Overview
Emperor Shao was a ruler.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 942 天福七年六月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 17
Family
- Kin of Grand Empress Dowager Liu (太皇太后劉氏)grand empress dowager 太皇太后 · Step parentageStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 36
Career and standing
- AD 942 是歲六月十三日乙丑Mode before-coffin-by-dying-edictDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 17
Places and affiliations
- At Bingzhou 并州 · Relation Posted atDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 18
Works and attributed material
- general amnesty with enumerated exceptions; remittance where locusts; favor to officersAD 942 庚子 · Edict · AuthorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passages 46-49
Events and relationships
- Accompanied Gaozu to YeDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 19
- Began governing from side corridor of Hall of Honored VirtueAD 942 庚午 · Political · Ruler · At Hall of Honored Virtue 崇德殿Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 22
- Ended mourning dressAD 942 辛卯 · Ritual · MournerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 35
- Granted cash gifts to palace guard officers at accessionAD 942 丁卯 · Political · GrantorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 20
- Ordered taboo name avoidance changes for halls, places, offices, and personal namesAD 942 戊子 · Edict · IssuerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 30
- Removed coarse mourning at great mourning rites for late emperorAD 942 己丑 · Ritual · MournerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 34
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Took the throne before the coffinDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 17
- White dragon omen linked to later accessionOmen · Beneficiary · At White Dragon Pool 白龍潭 · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 19
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment generous rule after taking charge of governance and suburban rites · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 81, passage 18
References in the histories
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