Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Suzong 肅宗

Suzong

Attested AD 515 - AD 528

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Suzong was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Xiaoming	孝明	Xiaoming

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 515 to AD 528 肅宗歷位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 91, passage 13

Events and relationships

Presided over flourishing of literary culture
Cultural · Ruler
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 13

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 14

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 91Volume 85: Men of Letters: Yuan Yue, Pei Jingxian, Lu Guan, Feng Su, Xing Cang, Pei Bomao, Xing Xin · 1 passage

肅宗歷位，文雅大盛，學者如牛毛，成者如麟角，孔子曰：「才難，不其然乎？」 Under Emperor Suzong, literary culture flourished as never before: students were as numerous as ox hairs, but those who truly succeeded were as rare as unicorn horns. Confucius said, "Talent is hard to find—is that not exactly the case?"