Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Ming of Song 宋明帝

Attested AD 457 - AD 472

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Ming of Song was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 465 to AD 472 卽位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 266
AD 457 to AD 464 宋大明中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 263

Career and standing

Prince of Xiangdong 湘東王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 263
AD 465 卽位
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 266

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passages 263, 266

Learning and skills

Skill weiqi 圍棊 · Level fond
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 271

Events and relationships

Established weiqi province ranks
Cultural · Founder
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 271
Founded Zongming Observatory
Cultural · Founder
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 273

Assessments and attributes

Assessment conduct cruel and strange · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 34, passage 267

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 15: Yu Wanzhi, Liu Xiu, Shen Chong, Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen · 5 passages

宋大明中，沈曇慶爲徐州，辟諶爲迎主簿，又爲州迎從事，湘東王國常侍，鎮北行參軍，州、國、府主皆宋明帝也。 Under Song's Daming reign, when Shen Tanqing was Inspector of Xuzhou, he summoned Chen as reception chief clerk. Chen later served as provincial reception officer, regular attendant in the Prince of Xiangdong's household, and northern-campaign staff officer; in all three posts his lord was the future Emperor Ming of Song.

除義陽王征北行參軍，又除度明帝衛軍府。 He became staff officer on the Prince of Yiyang's northern campaign, then entered Emperor Ming's guard-army staff.

及卽位，除司徒參軍，帶薛令，兼中書舍人，見親遇，常在左右。 When Ming ascended, Chen was made a secretariat staff officer with concurrent magistrate of Xue and secretariat gentleman, kept close and favored at the throne's side.

明帝好圍棊，置圍棊州邑，以建安王休仁爲圍棊州都大中正，諶與太子右率沈勃、尚書水部郎庾珪之、彭城丞王抗四人爲小中正，朝請褚思庄、傅楚之爲清定訪問。 Ming loved weiqi and set up a weiqi province with its own ranks; he named the Prince of Jian'an, Xiuren, grand rectifier of Weiqi Province, with Chen, the crown prince's right leader Shen Bo, waters-section officer Yu Guizhi, and Pengcheng aide Wang Kang as lesser rectifiers, and court gentlemen Chu Sizhuang and Fu Chuzhi to settle disputes.

尋以本官領東觀祭酒，卽明帝所置總明觀也。 Soon, keeping his post, he headed the Eastern Lodge sacrifice office, the Zongming Observatory Ming had raised.