Deposed Emperor (廢帝)

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Deposed Emperor was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

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AD 936 河陽
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 83

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi · 4 passages

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晉兵起太原，廢帝至河陽，是時勢已危迫，胤孫自洛來朝行在，人皆冀其有所建言，胤孫獻綾三百匹而已。 When Jin forces rose in Taiyuan and Emperor Fei reached Heyang, the situation was desperate. Yinxun came from Luoyang to the traveling court. Everyone hoped for counsel; he brought only three hundred bolts of silk.

清泰，廢帝年號也。 Qingtai was Emperor Fei's reign title.

廢帝欲擇宰相，選當時清望官知名於世者，得盧文紀及顗，乃拜顗中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。 When Emperor Fei wished to choose a chancellor, he looked among the most eminent officials of the day and settled on Lu Wenji and Yi. Yi was appointed vice director of the Secretariat and grand councilor.

選人多不便之，往往邀遮宰相，喧訴不遜，顗等無如之何，廢帝為下詔書禁止。 Candidates were displeased and often waylaid the chancellors with loud, insolent protests. Yi and his colleagues could do nothing, until Emperor Fei issued an edict forbidding such behavior.