Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Wu of Southern Qi 齊武帝

Qí Wǔdì

Attested AD 477 - AD 482

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Wu of Southern Qi was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Temple name	Shizu	世祖	Shìzǔ

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 477 to AD 482 昇明至即位前
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 37, passages 47, 57, 59

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Gao of Southern Qi (齊高帝)
Shizu succeeding Taizu 世祖
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 37, passages 42, 47

Places and affiliations

Southern Qi 南齊
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 37, passage 47

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 37Volume 37 Biographies 18: Dao Hui, Liu Quan, Yu Cong, Hu Xiezhi · 5 passages

車駕幸丹陽郡宴飲，撝恃舊，酒後狎侮同列，言笑過度，爲左丞庾杲之所糾，贖論。 When the emperor visited Danyang commandery for a banquet, Hui presumed on their old friendship; drunk, he was overly familiar and insulting toward his colleagues and carried on beyond propriety, and was impeached by Left Assistant Director Yu Gaozhi and fined in lieu of punishment.

歷豫章王鎮西驃騎二府諮議。 He successively served as advisory officer on the staffs of the Prince of Yuzhang's Army That Guards the West and General of Agile Cavalry.

坦美鬚髯，與世祖豫章王有舊。 Tan had a fine beard and whiskers and was on old terms with the future Emperor Wu, then Prince of Yuzhang.

歷遷員外郎，太尉司徒二府參軍，代世祖爲尚書庫部郎。 He rose through the posts of External Clerk and staff officer on the Grand Marshal and Minister of Education staffs, and replaced the future Emperor Wu as Director of the Treasury Bureau in the Ministry of Revenue.

轉桂陽王征北中兵參軍，與世祖同直殿內，爲明帝所親待，由是與世祖款好。 He was transferred to central army staff officer on the Prince of Guiyang's Northern Expedition staff, served on palace duty alongside the future Emperor Wu, won Emperor Ming's personal favor, and thereby became close friends with the future Emperor Wu.