Emperor Wen (文皇) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wen 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 Wen	文皇	Wen huang
Temple name	Emperor Wen	文皇	Wen huang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:071:s0089

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Western Interval: Start: AD 626 · End: AD 649 · Source Date: Text: 又上疏：「古者無嫂叔服，文皇創意，以兄弟之親，不宜無服，乃議服小功。
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:071:s0089

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 1 passage

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又上疏：「古者無嫂叔服，文皇創意，以兄弟之親，不宜無服，乃議服小功。 He also memorialized: "In antiquity there was no mourning dress for relations between brother's wife and husband's brother; Emperor Wen innovated, arguing that such close kin among brothers should not go unmourned, and lesser merit mourning was adopted.