Emperor Wu of Liang (梁武帝)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wu of Liang as a ruler. This record brings together 9 passages 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
Title	Emperor Wu	武帝
Temple name	Emperor Wu of Liang	梁武帝
Title	Liang ruler	梁主

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:033:s0002

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 太清中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549
Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:033:s0002, beiqishu:033:s0005

Family

Sibling of Xiao Yi (蕭懿)
Kinship Term: eldest brother / 長兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
Sibling of Xiao Hui (蕭恢)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
Sibling of Xiao Wei (蕭偉)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies 25: Xiao Yuanming; Xiao Zhi (Liang); Xiao Tui; Xiao Fang (Liang); Xu Zhicai · 9 passages

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蕭明，蘭陵人，梁武帝長兄長沙王懿之子。 Xiao Ming was from Lanling, son of Prince of Changsha Yi, eldest brother of Emperor Wu of Liang.

在其本朝，甚為梁武所親愛。 In his own court he was greatly beloved by Emperor Wu of Liang.

梁主旣納侯景，詔明率水陸諸軍趨彭城，大圖進取。 After the Liang ruler accepted Hou Jing, an edict ordered Ming to lead land and river forces toward Pengcheng for a major advance.

世宗禮明甚重，謂之曰：「先王與梁主和好十有餘年，聞彼禮佛文，常雲奉為魏主，並及先王，此甚是梁主厚意。 Gao Cheng treated Ming with great courtesy and said to him, "The late king and the Liang ruler were on good terms for more than ten years; I heard that when he performed Buddhist rites he would say he did them for the Wei ruler and for the late king as well—this was truly the Liang ruler's great kindness.

境上之事，知非梁主本心，當是侯景違命扇動耳。 Matters on the border—I know they are not the Liang ruler's true intent; surely Hou Jing defied orders and stirred this up.

於是使人以明書告梁主，梁主乃致書以慰世宗。 Thereupon he had men report to the Liang ruler with Ming's letter; the Liang ruler then sent a letter in reply to comfort Gao Cheng.

蕭祗，字敬式，梁武弟南平王偉之子也。 Xiao Zhi, style Jingshi, was son of Emperor Wu of Liang's younger brother Prince of Nanping Wei.

於時江左承平，政寬人慢，祗獨莅以嚴切，梁武悅之。 At that time the lands east of the Yangtze were at peace; government was lax and people grew slack—Zhi alone governed with severity, and Emperor Wu of Liang was pleased.

蕭退，梁武帝弟司空鄱陽王恢之子也。 Xiao Tui was son of Emperor Wu of Liang's younger brother minister of works Prince of Poyang Hui.