Emperor Xiaomin (孝閔皇帝)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Xiaomin as an aristocrat and ruler. This record brings together 32 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Emperor Xiaomin	孝閔皇帝	Xiaomin huangdi
Title	Duke of Lueyang	略陽郡公
Title	Duke of Lueyang	略陽公
Title	Duke of Lueyang	略陽公	Lueyang gong
Title	Duke of Zhou	周公
Posthumous name	Emperor Min	孝閔帝	Xiaomindi
Temple name	Emperor Xiaomin	孝閔皇帝
Title	Emperor Xiaomin	孝閔帝	Xiaomin di
Regnal	Emperor Xiaomin	孝閔
Title	Emperor Xiaomin	孝閔	Xiaomin
Title	Heavenly King	天王
Title	heir to the Duke of Anding	安定公世子
Given	Jue	覺	Jue
Courtesy name	Tuoluoni	陁羅尼	Tuoluoni
Personal name	Yuwen Jue	宇文覺	Yuwen Jue

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Sex: male
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Roles

Aristocrat
Ruler

Life and dates

Birth

Date: Source Date: Text: 大統八年 · Western Year: AD 542 · Place: Tong Province government quarters / 同州官舍
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Death

Date: Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557 · Manner: assassination · Age: Value: 16 · Reckoning: sui
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Age

Value: 9 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九歲 · Western Year: AD 550
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Value: 16 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 時年十六 · Western Year: AD 557
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557
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Source Date: Text: 大統八年 · Western Year: AD 542
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Source Date: Text: 孝閔帝踐祚 · Western Year: AD 557
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Source Date: Text: 孝閔帝踐阼 · Western Year: AD 557
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Source Date: Text: 孝閔踐阼 · Western Year: AD 557
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Source Date: Text: 孝閔踐阼 · Western Year: AD 557
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Source Date: Text: 建德初 · Western Year: AD 572
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Source Date: Text: 魏恭帝三年 · Western Year: AD 556
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Family

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Child of Emperor Wen of Zhou (周文帝)
Kinship Term: bore Emperor Min / 生孝閔帝 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 3 · Line: paternal
Child of Empress Yuan (元皇后)
Kinship Term: bore / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Spouse of Lady Yuan (元氏)
Kinship Term: empress / 王后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: formed
Descendant of Duke Xianhou (獻侯)
Kinship Term: founding ancestor / 始祖
Spouse of Yuan Humo (元胡摩)
Kinship Term: married / 尚 · Union Category: marriage

Kinship Role: elder-brothers · Count: 2
Strongly inferred · zhoushu:003:s0001

Career and standing

Label: General-in-Chief / 大將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四月 · Western Year: AD 556
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Label: Grand Chancellor / 大冢宰 · Action: succeeded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏恭帝三年十月丙子 · Western Year: AD 556
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Label: Grand Preceptor / 太師 · Action: succeeded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏恭帝三年十月丙子 · Western Year: AD 556
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Title: heir to the Duke of Anding / 安定公世子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏恭帝三年三月 · Western Year: AD 556
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Title: Duke of Lueyang commandery / 略陽郡公 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九歲 · Western Year: AD 550
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Title: Duke of Zhou / 周公 · Action: enfeoffed · Place: Qiyang / 岐陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏恭帝三年十二月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 556
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Title: Emperor Xiaomin / 孝閔皇帝 · Action: posthumously-honored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及武帝誅護後 · Western Year: AD 572
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Title: Heavenly King / 天王 · Date: Source Date: Text: 元年春正月辛丑 · Western Year: AD 557
Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0143
Date Context: Source Date: Text: 踐祚 · Western Year: AD 557
Explicit · zhoushu:009:s0169
Action: forced-abdication · Authority Person Id: Hu (護) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年 · Western Year: AD 557
Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0125, zhoushu:003:s0126
Date Context: Source Date: Text: 孝閔帝廢 · Western Year: AD 557
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Date Context: Source Date: Text: 帝被廢 · Western Year: AD 557
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Places and affiliations

Label: Northern Zhou / 周 · Relation: ruled
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Label: Western Wei / 魏 · Relation: served
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Place: Tong Province / 同州 · Relation: born-at
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Works and attributed material

Kind: edict · Role: author · Quoted: true
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Kind: quotation · Role: speaker · Source Work: Documents / 書 · Quoted: true
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Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: took-throne · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年春正月辛丑 · Western Year: AD 557
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Relation: resented · Person Id: Hu (護)
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: firm and decisive · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Assessment: inherited a settled realm and received willing acclaim; accession not inferior to Wei and Jin foundings · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Assessment: swift calamity was fitting given ministerial dominance · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · zhoushu:003:s0140, zhoushu:003:s0141, zhoushu:003:s0142
Item: Jingling mausoleum / 靜陵 · Relation: buried-at
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