Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Fei I 前廢帝

Qián Fèidì

First attested AD 458; died AD 465

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Fei I was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Ziye	子業	Zǐyè

Life and dates

Death

AD 465 景和元年
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 200

Attested activity

AD 464 太后崩後
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 177
AD 464 始踐阼
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 169
AD 458 to AD 464 東宮至踐阼
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passages 165-166
AD 464 to AD 465 踐阼至被弒
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passages 170, 182

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Empress Dowager (太后)
bore 生
son 兒
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 176
Sibling of Princess of Shanyin (山陰公主)
both born of the late emperor 俱託體先帝 · Paternal half siblings
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 183
Child of Emperor Xiao Wu (孝武帝)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 165
Sibling of Liu Zishang (子尚)
sons of Xiaowu 兒子 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 7, passages 178-179

Kinship Role uncles · Quantity 諸叔
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 182

Career and standing

execution of Dai Faxing 殺法興
AD 464 to AD 465 踐阼至被弒 · Ordered · With Dai Faxing (戴法興)
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 170
AD 464 始踐阼
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 169

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 169
AD 458 to AD 464 東宮至踐阼
At Eastern Palace 東宮 · Relation Resided in
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 165

Learning and skills

AD 457 to AD 464 世祖西巡前後
Skill calligraphy 書 · Level careless
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 166
Skill literary composition 篇章 · Level talented
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 192

Works and attributed material

eulogy for Emperor Xiao Wu 世祖誄
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 192
AD 457 to AD 464 世祖西巡前後
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Xiao Wu (孝武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passages 166-167
AD 464 太后崩後
Speech · Speaker · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Fei I (前廢帝)
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 175

Events and relationships

Created tomb robbing offices
AD 464 to AD 465 踐阼至被弒 · Administrative · Issuer
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 193
Dreamed of empress dowager
AD 464 太后崩後 · Personal · Dreamer · With Empress Dowager (太后)
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 177

Assessments and attributes

Assessment crimes beyond King Zhou and the Marquis of Haihun · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passages 196-199
Assessment impatient and harsh from childhood · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 165
Assessment showed no grief at accession · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 169

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Song 7, passage 165

References in the histories

Search passages

History

15 passages

Book of Song, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Emperor Fei I · 15 passages

帝幼而狷急，在東宮每為世祖所責。 From childhood the emperor was impatient and harsh; in the Eastern Palace he was often rebuked by his father.

世祖西巡，子業啟參承起居，書迹不謹，上詰讓之。 When Emperor Xiao Wu toured the west, Ziye submitted memorials on his daily routine; his calligraphy was careless, and the emperor rebuked him for it.

子業啟事陳謝，上又答曰：「書不長進，此是一條耳。 Ziye submitted an apology, and the emperor replied again: "Your writing does not improve—that is one thing.

初太后疾篤，遣呼帝。 Earlier, when the Empress Dowager's illness was critical, she sent for the emperor.

帝曰：「病人間多鬼，可畏，那可往。」 The emperor said: "Sickrooms are full of ghosts—it is dreadful; how could I go there?"

及太后崩後數日，帝夢太后謂之曰：「汝不孝不仁，本無人君之相。 Several days after the Empress Dowager died, the emperor dreamed that she said to him: "You are unfilial and unkind; you were never fit to be a ruler.

故帝聚諸叔京邑，慮在外為患。 Therefore the emperor gathered his uncles in the capital, fearing trouble if they remained in the provinces.

山陰公主淫恣過度，謂帝曰：「妾與陛下，雖男女有殊，俱託體先帝。 The Princess of Shanyin was licentious beyond measure; she told the emperor: "Your Majesty and I, though man and woman differ, both owe our bodies to the late emperor.

陛下六宮萬數，而妾唯駙馬一人。 Your Majesty has ten thousand women in the six palaces, yet I have only one husband.

帝乃為主置面首左右三十人； The emperor thereupon provided the princess with thirty male favorites;

帝每出，與朝臣常共陪輦。 Whenever the emperor went out, court ministers commonly rode in the same carriage with him.

主以吏部郎褚淵貌美，就帝請以自侍，帝許之。 Because Chu Yuan, Director of the Ministry of Personnel, was handsome, the princess asked the emperor to let him serve her, and the emperor consented.

帝所幸閹人華願兒，官至散騎常侍，加將軍帶郡。 The eunuch Hua Yuan'er, whom the emperor favored, rose to Attendant Cavalier and was made a general with a commandery attached.

帝少好讀書，[17]頗識古事，自造世祖誄及雜篇章，往往有辭采。 From youth the emperor loved reading [17] and knew antiquity well; he composed the eulogy for his father and various other pieces that often showed real literary talent.

史臣曰：廢帝之事行著于篇。 The historian remarks: The deeds of the deposed emperor are set forth in this chapter.