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Emperor Ming of Liu Song was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Id liu-song · Relation Ruled
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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 37Volume 37 Biographies 18: Dao Hui, Liu Quan, Yu Cong, Hu Xiezhi · 6 passages
明帝立，欲收物情，以撝功臣後，擢爲太子洗馬。
When Emperor Ming came to the throne, wishing to win hearts, he promoted Hui—descended from a meritorious minister—to Groom of the Heir Apparent.
愛妓陳玉珠，明帝遣求，不與，逼奪之，撝頗怨望。
He doted on his courtesan Chen Yuzhu; when Emperor Ming sent to demand her, he refused to surrender her, and after she was taken by force he nursed a deep grievance.
帝令有司誣奏撝罪，付廷尉，將殺之。
The emperor ordered the authorities to frame charges against Hui and hand him over to the Minister of Justice, intending to have him put to death.
帝除撝爲羊希恭寧朔府參軍，徙劉韞輔國、王景文鎮南參軍，竝辭疾不就。
The emperor appointed Hui staff officer on Yang Xigong's Pacification of the North staff, then moved him to posts on Liu Yun's Army That Assists the State and Wang Jingwen's Army That Guards the South, but each time he pleaded illness and declined.
帝崩後，弟賁表讓封還撝，朝議許之。
After the emperor's death, his younger brother Ben petitioned to return the title to Hui, and the court approved.
宋世，上數遊會撝家，同從明帝射雉郊野，渴倦，撝得早青瓜，與上對剖食之。
In Song times the emperor often visited Hui's home; once, while accompanying Emperor Ming to hunt pheasants in the countryside, they grew thirsty and tired, and Hui brought an early green melon and shared it with the emperor.