Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Wen 太祖

Taizu

Attested AD 424 - AD 430

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Wen was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 426 元嘉三年
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 289
AD 424 太祖即位
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 287
AD 424 to AD 430 太祖即位後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 63, passages 96, 99, 106

Career and standing

AD 424 太祖即位
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 287

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passages 96, 287

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Wang Tanshou (王曇首) · Direct quotation · Units s0099, s0100, s0101
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passages 99-101
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Units s0107
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 107

Events and relationships

Campaigned against
AD 426 元嘉三年 · Military · Commander · With Xie Hui (謝晦)
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 289
Grieved for
AD 430 七年 · Personal · Mourner · With Wang Tanshou (王曇首)
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 106

Assessments and attributes

Assessment called Tanshou a ridgebeam who could not be discarded · With Wang Tanshou (王曇首) · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Wen (太祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 99

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 63Volume 63 Biographies 23: Wang Hua, Wang Tanshou, Yin Jingren, Shen Yanzhi · 7 passages

時兄弘錄尚書事，又為揚州刺史，曇首為上所親委，任兼兩宮。 At that time his elder brother Hong headed the secretariat and was also governor of Yangzhou, while Tanshou was the emperor's personal confidant with duties spanning both palaces.

曇首固乞吳郡，太祖曰：「豈有欲建大廈而遺其棟樑者哉？ Tanshou pressed hard for an appointment in Wu Commandery. The emperor said, "Who would build a great hall and throw away its ridgebeam?

時弘久疾，屢遜位，不許。 By then Hong had been ill for a long time and had repeatedly asked to step down, but the emperor would not allow it.

太祖為之慟，中書舍人周赳侍側，曰：「王家欲衰，賢者先殞。」 The emperor grieved deeply for him. Zhou Qiu, a secretariat drafter, said at his side, "When the Wang house is about to decline, the worthy perish first."

上曰：「直是我家衰耳。」 The emperor said, "It is truly my own house that is failing."

世祖即位，配饗太祖廟庭。 When Emperor Xiaowu came to the throne, Tanshou was given paired sacrifice in the temple of Emperor Wen.

太祖即位，委遇彌厚，俄遷侍中，左衞如故。 When the Taizu took the throne, his trust and favor grew still greater; soon Jingren was promoted to palace attendant while keeping his post as general of the left guards.