Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Wen 上

Attested AD 424 - AD 453

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Wen was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Temple name	Emperor Taizu	太祖	Tàizǔ

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 445 二十二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passages 144-146, 151
AD 447 二十四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 181
AD 452 二十九年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 190
AD 445 to AD 447 先是
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 152
AD 424 to AD 453 太祖
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 196

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Princess of Nan Commandery (南郡公主)
sixteenth daughter 第十六女 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Song 66, passage 196

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Song 66, passage 144

Works and attributed material

Accepted memorial
AD 445 二十二年 · Edict · Author
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 151
AD 445 二十二年
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Emperor Wen (上)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 145
AD 452 二十九年
Edict · Author · With Liu Yigong (義恭) · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-document Speaker Emperor Wen (上)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 190

Events and relationships

Adopted then abolished double coin
AD 447 二十四年 · Policy · Ruler · With Shen Yanzhi (沈演之)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 181
Built hualin garden
AD 445 二十二年 · Construction · Commissioner · At Hualin Garden 華林園
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 145
Constructed xuanwu lake
AD 445 二十二年 · Construction · Commissioner · At Xuanwu Lake 玄武湖
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 144
Returned after dark
AD 445 二十二年 · Travel · Emperor
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 146
Troubled by clipping and counterfeiting
AD 445 to AD 447 先是 · Currency · Ruler
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 66, passage 152

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Book of Song, Chapter 66Volume 66 Biographies 26: Wang Jinghong, He Shangzhi · 8 passages

是歲造玄武湖，上欲於湖中立方丈、蓬萊、瀛洲三神山，尚之固諫乃止。 That year the Xuanwu Lake was constructed. The emperor wished to build in the lake the three divine mountains Fangzhang, Penglai, and Yingzhou, but Shangzhi firmly remonstrated and the plan was abandoned.

時又造華林園，並盛暑役人工，尚之又諫，宜加休息，上不許，曰：「小人常自暴背，此不足為勞。」 At the time the Hualin Garden was also being built, and in the height of summer laborers were pressed into service. Shangzhi again remonstrated that they should be given more rest, but the emperor refused, saying, "Common men often expose their backs to the sun; this is not enough to count as toil."

時上行幸，還多侵夕，尚之又表諫曰：「萬乘宜重，尊不可輕，此聖心所鑒，豈假臣啟。 When the emperor went on progress, his return often encroached on evening. Shangzhi submitted another memorial: "The imperial carriage should be weighty and dignity must not be slighted. Your Majesty's heart perceives this—how could it need a subject's prompting?

伏願少採愚誠，思垂省察，不以人廢，適可以慰四海之望。」 I beg Your Majesty to take a little of my foolish sincerity, reflect and examine, and not reject the message because of the man—then you may rightly comfort the hopes of the realm."

先是患貨重，鑄四銖錢，民間頗盜鑄，多翦鑿古錢以取銅，上患之。 Earlier there had been concern that currency was too heavy in value; four-zhu coins were cast, but the people widely counterfeited them and often clipped and chiseled ancient coins to obtain copper. The emperor was troubled by this.

上從演之議，遂以一錢當兩，行之經時，公私非便，乃罷。 The emperor followed Yanzhi's view and made one coin count as two. It was practiced for a time, but public and private found it inconvenient, and it was abolished.

詔書敦勸，上又與江夏王義恭詔曰：「今朝賢無多，且羊、孟尚不得告謝，尚之任遇有殊，便未宜申許邪。」 Edicts earnestly urged him. The emperor also sent an edict to the Prince of Jiangxia, Yigong, saying, "Court worthies are few today, and Yang and Meng have not yet been permitted to retire. Shangzhi's appointment and favor are special—so it is not yet fitting to grant his request, is it?"

子劭，尚太祖第十六女南郡公主，女適彭城王義康、巴陵哀王休若。 His son Shao married the sixteenth daughter of Emperor Taizu, the Princess of Nan Commandery; his daughters married the Prince of Pengcheng, Yikang, and the Lamented Prince of Baling, Xiuruo.