Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Abao 阿保

Attested AD 550 - AD 559

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Abao was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Regnal name	Tianbao	天保

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 559 天保
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 216

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of King Gao (高王)
sons 諸兒
son 兒
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 215

Source notes

Sun Zhengyan explained Abao as the Tianbao reign name under which this son became emperor
Mode named-source-report Speaker Sun Zhengyan (孫正言)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 216

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 11Volume 11 Biographies 3: Six Princes of Wenxiang · 2 passages

後主之傳位於太子也，孫正言竊謂人曰：「我武定中為廣州士曹，聞襄城人曹普演有言，高王諸兒，阿保當為天子，至高德之承之當滅。 When the Later Lord yielded the throne to the crown prince, Sun Zhengyan confided to someone: "In the Wuding era I was a clerical officer at Guangzhou. I heard Cao Puyan of Xiangcheng prophesy that of King Gao's sons, Abao would wear the crown; by the time of Dezhi and Chengzhi, the line would end.

阿保謂天保，德之謂德昌也，承之謂後主年號承光，其言竟信云。」 Abao meant the Tianbao reign, Dezhi meant Dechang, and Chengzhi meant the Later Lord's Chengguang era—and in the end every word came true."