Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Gao of Qi as an administrator, aristocrat, general, and royal family member. This record brings together 111 passages from 20 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Gao of Qi | 齊高帝 | Qí Gāodì |
| Personal name | Daocheng | 道成 | Dàochéng |
| Given name | Daocheng | 道成 | Daocheng |
| Title | Duke of Qi | 齊公 | |
| Temple name | Emperor Gao | 高帝 | Gāodì |
| Title | Emperor Gao | 高帝 | Gāodì |
| Temple | Emperor Gao | 太祖 | Tàizǔ |
| Title | Emperor Gao | 高帝 | |
| Temple name | Emperor Gao of Qi | 齊高帝 | Qí Gāodì |
| Temple name | Emperor Gao of Qi | 齊高帝 | |
| Title | founding emperor | 太祖 | |
| Title | founding emperor | ||
| Temple | Founding Emperor | 太祖 | |
| Title | Founding Emperor | 太祖 | |
| Temple | Founding Emperor | 太祖 | Tàizǔ |
| Title | Founding Emperor | 太祖 | Tàizǔ |
| Temple name | Founding Emperor | 太祖 | Taizu |
| Temple name | Gaodi | 高帝 | Gaodi |
| Temple name | Gaodi | 高帝 | |
| Temple name | Grand Ancestor | 太祖 | Taizu |
| Temple name | Grand Ancestor | 太祖 | |
| Temple name | Grand Ancestor Emperor Gao | 太祖高皇帝 | |
| Temple name | Grand Progenitor | 太祖 | Tàizǔ |
| Temple | Grand Progenitor | 太祖 | Taizu |
| Title | Grand Progenitor, the High Emperor | 太祖高皇帝 | |
| Posthumous name | High Emperor | 高皇帝 | Gāo huángdì |
| Posthumous | High Emperor | 高皇帝 | Gāo Huángdì |
| Title | King of Qi | 齊王 | Qí wáng |
| Temple name | Qi Gaodi | 齊高帝 | |
| Temple | Qi Gaodi | 齊高帝 | Qi Gaodi |
| Temple name | Qi Gaodi | 齊高帝 | Qi Gaodi |
| Title | Qi Gaozu | 齊高帝 | |
| Title | Qi Gaozu | 齊高帝 | Qi Gaozu |
| Title | Qi's emperor | 齊帝 | |
| Temple | Taizu | 太祖 | Tàizǔ |
| Temple name | Taizu | 太祖 | Tàizǔ |
| Temple name | the Founder | 太祖 | |
| Title | The Founder | 太祖 | |
| Personal name | Xiao Daocheng | 蕭道成 | Xiao Daocheng |
| Personal name | Xiao Daocheng | ||
| Title | Xiao Daocheng | 蕭道成 | Xiāo Dàochéng |
| Personal | Xiao Daocheng | 蕭道成 | Xiāo Dàochéng |
| Personal name | Xiao Daocheng | 蕭道成 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- General
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元四年三月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 482 · Place: Hall of Facing the Light / 臨光殿Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0150
Age
- Age: 56 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0150
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 延興元年十月辛亥 · Lunar Month: 10 · Sexagenary Day: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:005:s0054
- Source Date: Text: 延興元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:005:s0076
- Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 481Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:055:s0031
- Source Date: Text: AD 479-482 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Strongly inferred · xintangshu:113:s0266
- Source Date: Text: 元徽初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 473 · End: AD 473Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 升明三年 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 南齊開基 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:004:s0057
- Source Date: Text: 太祖 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:016:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 太祖崩 · Western Year: AD 482Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 太祖輔政至建國 · Western Interval: Start: AD 477 · End: AD 482Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0053, nanqishu:048:s0014
- Source Date: Text: 宋元徽末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 476 · End: AD 477Strongly inferred · nanqishu:021:s0004, nanqishu:021:s0006
- Source Date: Text: 建元 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0101
- Source Date: Text: 建元三年 · Western Year: AD 481Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0125
- Source Date: Text: 建元二年 · Western Year: AD 480Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0097
- Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:020:s0063, nanqishu:021:s0017
- Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 建元元年夏四月甲午 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 建元四年三月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 482Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 建元四年春正月 · Western Year: AD 482Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:002:s0133
- Source Date: Text: 昇明二年至建元四年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 478 · End: AD 482Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0003
- Source Date: Text: 昇明元年 · Western Year: AD 477
- Source Date: Text: 昇明初 · Western Year: AD 477Explicit · liangshu:014:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 領軍至卽位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 477 · End: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0024, nanqishu:036:s0032
- Source Date: Text: 齊受禪 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · liangshu:015:s0028
- Source Date: Text: 齊高帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit · liangshu:007:s0054
- Source Date: Text: 齊高帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 齊高帝受禪 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · liangshu:020:s0006
- Source Date: Text: 齊高帝執政…卽位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit · liangshu:052:s0030, liangshu:052:s0032
- Source Date: Text: 齊高帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit · liangshu:016:s0145
- Source Date: Text: 齊高帝為驃騎將軍輔政 · Western Interval: Start: AD 477 · End: AD 479Explicit · liangshu:015:s0018
Family
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- Ancestor of Crown Prince Wenhui (文惠太子)Kinship Term: imperial grandson / 皇孫 · Generation Distance: 2
- Ancestor of Xiao Lingzhi (蕭齡之)Kinship Term: fifth-generation descendant / 五世孫 · Generation Distance: 5
- Child of Empress Xiao (孝皇后)Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: imperial mother / 皇妣 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Spouse of Empress Zhao (昭皇后)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
Kinship Term: married into / 歸 · Union Category: marriage - Sibling of Daosheng (道生)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder - Sibling of Daodu (道度)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Shared Parentage: paternal-half · Subject Relative Age: elder - Parent of Prince of Yuzhang Yi (豫章王嶷)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: Shizu succeeding Taizu / 世祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father - Parent of Ze (賾)Kinship Term: heir apparent / 皇太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Child of Emperor Xuan (宣皇帝)Kinship Term: imperial father / 皇考 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Ying (映)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Gao (暠)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Feng (鋒)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xiao Ni (蕭嶷)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Qiang (鏘)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Huang (晃)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Jian (鑒)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Shuo (鑠)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Ye (曅)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Prince Ziliang of Wenxi (聞喜公子良)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: Magistrate of Jiankang / 建康令 · Action: heldExplicit · nanqishu:020:s0020
