Emperor Wu (高祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Wu as a ruler. This record brings together 10 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	高祖	Gaozu
Title	Emperor Wu	高祖
Temple name	Gaozu	高祖	Gaozu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liangshu:023:s0003

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0141, liangshu:023:s0092

Family

Sibling of Rong (融)
Kinship Term: brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full
Sibling of Yi (懿)
Kinship Term: elder brother / 長兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
Sibling of Chang (暢)
Kinship Term: fourth younger brother / 第四弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
Sibling of Fu (敷)
Kinship Term: second elder brother / 次兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 2

Places and affiliations

Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0141

Works and attributed material

Kind: edict · Role: author · Other Person Id: Boyou (伯游) · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0092, liangshu:023:s0093
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0077

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: If all my sons and nephews were like Kaye, what would I have to worry about? · Provenance: Mode: named-person-speech · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu (高祖)
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0077
Assessment: praised Ye's Buddhist devotion · Provenance: Mode: named-person-speech · Speaker Person Id: Emperor Wu (高祖)
Explicit · liangshu:023:s0048

References in the histories

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Book of Liang, Chapter 23Volume 23: Ye, Prince of Changsha; Boyou, Prince of Yongyang; Yuanjian, Prince of Hengyang; Xiang, Prince of Guiyang · 10 passages

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長沙嗣王業字靜曠，高祖長兄懿之子也。 Ye, Heir Prince of Changsha, whose style was Jingkuang, was the son of Yi, elder brother of Emperor Wu.

高祖旣至，乃赴于軍，以爲寧朔將軍。 Once Emperor Wu had arrived, he came to join the army and was appointed General Who Pacifies the North.

深信因果，篤誠佛法，高祖每嘉歎之。 He was a devout believer in karmic retribution and sincerely devoted to the Buddhist teachings, which Emperor Wu often praised with admiration.

從幸華林園，於座獻《相風烏》、《華光殿》、《景陽山》等頌，其文甚美，高祖深賞異之。 On an imperial visit to Hualin Garden, he presented at the banquet his odes "The Wind-Measuring Bird," "Huaguang Hall," "Jingyang Mountain," and others. The writing was exquisite, and Emperor Wu admired it greatly.

高祖每歎曰：「子弟並如迦葉，吾復何憂。」 Emperor Wu often sighed and said, 'If all my sons and nephews were like Kaye, what would I have to worry about?'

高祖每以此稱之。 Emperor Wu often praised him for this.

永陽嗣王伯游字士仁，高祖次兄敷之子。 Boyou, Heir Prince of Yongyang, styled Shiren, was the son of Fu, Gaozu's second elder brother.

高祖即位，追贈侍中、司空，封永陽郡王，諡曰昭。 When Gaozu took the throne, Fu was posthumously granted the offices of Attendant-in-Ordinary and Minister of Works, enfeoffed as Prince of Yongyang Commandery, and given the posthumous title Zhao.

衡陽嗣王元簡字熙遠，高祖第四弟暢之子。 Yuanjian, Heir Prince of Hengyang, styled Xiyuan, was the son of Chang, Gaozu's fourth younger brother.

高祖平京邑，贈給事黃門侍郎。 After Gaozu pacified the capital, Rong was posthumously granted the office of Yellow Gate Gentleman for Service.