Deposed Emperor of Liu Song (後廢帝)

Overview

The translated histories identify Deposed Emperor of Liu Song as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese
Personal	Deposed Emperor of Liu Song	後廢帝
Title	Deposed Emperor	後廢帝
Title	Later Deposed Emperor	後廢帝
Title	the deposed emperor	後廢帝

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元徽中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 473 · End: AD 477
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Source Date: Text: 後廢帝元徽二年 · Western Year: AD 474
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Source Date: Text: 後廢帝即位 · Western Year: AD 472
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Family

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Child of Consort Chen (陳貴妃)
Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Child of Emperor Ming (明帝)
Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Status: deposed-emperor · Label: Later Deposed Emperor / 後廢帝
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Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: ruled
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Works and attributed material

Kind: edict · Role: author · Quoted: true
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References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long · 1 passage

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後廢帝元徽中，為左民尚書，卒官。 Under the deposed emperor, during the Yuanhui era, he served as Minister of the Left for the People and died in office.

Book of Song, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can · 2 passages

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後廢帝即位，加兵五百人。 When the Later Deposed Emperor took the throne, his guard was increased by five hundred men.

帝未親朝政，下詔曰：「比亢序愆度，留熏燿晷，有傷秋稼，方貽民瘼。 The emperor had not yet personally handled court affairs and issued an edict saying: "Recently the order of the celestial mansions has been out of measure, lingering heat has prolonged the days, harming the autumn crops and about to bring suffering to the people.

Book of Song, Chapter 90Volume 90 Biographies 50: Ming Siwang · 2 passages

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明帝十二子：陳貴妃生後廢帝，謝脩儀生皇子法良，陳昭華生順帝，徐婕妤生第四皇子，鄭脩容生皇子智井，次晉熙王燮，與皇子法良同生。 Emperor Ming fathered twelve sons: Consort Chen’s son became the later deposed ruler; Lady Xie’s son was Prince Fa-liang; Lady Chen the Bright Consort bore Shun; Lady Xu the Fourth Prince; Lady Zheng bore Prince Zhijing; next came Prince Xie of Jinxi, Fa-liang’s full brother.

後廢帝元徽二年，太尉、江州刺史桂陽王休範反誅，皇室寡弱，友年五歲，出為使持節、督江州豫州之西陽新蔡晉熙三郡諸軍事、南中郎將、江州刺史，封邵陵王，食邑二千戶。 In 474, after Prince Xiufan of Guiyang rebelled and was executed while serving as Grand Commandant and governor of Jiang Province, the royal house was enfeebled. At five years old, You was sent out as Prince of Shao-ling and governor of Jiang Province, bearing the credentials of authority and command over the three Jiang–Yu commanderies of Xiyang, Xincai, and Jinxi, with a fief of two thousand households.