Five Dynasties · Emperor

Emperor Gaozu the High 太祖高皇帝

Attested AD 947

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Gaozu the High was an emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 天福十二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 100, passage 105

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 100, passage 105

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 100, passage 105

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 100Volume 100 Book of Later Jin 2: Gaozu Annals 2 · 2 passages

庚辰，追尊六廟，以太祖高皇帝、世祖光武皇帝為不祧之廟，高曾已下四朝，追尊謚號，已載於前矣。 On gengchen the court enshrined the six ancestral temples, setting Emperor Gaozu the High and Emperor Guangwu the Bright Martial as permanent temples never to be removed, while the posthumous titles of the four earlier generations had already been given above.

是日，權太常卿張昭上六廟樂章舞名：太祖高皇帝室酌獻，請依舊奏《武德之舞》； That day acting minister of rites Zhang Zhao submitted the ritual music and dances for the six temples: for the libation at Emperor Gaozu the High's shrine, he asked that the old Dance of Martial Virtue be performed as before;