Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Gao 太祖

Attested AD 479

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Gao was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 479 太祖踐阼
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 18

Career and standing

AD 479 太祖踐阼
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 18

Places and affiliations

AD 479 太祖踐阼
Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Ruled
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 18

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Chu Yuan (褚淵) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passages 21-22
Speech · Speaker · With Liu Huan (劉瓛) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 18

Events and relationships

Received Heaven mandate and carried out revolution
AD 479 太祖踐阼 · Political · Ruler
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 18
Sought to appoint Huan Secretariat Gentleman
Political · Ruler · With Liu Huan (劉瓛)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 24
Relation Sovereign of · Person Liu Huan (劉瓛)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passages 18, 23

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 39, passage 18

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 39Volume 39 Biographies 20: Liu Huan, Di Jin, Lu Cheng · 7 passages

太祖踐阼，召瓛入華林園談語，謂瓛曰：「吾應天革命，物議以爲何如？」 When Emperor Gao took the throne, he summoned Huan to the Hualin Garden for conversation and said to him: "I have received Heaven's mandate and carried out the revolution—what do people generally think of it?"

瓛對曰：「陛下誡前軌之失，加之以寬厚，雖危可安； Huan replied: "Your Majesty takes warning from the mistakes of the previous regime and adds to this a policy of leniency and generosity—even in danger the realm may be made secure;

旣出，帝顧謂司徒褚淵曰：「方直乃爾！ After Huan had left, the emperor turned and said to Minister of Education Chu Yuan: "How upright and forthright he is!

上欲用瓛爲中書郎，使吏部尚書何戢喻旨。 The emperor wished to appoint Huan as Secretariat Gentleman and had Minister of Officials He Ji convey his intent.

戢謂瓛曰：「上意欲以鳳池相處，恨君資輕，可且就前除，少日當轉國子博士，便卽後授。」 Ji said to Huan: "His Majesty wishes to place you in the Secretariat—the Phoenix Pool—but regrets that your seniority is still slight. You may accept the previous appointment for the moment; in a few days you will be transferred to Erudite of the Imperial University, and the higher post will follow immediately thereafter."

上又以瓛兼總明觀祭酒，除豫章王驃騎記室參軍，丞如故，瓛終不就。 The emperor also made Huan concurrently Libationer of the Zongming Observatory and appointed him Recorder on the staff of the Prince of Yuzhang's Rapid Cavalry, with his assistant post unchanged—but Huan ultimately declined to serve.

武陵王曅爲會稽太守，上欲令瓛爲曅講，除會稽郡丞，學徒從之者轉衆。 When the Prince of Wuling, Xiao Ye, became Grand Administrator of Kuaiji, the emperor wished Huan to serve as his lecturer and appointed him Assistant in Kuaiji Commandery; the students who followed him grew ever more numerous.