Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Wu 高祖

Gāozǔ

Attested AD 531 - AD 548

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Wu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 548 二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 29, passages 35-36
AD 531 服闋後（簡王薨後）
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 29, passages 55, 57-58

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 36

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0058 · With Yili (乂理)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 58

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Liang 29, passage 36

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 29Volume 29: Three Princes of Gaozu · 4 passages

方得進路，臺城陷，侯景遣前臨江太守董紹先以高祖手敕召會理，其僚佐咸勸距之。 He had barely secured his line of advance when the imperial city fell. Hou Jing sent the former administrator of Linjiang, Dong Shaoxian, to summon Huili with a personal edict in Emperor Wu's hand. His officers all urged him to refuse.

會理曰：「諸君心事，與我不同，天子年尊，受制賊虜，今有手敕召我入朝，臣子之心，豈得違背。 Huili said, "Your intentions are not mine. The emperor is old and in the rebels' power. Now I have his own edict summoning me to court. How could a loyal subject refuse?

服闋後，見高祖，又悲泣不自勝。 After mourning ended, when he saw Emperor Wu, he wept again until he could not control himself.

高祖爲之流涕，謂左右曰：「此兒大必爲奇士。」 Emperor Wu wept as well and told his attendants, "When this boy grows up, he will surely be a remarkable man."