Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Gongdi as an aristocrat, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 25 passages from 7 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Gongdi | 恭帝 | Gōngdì |
| Title | emperor | 皇帝 | |
| Title | Emperor Gong | 恭帝 | |
| Posthumous | Emperor Gong | 恭皇帝 | |
| Title | Emperor Gong | 恭帝 | Gong Di |
| Title | Emperor Gong | 恭皇帝 | Gong Huangdi |
| Title | Emperor Gong | 恭皇帝 | Gōng huángdì |
| Temple name | Emperor Gong | 恭皇帝 | Gōng huángdì |
| Title | Emperor Gongdi | 恭帝 | Gōngdì |
| Posthumous name | Gong | 恭 | Gong |
| Title | Prince of Liang | 梁王 | |
| Title | Prince of Liang | 梁王 | Liang Wang |
| Noble title | Prince of Liang | 梁王 | Liáng wáng |
| Title | Prince of Zheng | 鄭王 | |
| Title | Prince Zongxun | 宗訓 | |
| Title | Zhou emperor | 周帝 | |
| Personal | Zongxun | 宗訓 | Zongxun |
| Personal name | Zongxun | 宗訓 | Zongxun |
| Personal name | Zongxun | 宗訓 | Zōngxùn |
| Personal | Zongxun | 宗训 | Zōngxùn |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:120:s0119
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Birth
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廣順三年，歲在癸丑，八月四日 · Western Year: AD 953 · Place: prefectural residence in Chanzhou / 澶州之府第Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0122
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開寶六年春 · Western Year: AD 973 · Place: Fangling / 房陵Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0108, jiuwudaishi:120:s0111
Age
- Age: 7 · Reckoning: stated · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 显德六年 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · xinwudaishi:012:s0149
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Regnal Year: 6 · Lunar Month: 6 · Sexagenary Day: 癸未 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0076, xinwudaishi:020:s0075
- Source Date: Text: 應曆9年 · Reign Id: liao-yingli · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:006:s0137
- Source Date: Text: 廣順三年 · Western Year: AD 953Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:120:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 建隆三年 · Western Year: AD 962Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0107
- Source Date: Text: 恭帝即位 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0086
- Source Date: Text: 显德七年正月 · Western Year: AD 960Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0160
- Source Date: Text: 显德六年六月 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0142
- Source Date: Text: 显德六年六月甲午 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0151
- Source Date: Text: 梁王即位 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 終謚為恭 · Western Year: AD 973Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0120
- Source Date: Text: 遜其位 · Western Year: AD 960Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0119
- Source Date: Text: 開寶六年 · Western Year: AD 973Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0108, jiuwudaishi:120:s0111
- Source Date: Text: 顯德七年 · Western Year: AD 960Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:120:s0091, jiuwudaishi:120:s0096
- Source Date: Text: 顯德六年 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:119:s0085, jiuwudaishi:120:s0123, jiuwudaishi:120:s0125
- Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0039, jiuwudaishi:122:s0040
Family
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- Child of Shizong (世宗)Kinship Term: eldest imperial son / 皇長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Birth Order: 1
Kinship Term: eldest imperial son / 皇長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Subject Birth Order: 1 - Child of Empress Dowager (皇太后)Kinship Term: empress dowager / 皇太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
- Child of Emperor Shizong (世宗)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 4
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 4
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 4 - Sibling of Chai Xijin (柴熙謹)Kinship Term: imperial brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain - Sibling of Chai Xihui (柴熙誨)Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain - Sibling of Zongrang (宗讓)Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: second son / 第二子 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 2
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain
Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
Career and standing
- Label: Grand General of the Left Guard / 左衞上將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六月癸未 · Lunar Month: 6 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0076
- Label: General-in-Chief of the Left Guard / 左衛上將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0039
- Label: Special Advancement and General-in-Chief of the Left Guard / 特進左衛上將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0123
- Title: Prince of Liang / 梁王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0039
- Title: Prince of Liang / 梁王 · Nominal Households: 3000 · Actual Households: 500 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0123
- Title: Prince of Liang / 梁王 · Action: grantedExplicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0076
- Title: Gong / 恭 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 終謚為恭 · Western Year: AD 973Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0120
- Title: Prince of Zheng / 鄭王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德七年 · Western Year: AD 960Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0105
- Title: Prince of Liang / 梁王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0123
- Title: Prince of Liang / 梁王 · Action: enfeoffed
- Status: youthful-sovereign · Label: tender youth / 紈綺之沖年Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0119
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 恭帝即位 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0086
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0040
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月甲午 · Western Year: AD 959
- Role: emperorExplicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 显德六年六月甲午 · Western Year: AD 959Explicit · xinwudaishi:012:s0151
- Action: abdicated · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 显德七年正月甲辰 · Western Year: AD 960Explicit · xinwudaishi:012:s0160
- Action: abdicated · Label: yielded the throne / 遜其位 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遜其位 · Western Year: AD 960Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0119
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德七年春正月 · Western Year: AD 960 · Outcome: abdicated to Song
Places and affiliations
- Label: Later Zhou / 周 · Relation: ruledExplicit · liaoshi:006:s0137
- Polity: Later Zhou / 後周 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:120:s0119
- Place: Fangzhou / 房州 · Relation: exiled-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建隆三年 · Western Year: AD 962Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0107
- Place: Shunling / 順陵 · Relation: buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開寶六年十月 · Western Year: AD 973Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0112, jiuwudaishi:120:s0113
- Place: Chanzhou / 澶州 · Relation: born-atExplicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0122
Works and attributed material
- Kind: edict · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德七年正月 · Western Year: AD 960
- Kind: judgment · Role: subject · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: abdicating-ruler · Action: yielded-throne · Label: yielded his throne / 遜其位 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遜其位 · Western Year: AD 960Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0119
- Relation: successor-of · Person Id: Emperor Shizong (世宗)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0040
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: posthumous title Gong was fitting · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0120
- Assessment: wise to yield the throne · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0119
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0119
References in the histories
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