Five Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Shao 少帝

Shao Di

Attested AD 944

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Shao was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 944 開運元年秋七月辛未朔
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 1

Family

Descendant of Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Gaozu (imperial ancestor) 高祖 · paternal line
Gaozu 高祖 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 11

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 1

Works and attributed material

Approved
Approval · Authority
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 12

Events and relationships

Approved he sacrifice after mourning
AD 944 開運元年 · Ritual · Principal
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 11-12
Held court amnesty and era rename
AD 944 開運元年秋七月辛未朔 · Ritual · Principal · At Chongyuan Hall 崇元殿
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 1, 5

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 83Volume 83 Book of Later Jin 9: Emperor Shao 3 · 2 passages

開運元年秋七月辛未朔，帝御崇元殿，大赦天下，改天福九年為開運元年。 On the first day of the seventh month in autumn of Kaiyun 1, xinwei, the Emperor held court in Chongyuan Hall, granted a general amnesty, and renamed the ninth year of Tianfu as the first year of Kaiyun.

禮官奏：「天子三年喪畢，祫享於太廟，高祖聖文章武明德孝皇帝今年八月喪終畢，合以十月行大祫之禮，冬季祠祭，改薦為祫。」 The ritual officials reported: "When the Son of Heaven completes three years of mourning, he offers the he sacrifice in the Grand Temple. Mourning for Emperor Gaozu, the Sagely, Cultured, Martial, and Virtuously Bright Filial Emperor, ends this eighth month; the great he rite should be held in the tenth month, and the winter seasonal sacrifices should be changed from jian to he."