Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Emperor of Northern Zhou

Emperor Jing 靜皇帝

Jing huangdi

AD 573 - AD 581

Passages
12
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Jing as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 12 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Jing 靜皇帝 Jing huangdi
Changed Chan
Title Duke of Jie 介國公
Temple Emperor Jing 靜皇帝
Title Prince of Lu 魯王
Personal Yan
Title 靜帝 靜帝

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Birth

  • Place: Eastern Palace / 東宮 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建德二年六月 · Western Year: AD 573
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0148

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開皇元年五月壬申 · Western Year: AD 581 · Age: Value: 9 · Reckoning: sui · Source: 隋志
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0137

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Emperor Xuan (宣帝)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1
  • Spouse of Empress Sima (司馬氏)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: divorced
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: divorced
  • Child of Empress Zhu (朱皇后)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Yuwen Kan (宇文衎)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
  • Sibling of Yuwen Shu (宇文術)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger

Career and standing

  • Title: Duke of Jie / 介國公 · Action: enfeoffed · Fief: ten thousand households / 邑萬戶 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大定元年二月 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0135
  • Title: Prince of Lu / 魯王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象元年正月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 579
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0149
  • Title: Duke of Jie / 介國公 · Action: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大定元年二月 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0135
  • Status: crown-prince · Action: installed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象元年正月戊午 · Western Year: AD 579
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0150
  • Status: mourning-seclusion · Action: observed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象二年五月 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0008
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象元年二月辛巳 · Western Year: AD 579
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0151
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大定元年二月甲子 · Western Year: AD 581 · Action: abdicated
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0134

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Northern Zhou · Relation: ruled
  • Place: Celestial Terrace / 天臺 · Relation: resided-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象二年五月己酉 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0002
  • Place: Zhengyang Palace / 正陽宮 · Relation: resided-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象元年二月辛巳 · Western Year: AD 579
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0151
  • Place: Gongling / 恭陵 · Relation: buried-at
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0138

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ritual · Role: subject · Action: ordered-to-lodge · Place: Lumen Gate Academy / 露門學 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大象二年夏五月乙未 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0001

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: not at fault for dynasty fall; aftermath of Emperor Xuan · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0145
  • Assessment: took up declining succession in early childhood · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · zhoushu:008:s0139

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Jing · 12 passages