Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (魏太武)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei as a ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei	魏太武
Title	Taiwu	魏太武

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 龍德元年二月壬申 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 2 · Sexagenary Day: 壬申 · Western Year: AD 921
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:010:s0061

Works and attributed material

Work: History of Later Wei / 後魏書 · Relation: starting-ruler-of-narrative · Provenance: Mode: historiography-office-memorial
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0061

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

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壬申，史館上言：「伏見北齊文士魏收著《後魏書》，於時自魏太武之初，至於北齊，書不獲就，乃大征百官家傳，刊總斟酌，隨條甄舉，搜訪遺亡，數年之間，勒為一代典籍，編在北史，固非虛言。 On renshen the Historiography Office memorialized: "Citing Wei Shou’s 《History of Later Wei》, unable to finish from Taiwu to Northern Qi, he gathered officials’ genealogies, sifted and recovered lost material, and within years produced a classic now preserved in the Northern History.