Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Emperor of Southern Qi

Emperor Ming of Southern Qi 明帝

Míng Dì

Attested AD 494 - AD 498

Passages
14
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Ming of Southern Qi as a ruler. This record brings together 14 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Ming of Southern Qi 明帝 Míng Dì
Title Emperor Ming 明帝 Míng Dì
Title Emperor Ming 明帝 Mingdi
Regnal Ming Di 明帝 Míng Dì

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Parent of Xiao Baoyi (蕭寶義)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1
  • Parent of Xiao Baozhen (蕭寶貞)
    Kinship Term: eleventh son / 第十一子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 11
  • Spouse of Empress Jing (敬皇后)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
  • Parent of Bao Yuan (寶源)
    Kinship Term: fifth son / 第五子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 5
  • Spouse of Honored Consort Yuan (袁貴妃)
    Kinship Term: honored consort / 貴妃 · Union Category: concubinage
  • Spouse of Honored Consort Yin (殷貴嬪)
    Kinship Term: honored consort / 貴嬪 · Union Category: concubinage
  • Spouse of Lady of Graceful Demeanor Xu (許淑媛)
    Kinship Term: lady of graceful demeanor / 淑媛 · Union Category: concubinage
  • Parent of Xiao Baoyou (蕭寶攸)
    Kinship Term: ninth son / 第九子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 9
  • Parent of Xiao Baoyin (蕭寶夤)
    Kinship Term: sixth son / 第六子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 6
  • Parent of Xiao Baojuan (蕭寶卷)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Emperor He (和帝)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Xiao Baosong (蕭寶嵩)
    Kinship Term: tenth son / 第十子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 10
  • Parent of Bao Xuan (寶玄)
    Kinship Term: third son / 第三子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 3
  • Spouse of Virtuous Consort Guan (管淑妃)
    Kinship Term: virtuous consort / 淑妃 · Union Category: concubinage
  • Kinship Role: sons · Count: 11
    Explicit · nanqishu:050:s0007
  • Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2 · Note: 餘皆早夭 — the remaining two of the eleven sons died in infancy
    Explicit · nanqishu:050:s0012

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: administrative · Role: sovereign · Action: abolished-double-canopy
    Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0050
  • Kind: administrative · Role: sovereign · Action: replaced-brocade-with-painted-robes
    Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0206

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: seven princely lines ended in ruin · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · nanqishu:050:s0074

References in the histories

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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 17Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress · 2 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 50Volume 50 Biographies 31: Emperor Wen's Two Princes, Emperor Ming's Seven Princes · 12 passages