Emperor Wu (武帝) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wu as a ruler. This record brings together 6 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	武帝	Wudi
Title	Emperor Wu	武帝
Title reference	Emperor Wu	武帝

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 明、武時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 578
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Source Date: Text: 武帝將伐齊 / 及平齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 578
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Career and standing

Label: Senior Attendant of the Palace Guard / 侍伯上士 · Action: held · Authority Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝) · Polity: Zhou / 周
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Works and attributed material

Kind: remark · Role: addressee · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yi Louqian (伊婁謙)
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Kind: remark · Role: speaker · Statement: I am about to take up arms. Where should I strike first? · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝)
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Kind: remark · Role: speaker · Statement: My mobilizing of armies was originally waiting for your return; I did not expect that Gao Zun in the middle would prove traitorous, contrary to my long-held intent—the fault is Zun's. · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝)
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Kind: remark · Role: speaker · Statement: You may gather the crowd to spit in his face and let him know shame. · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu (武帝)
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: captured · Place: Bingzhou / 并州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 帝克并州 · Western Year: AD 576
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Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: conquered · Place: Qi / 齊 · With Person Id: Du Zheng (杜整) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 從武帝平齊 · Western Year: AD 577
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Kind: military · Role: planner · Action: consulted-before-campaign · Other Person Id: Yi Louqian (伊婁謙) · Place: Qi / 齊 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝將伐齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 575 · End: AD 577
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Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: handed-over-for-punishment · Other Person Id: Gao Zun (高遵) · Target Person Id: Yi Louqian (伊婁謙) · Detail: left revenge entirely to Qian's discretion
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Kind: military · Role: commander-in-chief · Action: mobilized-troops · Place: Qi / 齊 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 帝尋發兵 · Western Interval: Start: AD 575 · End: AD 577
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Kind: military · Role: authority · Action: sent-crown-prince-on-campaign-against · Other Person Id: Emperor Xuan (宣帝) · Place: Tuyuhun / 吐谷渾 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武帝時，從皇太子西征吐谷渾 · Western Year: AD 576
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: approved Qian's words and desisted from the punishment · Provenance: Mode: narrator-report
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References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 54Volume 54 Biographies 19: Wang Zhangshu, Li Yan, Yi Louqian, Tian Rengong, Yuan Heng, Du Zheng, Li Che, Cui Peng · 6 passages

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武帝將伐齊，引入內殿，從容謂曰：「朕將有事戎馬，何者為先？」 When Emperor Wu prepared to attack Qi, he summoned Qian to the inner hall and asked casually, "I am about to take the field—where should I strike first?"

從武帝平齊，加授上開府，進封淅陽郡公，增邑二千戶，拜幽州總管。 He followed Emperor Wu in the conquest of Qi and was granted senior opened office, raised to duke of Xiyang commandery with an additional two thousand households, and made area commander of Youzhou.

明、武時，曆隴州刺史、禦正大夫、小司馬。 Under Emperors Ming and Wu he served in succession as governor of Longzhou, grand master for rectification, and junior vice minister of war.

從武帝平齊，加上儀同，進爵平原縣公，邑千戶，入為勳曹中大夫。 He followed Emperor Wu in pacifying Qi, was granted senior equal honor, raised to duke of Pingyuan county with a fief of one thousand households, and entered the capital as grand master of the bureau of merits.

武帝時，從皇太子西征吐谷渾，以功賜爵同昌縣男，邑三百戶。 Under Emperor Wu he followed the crown prince on the western campaign against Tuyuhun and for his merit was enfeoffed as viscount of Tongchang county with three hundred households.

周武帝時，為侍伯上士，累轉門正上士。 Under Emperor Wu of Zhou he was senior attendant of the palace guard and rose to senior attendant of the gate guard.