- Action: ascended · Place: Southern Altar / 南郊 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年夏四月甲午 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0003
Places and affiliations
- Label: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: foundedExplicit · nanqishu:021:s0016, nanqishu:021:s0017
- Label: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: foundedStrongly inferred · nanqishu:016:s0122
- Label: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: ruled
- Polity: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · nanqishu:005:s0076
- Polity: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: ruledExplicit · liangshu:007:s0054
- Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: servedExplicit · nanqishu:021:s0016
- Polity Name: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: foundedExplicit · nanqishu:020:s0085
- Place: Southern Lanling / 南蘭陵Strongly inferred · nanqishu:002:s0088
- Place: Wujin Tai'an Mausoleum / 武進泰安陵 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元四年四月丙午 · Western Year: AD 482Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0153
- Place: Wujin / 武進 · Relation: power-baseExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0089
Learning and skills
- Skill: go / 弈棊 · Level: second rankExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0155
- Skill: clerical and cursive calligraphy / 草隸書 · Level: skilledExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0155
- Skill: literary composition / 屬文 · Level: skilledExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0155
- Skill: fondness for Zuo Commentary / 好左氏春秋Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0049
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · About: Lord Liu not deadExplicit · nanqishu:048:s0200
- Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0017, nanqishu:002:s0018, nanqishu:002:s0019, nanqishu:002:s0020, nanqishu:002:s0021, nanqishu:002:s0022, nanqishu:002:s0023, nanqishu:002:s0024, nanqishu:002:s0025, nanqishu:002:s0026, nanqishu:002:s0027, nanqishu:002:s0028, nanqishu:002:s0029, nanqishu:002:s0030, nanqishu:002:s0031
- Kind: ritual-address · Role: speaker · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年夏四月甲午 · Western Year: AD 479
- Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元四年三月庚申 · Western Year: AD 482
- Kind: action · Role: agent · Note: silent subject commanding Boyu to watch the mansionExplicit · nanqishu:031:s0089
- Explicit · liangshu:017:s0007
- Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0030
- Kind: edict · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: document · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0031
- Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0013, nanqishu:021:s0014
- Kind: oral commission · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Liu Huaiwei (劉懷慰) · Statement: Qi commandery was foundational to the royal enterprise and all its administration was entrusted to Huaiwei.Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0101, nanqishu:053:s0102
- Kind: personal edict · Role: author · Other Person Id: Liu Huaiwei (劉懷慰) · Statement: Civil affairs require military preparedness; a jade ring-hilted sword was bestowed.Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0103, nanqishu:053:s0104
- Kind: personal edict · Role: author · Other Person Id: Liu Huaiwei (劉懷慰) · Statement: commended and rewarded Huaiwei for his incorrupt administrationExplicit · nanqishu:053:s0108
- Kind: saying · Role: speakerExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0162
- Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0011
- Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0134, nanqishu:031:s0135
- Explicit · liangshu:015:s0022
- Explicit · nanqishu:048:s0057
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
- Kind: speech · Role: speakerExplicit · liangshu:015:s0037, nanqishu:031:s0091
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: accepted-abdicationExplicit · liangshu:020:s0006
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: broke Guiyang · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元徽二年 · Western Year: AD 474Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0100
- Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0095
- Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: general-amnesty · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建元元年 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit · nanqishu:002:s0025
- Kind: administrative-plan · Action: proposed dividing populous Shanyin into two countiesExplicit · nanqishu:053:s0178
- Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: replaced-palace-drums-with-iron-chimesExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0122
- Kind: biographical · Role: participant · Action: sent twelve missions to inspect the empire and honored reported filial exemplarsExplicit · nanqishu:055:s0031
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: brilliant plans founding Qi · Provenance: Mode: edict · Speaker Person Id: Xiao Zhaowen (蕭昭文)Explicit · nanqishu:005:s0076
- Assessment: deep, reserved, large-minded, strict yet generous, pure and frugal; joy and anger never showed · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0154
- Assessment: palace austerity at founding · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · nanqishu:020:s0085
- Assessment: praised Liu Huaiwei's warning letter · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Source Person Id: Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)Explicit · nanqishu:053:s0098
- Item: jade sword ornament / 玉介導 · Relation: ordered-destroyedExplicit · nanqishu:002:s0158, nanqishu:002:s0159
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0122
- Statement: Associated with Southern Qi (南齊); polity id not supplied in packet. · Label: Southern Qi / 南齊Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0101
References in the histories
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