the province was left to him.

彭城王勰甚器異之，並曰：「此兒風神外偉，黃中內潤，若天假之年，比二南矣。」 Prince Pengcheng Xie prized him highly and said with others, "This child's bearing is outwardly grand and inwardly rich; given a full span of years he would rival the Two Souths."

因愉之逆，又構殺勰。 He used Yu's revolt as pretext to frame and kill Xie as well.