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
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Musician
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 世祖崩 · Western Year: AD 493Explicit · nanqishu:004:s0012
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 延興元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:005:s0077
- Source Date: Text: 世祖即位 · Western Year: AD 482Explicit · nanqishu:021:s0048
- Source Date: Text: 世祖卽位 · Western Year: AD 482Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:004:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 世祖卽位 · Western Year: AD 482Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0047, nanqishu:036:s0043
- Source Date: Text: 世祖永明初 · Western Year: AD 483Explicit · nanqishu:017:s0046
- Source Date: Text: 十一年春正月 · Western Year: AD 493Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:021:s0114
- Source Date: Text: 升明三年 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:021:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 宋元徽末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 476 · End: AD 477Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:021:s0006
- Source Date: Text: 宋末 · Western Year: AD 479Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:042:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 建元二年 · Western Year: AD 480Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:010:s0026, nanqishu:010:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 建武二年 · Western Year: AD 495Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:010:s0170
- Source Date: Text: 武帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 482 · End: AD 493Explicit · liangshu:019:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 武帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:017:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 武帝言於高帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 482Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:015:s0036
- Source Date: Text: 永明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493
- Source Date: Text: 永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:020:s0032, nanqishu:055:s0152
- Source Date: Text: 永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493Explicit · nanqishu:056:s0112
- Source Date: Text: 永明元年 · Western Year: AD 483Explicit · nanqishu:031:s0140
- Source Date: Text: 永明十一年 · Western Year: AD 493Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:004:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 齊武帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 482 · End: AD 493Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 齊武帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493Explicit · liangshu:052:s0042
- Source Date: Text: 齊武帝世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 482 · End: AD 493Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0118
- Source Date: Text: 齊武帝崩 · Western Year: AD 493Explicit · liangshu:052:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 齊永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493Explicit · liangshu:031:s0013
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
- Action: pardoned · Subjects: Zhu Xuanzhi (朱選之)Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0155
Places and affiliations
- Label: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: ruledExplicit · nanqishu:021:s0048
- Polity: Southern Qi · Relation: ruledExplicit · nanqishu:017:s0046
- Polity: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · nanqishu:005:s0077
- Polity: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: ruledExplicit · liangshu:042:s0007
- Polity: Southern Qi · Relation: ruledExplicit · nanqishu:010:s0026
Works and attributed material
- Work: Merchant's Song / 估客樂 · Relation: authorExplicit · xintangshu:022:s0039
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yuan Ang (袁昂) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 齊永明中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 483 · End: AD 493Explicit · liangshu:031:s0013
- Explicit · nanqishu:036:s0103
- Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0189, nanqishu:047:s0190
- Kind: edict · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: document · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝) · Subject Person Id: Xiao Ruiming (蕭叡明)
- Kind: edict · Role: author · Quoted: trueExplicit · nanqishu:036:s0100, nanqishu:036:s0101
- Kind: edict · Role: authorExplicit · nanqishu:021:s0096, nanqishu:021:s0097
- Explicit · nanqishu:047:s0067, nanqishu:047:s0068
- Explicit · liangshu:017:s0011
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Provenance: Mode: direct-speech · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu of Qi (齊武帝)Explicit · nanqishu:055:s0154
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: sovereign · Action: added-double-canopy-and-qilin-headExplicit · nanqishu:017:s0046
- Kind: biographical · Role: participant · Action: appointed Jiang Bi reader to Prince ZilinExplicit · nanqishu:055:s0209
- 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 495Explicit · 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 feudExplicit · nanqishu:055:s0152
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: spent from private stores on palace luxury · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · nanqishu:020:s0086
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · 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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