Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Deposed emperor of Liu Song

Emperor Houfei 後廢帝

Liu Yu

First attested AD 472; died AD 477

Passages: 7
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Houfei was a Deposed emperor of Liu Song.

Life and dates

Death

AD 477 昇明元年
Cause Unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 8

Attested activity

AD 473 to AD 477 元徽中
Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 95
AD 473 to AD 477 元徽年間
Directly stated · Book of Song 10, passage 5
AD 474 後廢帝元徽二年
Directly stated · Book of Song 90, passage 21
AD 472 後廢帝即位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 89, passage 104

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Consort Chen (陳貴妃)
bore 生
Directly stated · Book of Song 90, passage 2
Child of Emperor Ming of Song (宋明帝)
fathered 生
Directly stated · Book of Song 90, passage 2

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Later Deposed Emperor 後廢帝
Deposed emperor
Directly stated · Book of Song 90, passage 2

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Song 90, passages 2, 21

Works and attributed material

Edict · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Song 89, passages 105-108

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 10Volume 10 Annals 10: Emperor Shun · 2 passages

廢帝即位，為揚州刺史。 When the Deposed Emperor acceded, he became Inspector of Yangzhou.

元徽五年七月戊子夜，廢帝殞，奉迎王入居朝堂。 On the night of the wuzi day of the seventh month of the fifth year of Yuanhui, the Deposed Emperor died; the prince was escorted into the court hall.

Book of Song, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long · 1 passage

後廢帝元徽中，為左民尚書，卒官。 Under the deposed emperor, during the Yuanhui era, he served as Minister of the Left for the People and died in office.

Book of Song, Chapter 89Volume 89 Biographies 49: Yuan Can · 2 passages

後廢帝即位，加兵五百人。 When the Later Deposed Emperor took the throne, his guard was increased by five hundred men.

帝未親朝政，下詔曰：「比亢序愆度，留熏燿晷，有傷秋稼，方貽民瘼。 The emperor had not yet personally handled court affairs and issued an edict saying: "Recently the order of the celestial mansions has been out of measure, lingering heat has prolonged the days, harming the autumn crops and about to bring suffering to the people.

Book of Song, Chapter 90Volume 90 Biographies 50: Ming Siwang · 2 passages

明帝十二子：陳貴妃生後廢帝，謝脩儀生皇子法良，陳昭華生順帝，徐婕妤生第四皇子，鄭脩容生皇子智井，次晉熙王燮，與皇子法良同生。 Emperor Ming fathered twelve sons: Consort Chen’s son became the later deposed ruler; Lady Xie’s son was Prince Fa-liang; Lady Chen the Bright Consort bore Shun; Lady Xu the Fourth Prince; Lady Zheng bore Prince Zhijing; next came Prince Xie of Jinxi, Fa-liang’s full brother.

後廢帝元徽二年，太尉、江州刺史桂陽王休範反誅，皇室寡弱，友年五歲，出為使持節、督江州豫州之西陽新蔡晉熙三郡諸軍事、南中郎將、江州刺史，封邵陵王，食邑二千戶。 In 474, after Prince Xiufan of Guiyang rebelled and was executed while serving as Grand Commandant and governor of Jiang Province, the royal house was enfeebled. At five years old, You was sent out as Prince of Shao-ling and governor of Jiang Province, bearing the credentials of authority and command over the three Jiang–Yu commanderies of Xiyang, Xincai, and Jinxi, with a fief of two thousand households.