Overview
Emperor was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
Found inBook of Southern Qi
Life and dates
Age
- 19AD 501 十二月丙寅 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 125
Attested activity
- AD 500 二年元會Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 136
- AD 501 冬十月Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 121, 124
- AD 501 十二月丙寅Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 125
- AD 499 自江祏、始安王遙光誅後Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 131
- AD 498 高宗臨崩Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 126, 129
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Gaozong (高宗)father 父Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 126, 129
Career and standing
- DeposedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 125
Places and affiliations
- Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 125-126
Learning and skills
- AD 499 自江祏、始安王遙光誅後Skill riding 騎馬 · Level gradually-acquiredDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 131
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Addressee · With Gaozong (高宗) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 129
Events and relationships
- Appeared late then slept through New Year courtAD 500 二年元會 · Ritual · Ruler · Outcome Hundred offices stood wan from si to shen; rite ended in hasteDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 136
- Attendance limited to once every three daysDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 127
- Delayed or dismissed seasonal audiences of princes and marquisesRitual · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 134
- Delayed secretariat memorials for a month or more or could not be foundAdministrative · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 135
- DeposedAD 501 十二月丙寅 · Political · Deposed ruler · Outcome Removed from throne at age nineteenDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 125
- Entrusted petty favorites and executed chief ministersPolitical · Ruler · Outcome Had his will in everything · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 130
Show 3 more source-backed claims
- Held palace cityAD 501 冬十月 · Military · Besieged ruler · At palace city 宮城 · Outcome Gates closed for last defense; later encircledDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 121, 124
- Hunted mice through the nightPersonal · Actor · Outcome Took it as sportDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 128
- Raced horses day and night in rear hallPersonal · Actor · At rear hall 後堂Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 132
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment Gaozong did not reprove his playfulness as heir, only urged household conduct · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 126
- grave, taciturn, and slow of speech; avoided court gentlemen; trusted eunuchs and blade-bearing attendantsCharacterDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 131
- loved play and disliked book learning while heir in the Eastern PalaceCharacterDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 126
- commonly slept from the fifth watch until duskHabitDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 133
References in the histories
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