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Emperor Wu 世祖武皇帝

Shizu Wu huangdi

Attested AD 493 - AD 493

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Wu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 493 永明十一年春正月丙子
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4, 20
AD 493 永明十一年春正月
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4-5
AD 493 永明十一年夏四月甲午
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4, 60

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Xiao Zhaoye (蕭昭業)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Strongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 60
Parent of Crown Prince Wenhui (文惠太子)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4, 20

Places and affiliations

AD 493 永明十一年春正月
Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4-5
At Shitou 石頭 · Relation Sojourned at
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 12

Events and relationships

Appointed Cui Huijing to Yu Province to guard against Wei
AD 493 永明十一年春正月 · Military · Appointer · With Cui Huijing (崔慧景)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 15
Appointed Wang Jingze Minister of Works and Chen Xianda governor of Jiang Province
AD 493 永明十一年春正月 · Political · Appointer
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 5
Had three thousand open wagons built at Shitou intending to take Pengcheng by land
Military · Planner
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 12
Rebuked Xiao Ziliang for not reporting the crown prince's excesses
Political · Rebuker · With Xiao Ziliang (蕭子良)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 37
Retitled Eastern Palace civil and military offices as imperial grandson staff
AD 493 永明十一年夏四月甲午 · Political · Organizer
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 60
Saw the Eastern Fields grandeur, raged, and arrested supervising officers
Legal · Authority
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 27

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Sent Lü Wenxian and Cao Daogang with five hundred guards to arrest Wang Huan and ordered Cao Hu to march from Jiangling to Xiangyang
Legal · Authority
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 47
Toured the Eastern Palace after the crown prince's death, raged at the luxuries, and ordered them destroyed
Ritual · Actor
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 36

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 4

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History

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Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 138Volume 138 Qi Records 4 · 11 passages

世祖武皇帝下永明十一年（癸酉，公元四九三年）。 Yongming year 11 of Emperor Wu of Qi (Guiyou, 493 CE).

春，正月，以驃騎大將軍王敬則為司空，鎮軍大將軍陳顯達為江州刺史。 In spring, the first month, Emperor Wu appointed Grand Cavalry General Wang Jingze Minister of Works and General Who Pacifies the Army Chen Xianda governor of Jiang Province.

初，上於石頭造露車三千乘，欲步道取彭城。 Earlier the emperor had had three thousand uncovered wagons built at Shitou, planning to take Pengcheng on foot.

上聞之，以右衛將軍崔慧景為豫州刺史以備之。。 Emperor Wu heard of this and appointed Right Guards General Cui Huijing governor of Yu Province to prepare defenses.

太子風韻甚和，上晚年好游宴，尚書曹事分送太子省之，由是威加內外。。 The crown prince was gentle and even-tempered; as the emperor in his later years grew fond of feasting and travel, memorials from the secretariat were routed to the crown prince for review, and his authority reached throughout the court.

太子性奢靡，治堂殿、園囿過於上宮，費以千萬計，恐上望見之，乃傍門列修竹； The crown prince was extravagant by nature; the halls and gardens he built outdid the imperial palace and cost tens of millions; lest the emperor glimpse them from afar, he lined the gates with tall bamboo;

上性雖嚴，多布耳目，太子所為，人莫敢以聞。 Though the emperor was strict by nature, he had informants everywhere, and no one dared report the crown prince's doings.

上嘗過太子東田，見其壯麗，大怒，收監作主帥； Once, passing the crown prince's Eastern Fields, the emperor saw how grand they were, flew into a rage, and had the supervising officers arrested;

上嘗幸東宮，匆匆不暇藏輦，文景乃以佛像內輦中，故上不疑。 When the emperor once visited the Eastern Palace, there was no time to hide the carriage; Wenjing stuffed a Buddha image inside it, and the emperor suspected nothing.

及太子卒，上履行東宮，見其服玩，大怒，敕有司隨事毀除。 After the crown prince's death, the emperor toured the Eastern Palace, saw his lavish belongings, flew into a rage, and ordered officials to destroy them one by one.

上大怒，遣中書舍人呂文顯、直閣將軍曹道剛將齋仗五百人收奐，敕鎮西司馬曹虎從江陵步道會襄陽。。 The emperor was furious and sent Palace Attendant Lü Wenxian and Direct-Palace General Cao Daogang with five hundred armed guards to arrest Wang Huan, while ordering Pacifying-the-West chief of staff Cao Hu to march overland from Jiangling and rendezvous at Xiangyang.