Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Gaozu 高祖

Gaozu

Attested AD 471 - AD 499

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Gaozu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 471 to AD 499 高祖始建祿制
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 66

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 66

Events and relationships

Convened court rebuked Hongzhi
AD 484 高祖臨太華 · Legal · Ruler · At Taihua Hall 太華 · With Li Hongzhi (李洪之)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 95, passages 68-69
Exposed Hongzhi false kinship claim
Political · Ruler · With Li Hongzhi (李洪之)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 74
Instituted salary system
AD 484 高祖始建祿制 · Administrative · Ruler
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 95, passage 66
Offered sacrifice at ancestral temple
Ritual · Ruler
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 92
Relation Patron of · Person Gao Zun (高遵)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 95, passage 93

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 95Volume 89: Cruel Officals: Yu Luohou, Hu Ni, Li Hongzhi, Gaozun Zhang Sheti, Yang Zhi, Cui Xian, Li Dao Yun · 6 passages

時高祖始建祿制，法禁嚴峻，司察所聞，無不窮糾。 Emperor Gaozu had just instituted the salary system; laws were strict, and inspectors pursued every report to its conclusion.

高祖臨太華，庭集羣官，有司奏洪之受贓狼藉，又以酷暴。 Emperor Gaozu convened the court at Taihua Hall. The authorities reported that Hongzhi's bribery was rampant and that he was also brutal.

高祖親臨數之，以其大臣，聽在家自裁。 Emperor Gaozu rebuked him in person; because he was a senior minister, he was permitted to take his own life at home.

至此罪後，高祖乃稍對百官辨其誣假，而諸李猶善相視，恩紀如親。 After his conviction Emperor Gaozu gradually explained to the officials the fraud he had perpetrated, yet the Li clan still treated one another with affection, their bonds as close as kin.

及新製衣冠，高祖恭薦宗廟，遵形貌莊潔，音氣雄暢，常兼太祝令，跪贊禮事，為俯仰之節，粗合儀矩。 When new ceremonial robes were introduced and Emperor Gaozu offered sacrifice at the ancestral temple, Zun's bearing was dignified and his voice resonant. He regularly served as Director of Grand Sacrifices, kneeling to intone the rituals and performing the prescribed movements of obeisance, roughly in accord with ceremonial propriety.

由是高祖識待之。 Emperor Gaozu thereby came to notice and favor him.