Talk:Ruzi Ying
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[edit] "Ying the Kid"
This term has the ring of original research, to wit, an idiosyncratic translation. I've tagged it with {{fact}}, but someone who knows the subject area may find it more to the point to simply replace it.
--Jerzy•t 01:53, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- I read the name 孺子嬰 (ruzi ying) for the first time in Outlines of Chinese History by Li Ung Bing, Shanghai 1914. On p.81 he writes: A lad (孺子嬰) was then placed on the throne, with Wang Mang acting as an 'assistant emperor (假皇帝). In Cambridge History of China vol.1, p. 229 Hans Bielenstein in his chapter on Wang Mang writes: This was a great-great-grandson of Hsüan-ti, Liu Ying, who was born in A.D. 5. The child was not formally enthroned. First Wang Mang had himself appointed acting emperor. Then, on April 17, A.D. 6, Liu Ying was made appointed heir apparent and given the title of young prince. Bielenstein refers to Hanshu 99A pp.4079-82 and the translation of Dubbs in HFHD vol.3, pp. 218-25. Guss2 (talk) 09:10, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
