Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wu of Liang 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 Wu of Liang	梁武帝	Liang Wudi
Personal	Emperor Wu	梁武	Liang Wu
Title	Emperor Wu of Liang	梁武

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:143:s0007

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 顯德二年秋八月 · Lunar Month: 8 · Season: autumn · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:143:s0058

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 1 passage

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臣聞古者燔黍捭豚，尚多質略，近則梁武面牲竹脯，不可宗師，雖好生之德則然，於奉先之儀太劣。 I have heard that in antiquity roasted millet and split pig were offered in a largely plain and simple way; recently Emperor Wu of Liang used bamboo effigies of victims and dried meat—this cannot serve as a model; although the virtue of cherishing life is admirable, for rites honoring ancestors it is far too inferior.