元景 Yuánjǐng
Biography
荊王
荊王元景，武德三年始王趙，與魯、酆二王同封。貞觀初，累遷雍州牧。十年，徙封荊。
明年，詔荊州都督荊王元景、梁州都督漢王元昌、徐州都督徐王元禮、潞州都督韓王元嘉、遂州都督彭王元則、鄭州刺史鄭王元懿、絳州刺史霍王元軌、虢州刺史虢王鳳、豫州刺史道王元慶、鄧州刺史鄧王元裕、壽州刺史舒王元名、幽州都督燕王靈夔、蘇州刺史許王元祥、安州都督吳王恪、相州都督魏王泰、齊州都督齊王祐、益州都督蜀王愔、襄州刺史蔣王惲、揚州都督越王貞、并州都督晉王治、秦州都督紀王慎所任刺史並功臣令世世襲。會長孫無忌等固讓，遂廢不行。徙鄠州。永徽初，進位司徒，賜實封至千五百戶。
房遺愛謀反，坐子則與往還繫獄。時吳王亦抵罪，高宗謂大臣曰：「朕欲從公丐叔及兄死。」兵部侍郎崔敦禮曰：「陛下雖申恩，不可詘天下法。」遂賜死。久之，追封沈黎王，以渤海王奉慈子長沙嗣，降為侯。神龍初，復王爵，以孫逖嗣。薨，無子，國除。
Prince of Jing
Yuanjing, Prince of Jing, was first made Prince of Zhao in the third year of Wude, enfeoffed at the same time as the two princes of Lu and Feng. Early in Zhenguan he rose step by step to Governor of Yong Prefecture. In the tenth year his fief was changed to Jing. Edit
The next year an edict ordered that the prefectships held by the following, and those of the meritorious ministers, be hereditary for generation after generation: the Area Commander-in-chief of Jing Prefecture, Yuanjing, Prince of Jing; the Area Commander-in-chief of Liang Prefecture, Yuanchang, Prince of Han; the Area Commander-in-chief of Xu Prefecture, Yuanli, Prince of Xu; the Area Commander-in-chief of Lu Prefecture, Yuanjia, Prince of Han; the Area Commander-in-chief of Sui Prefecture, Yuanze, Prince of Peng; the Prefect of Zhengzhou, Yuanyi, Prince of Zheng; the Prefect of Jiangzhou, Yuangui, Prince of Huo; the Prefect of Guozhou, Feng, Prince of Guo; the Prefect of Yuzhou, Yuanqing, Prince of Dao; the Prefect of Deng Prefecture, Yuanyu, Prince of Deng; the Prefect of Shouzhou, Yuanming, Prince of Shu; the Area Commander-in-chief of Youzhou, Lingkui, Prince of Yan; the Prefect of Su Prefecture, Yuanxiang, Prince of Xu; the Area Commander-in-chief of An Prefecture, Ke, Prince of Wu; the Area Commander-in-chief of Xiang Prefecture, Tai, Prince of Wei; the Area Commander-in-chief of Qi Prefecture, You, Prince of Qi; the Area Commander-in-chief of Yi Prefecture, Yin, Prince of Shu; the Prefect of Xiang Prefecture, Yun, Prince of Jiang; the Area Commander-in-chief of Yang Prefecture, Zhen, Prince of Yue; the Area Commander-in-chief of Bing Prefecture, Zhi, Prince of Jin; and the Area Commander-in-chief of Qin Prefecture, Shen, Prince of Ji. But Zhangsun Wuji and others firmly declined, and so it was abolished and never carried out. Yuanjing was moved to Hu Prefecture. Early in Yonghui he was raised to Grand Minister of Education, and his actual fief was raised to fifteen hundred households. Edit
When Fang Yi'ai plotted rebellion, Yuanjing was implicated because his son Ze had dealings with him, and was imprisoned. At the same time the Prince of Wu was also condemned. Gaozong said to the high ministers, "I wish to beg you to spare my uncle and my brother from death." The Vice Minister of War, Cui Dunli, said, "Though Your Majesty would extend grace, the law of the realm cannot be bent." So Yuanjing was ordered to take his own life. After a long time he was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Shenli, and Changsha, son of Fengci, Prince of Bohai, was made his heir, reduced in rank to marquis. Early in Shenlong the rank of prince was restored, and his grandson Ti succeeded. When Ti died without a son, the fief was abolished. Edit
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Source: 新唐书 卷七十九 列传第四 高祖诸子 (New Book of Tang, juan 79, Biographies 4: Sons of Gaozu)
Chinese Wikipedia: 李元景 · Baidu Baike: 李元景 (an article of the same name, not checked to be him)
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- [Source] 新唐书 卷七十下 表第十下 宗室世系下 New Book of Tang, juan 70B, Table 10B: Genealogical Table of the Imperial Clan, part 2
- [Collation note] 卷首：「高祖神堯大聖大光孝皇帝二十二子，分十五房：曰楚王智雲，曰荊王元景，曰徐王元禮，曰韓王元嘉，曰彭王元則，曰鄭王元懿，曰霍王元軌，曰虢王鳳，曰道王元慶，曰鄧王元裕，曰舒王元名，曰魯王靈夔，曰江王元祥，曰密王元曉，曰滕王元嬰。智雲、元景皆無後。」 The opening of the section: “Gaozu (posthumous title: Shenyao Dasheng Daguang Xiao Huangdi) had twenty-two sons, in fifteen houses: Zhìyún, Prince of Chu, Yuánjǐng, Prince of Jing, Yuánlǐ, Prince of Xu, Yuánjiā, Prince of Han, Yuánzé, Prince of Peng, Yuányì, Prince of Zheng, Yuánguǐ, Prince of Huo, Fèng, Prince of Guo, Yuánqìng, Prince of Dao, Yuányù, Prince of Deng, Yuánmíng, Prince of Shu, Língkuí, Prince of Lu, Yuánxiáng, Prince of Jiang, Yuánxiǎo, Prince of Mi, Yuányīng, Prince of Teng. Zhìyún and Yuánjǐng both had no descendants.”