Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Wu of Qi 齊武帝

Qi Wudi

Died AD 493

Passages
89
Chapters
20
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wu of Qi as a musician, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 89 passages from 20 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Wu of Qi 齊武帝 Qi Wudi
Title Ancestor, the Martial Emperor 世祖武皇帝
Title Crown Prince 皇太子
Temple Emperor 世祖
Title Emperor Shizu 世祖
Title Emperor Shizu 世祖 Shìzǔ
Temple Emperor Wu 武帝
Temple name Emperor Wu 武帝
Title Emperor Wu 武帝
Regnal name Emperor Wu 武帝 Wǔdì
Title Emperor Wu 武皇 Wuhuang
Title Emperor Wu
Title Emperor Wu 世祖
Title Emperor Wu Emperor Wu
Temple Emperor Wu 世祖 Shìzǔ
Temple name Emperor Wu 世祖 Shizu
Temple name Emperor Wu of Qi 武帝 Wǔdì
Temple name Emperor Wu of Qi 武帝
Title Emperor Wu of Qi 齊武帝 Qí Wǔdì
Temple name Emperor Wu of Qi 齊武帝
Personal name Emperor Wu of Qi 齊武帝 Qi Wudi
Title Heir 儲君
Posthumous Martial Emperor 武皇帝 Wǔ Huángdì
Title Prince of Qi 齊王
Temple name Qi Wudi 齊武帝 Qi Wudi
Title Sage Emperor 聖上
Temple Shizu 世祖 Shizu
Temple Shizu 世祖 Shìzǔ
Temple name Shizu 世祖 Shìzǔ
Temple name Shizu 世祖 Shizu
Temple name Shizu 世祖
Title the Emperor 世祖
Temple name Wudi 武帝 Wudi
Personal Xiao Ze 蕭賾 Xiāo Zé

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Musician
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 世祖崩 · Western Year: AD 493
    Explicit · nanqishu:004:s0012

Attested activity

Family

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  • Sibling of Xiao Ni (蕭嶷)
    Kinship Term: brotherly bond / 友于 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: uncertain
  • Spouse of Consort Mu (穆妃)
    Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: widowed
    Union Category: marriage
  • Parent of Crown Prince Wenhui (文惠太子)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: crown prince / 太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Princess Changcheng (長城公主)
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
  • Child of Emperor Gao of Qi (齊高帝)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: Shizu succeeding Taizu / 世祖 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Child of Emperor Gao (高帝)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Parent of Duke of Wenxi (聞喜公)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

  • Kind: administrative · Role: sovereign · Action: added-double-canopy-and-qilin-head
    Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0046
  • Kind: biographical · Role: participant · Action: appointed Jiang Bi reader to Prince Zilin
    Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0209
  • Kind: political · Role: petitioner · Action: asked-to-kill · Other Person Id: Xie Fei (謝朏)
    Explicit · liangshu:015:s0036
  • Kind: ritual · Role: subject · Action: mourning-taboo-suppress-music · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 建武二年 · Western Year: AD 495
    Explicit · nanqishu:010:s0170
  • Kind: political · Role: enforcer · Action: ordered-demolition-of-excess · Place: Eastern Palace / 東宮
    Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0124
  • Kind: biographical · Role: participant · Action: sent Zhu Qianzhi west with Cao Hu to prevent further blood feud
    Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0152

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: spent from private stores on palace luxury · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · nanqishu:020:s0086

Source notes

  • Historicity: historical
    Explicit · liangshu:037:s0118
  • Statement: Associated with Southern Qi (南齊); polity id not supplied in packet. · Label: Southern Qi / 南齊
    Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0193

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 15Volume 15: Xie Fei; Xie Lan · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 19Volume 19: Zong Guai; Liu Tan; Yue Ai · 2 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 31Volume 31: Yuan Ang; Yuan Junzheng · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 37Volume 37: Xie Ju; He Jingrong · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 42Volume 42: Zang Dun; Zang Jue; Fu Qi · 1 passage
Book of Liang, Chapter 52Volume 52: The Self-Sufficient · 2 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Prince of Yulin · 11 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Prince of Hailing · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 10Volume 10 Treatises 2: Rituals 1 · 2 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 17Volume 17 Treatises 9: Caraiges and Dress · 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 20Volume 20 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 6 passages
上數遊幸諸苑囿,載宮人從後車,宮內深隱,不聞端門鼓漏聲,置鍾於景陽樓上,宮人聞鍾聲,早起裝飾,至今此鍾唯應五鼓及三鼓也。 The emperor often toured the royal parks with palace women in the train behind his carriage. Deep inside the palace the drum and clepsydra at the Duan Gate could not be heard, so a bell was hung on Jingyang Tower. At its stroke the women rose early to dress—to this day it sounds only at the fifth watch and the third.
世祖嗣位,運藉休平,壽昌前興,鳳華晚搆,香柏文檉,花梁繡柱,雕金鏤寶,頗用房帷,趙瑟吳趨,承閑奏曲,歲費傍恩,足使充牣,事由私蓄,無損國儲。 When Shizu succeeded, the age rested on peace—Shouchang rose early, Fenghua late; fragrant cypress and patterned rafters, painted beams and embroidered pillars, carved gold and set gems crowded the curtained halls; Zhao zithers and Wu songs filled idle hours; yearly outlays from side revenues overflowed the vaults—paid from private stores, never touching the state coffers.
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 21Volume 21 Biographies 2: Crown Prince Wenhui · 9 passages
升明三年,太祖將受禪,世祖已還京師,以襄陽兵馬重鎮,不欲處他族,出太子爲持節、都督雍梁二州、郢州之竟陵、司州之隨郡軍事、左中郎將、寧蠻校尉、雍州刺史。 In Shengming year 3, as Xiao Daocheng prepared to accept the throne, Emperor Wu was already in the capital. Xiangyang held the empire's horses and arms, and he would not trust another house with it—so he sent the prince out as bearer of the staff, superintendent of Yong and Liang, of Jingling in Ying and Sui in Si, left central commander, colonel pacifying the barbarians, and inspector of Yong.
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 31Volume 31 Biographies 12: Jiang Mi, Xun Boyu · 14 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies 17: Xie Chaozong, Liu Xiang · 10 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao · 7 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 48Volume 48 Biographies 29: Yuan Tuan, Kong Zhigui, Liu Hui · 5 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 36: Filial Piety · 5 passages
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 37: Trusted Officials · 8 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 1 passage