Five Dynasties · Ruler

Deposed Emperor 出帝

Chu di

Attested AD 942 - AD 947

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Deposed Emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 942 出帝立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 95, 105
AD 947 契丹犯京師
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 114
AD 947 從出帝北遷
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 96, 115

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Feng (馮氏)
took as empress 納之以為后 · AD 942 高祖崩
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 105
Child of Grand Consort An (安太妃)
bore 生
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 94
Child of Jingru (敬儒)
fathered 生
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 94
Child of Gaozu (高祖)
son 子 · Uncertain parentage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 121

Career and standing

AD 942 出帝立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 95

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 95, 113

Works and attributed material

The empress dowager’s command forbids me to share this great rejoicing with you. 皇太后之命，與卿等不任大慶。
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Feng Dao (馮道) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Deposed Emperor (出帝)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 108
By the empress dowager’s command, I cannot rejoice with the late emperor. 皇太后之命，與先帝不任大慶。
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Deposed Emperor (出帝)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 109
How do I look as a new bridegroom today? 我今日作新女婿，何似？
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Deposed Emperor (出帝)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 110

Events and relationships

Crimes proclaimed
AD 947 契丹犯京師 · Political · Denounced
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 114
Drank and danced with empress before coffin
Personal · Participant · With Empress Feng (馮氏)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 109-111
Moved north
AD 947 從出帝北遷 · Travel · Deportee
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 96, 115
Took empress while coffin in state
AD 942 高祖崩 · Ritual · Mourner in name · With Empress Feng (馮氏)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 105-106

Assessments and attributes

AD 947 契丹犯京師
Assessment took his uncle’s widow into the inner palace and violated the great canon of human relations · Mode named-source-report Source Work Khitan proclamation 契丹暴帝之惡
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 114

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17: The Later Jin Imperial Family · 14 passages

安太妃，代北人也，不知其世家，為敬儒妻，生出帝，封秦國夫人。 Grand Consort An came from northern Dai; her lineage is unknown. Wife of Jingru, she bore the Deposed Emperor and was made Lady of Qin.

出帝立，尊為皇太妃。 When the Deposed Emperor succeeded, she was honored as imperial grand consort.

妃老而失明，從出帝北遷，自遼陽徙建州，卒於道中。 Old and blind, she followed the Deposed Emperor north; from Liaoyang she was moved toward Jian Prefecture and died on the way.

臨卒謂帝曰：「當焚我為灰，南向揚之，庶幾遺魂得反中國也。」 Near death she told the emperor: “Burn me to ash and scatter it toward the south, so perhaps my wandering soul may reach China again.”

出帝皇后馮氏 Empress Feng, Consort of the Deposed Emperor

出帝皇后馮氏，定州人也。 Empress Feng, consort of the Fleeing Emperor, came from Dingzhou.

重胤早卒，后寡居，有色，出帝悅之。 Chongyin died young. The widow was beautiful, and the Fleeing Emperor desired her.

高祖崩，梓宮在殯，出帝居喪中，納之以為后。 Gaozu had barely died—the coffin still in state—when the Fleeing Emperor, still in mourning, took her as empress.

帝顧謂馮道等曰：「皇太后之命，與卿等不任大慶。」 The emperor turned to Feng Dao and the rest and said: “The empress dowager’s command forbids me to share this great rejoicing with you.”

群臣出，帝與皇后酣飲歌舞，過梓宮前，酹而告曰：「皇太后之命，與先帝不任大慶。」 After the ministers left, he and the empress drank and danced. Passing the coffin he poured wine and said: “By the empress dowager’s command, I cannot rejoice with the late emperor.”

左右皆失笑，帝亦自絕倒，顧謂左右曰：「我今日作新女婿，何似？」 His attendants burst out laughing; the emperor himself doubled over and asked them: “How do I look as a new bridegroom today?”

契丹犯京師，暴帝之惡於天下曰：「納叔母於中宮，亂人倫之大典。」 When the Khitan took the capital they proclaimed the emperor’s crimes to the world: “He brought his uncle’s widow into the inner palace and violated the great canon of human relations.”

後隨帝北遷，哀帝之辱，數求毒藥，欲與帝俱飲以死，而藥不可得。 She followed him north. Grieving his disgrace, she begged again and again for poison so they might die together, but none could be found.

二叔父曰萬友、萬詮，兄曰敬儒，弟曰敬威、敬德、敬殷、敬赟、敬暉、重胤，子曰重貴、重信、重乂、重英、重進、重睿、重杲，孫曰延煦、延寶。 The two paternal uncles were Wanyou and Wanyuan; the elder brother, Jingru; the younger brothers Jingwei, Jingde, Jingyin, Jingyun, Jinghui, and Chongyin; the sons Chonggui, Chongxin, Chongyi, Chongying, Chongjin, Chongrui, and Chonggao; the grandsons Yanxu and Yanbao.