Is “Descendant of Chai Shizong's direct line, the Little Prince of Liang” true?
The novel "The Complete Story of Yue Fei" fictionalizes the character Chai Gui, an arrogant "Little Prince of Liang" who relies on his ancestors' merits. The original text states: "His surname is Chai, given name Gui, a direct descendant of Chai Shizong, enfeoffed as the Little Prince of Liang in Nanning Prefecture, Yunnan." (Chapter 9 of "The Complete Story of Yue Fei"). His arrogance in the martial arts examination and his eventual death at the hands of Yue Fei's spear, while highly satisfying in folk tales, have no corresponding figures or events in official history. Although the Song dynasty imperial family did have descendants of the Chai clan who were enfeoffed, there was absolutely no such person as Chai Gui.
Fictional descendants of the Later Zhou royal family, mainly used to set off Yue Fei's martial prowess
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