Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Jianwen of Jin 簡文

Jianwen

Attested AD 371 - AD 372

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Jianwen of Jin was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 371 to AD 372 簡文 (Emperor Jianwen of Eastern Jin)
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 121

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 121

Works and attributed material

bequeathed songs among the people 遺詠
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 121

Events and relationships

Songs remained among people
Literary allusion · Remembered emperor
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 121

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Ming of Southern Qi · 1 passage

昔中京淪覆，鼎玉東遷，晉元締構之始，簡文遺詠在民，而松門夷替，埏路榛蕪。 Once the central capital was overrun and the cauldrons and jade went east; at Jin Yuan's founding the people still sang Jianwen's lines, yet pine gates fell to ruin and the roads to the tombs ran wild with brush.