Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Xiaoming of Wei as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 20 passages from 11 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Xiaoming of Wei | 魏孝明帝 | Wei Xiaomingdi |
| Temple name | Emperor Suzong | 肅宗 | Sùzōng |
| Temple | Emperor Suzong | 肅宗 | Suzong |
| Title | Emperor Suzong | 肅宗 | |
| Temple name | Emperor Xiaoming | 孝明 | Xiaoming |
| Posthumous | Emperor Xiaoming | 孝明 | Xiàomíng |
| Title | Emperor Xiaoming | 肅宗 | |
| Temple name | Emperor Xiaoming | 孝明 | |
| Personal name | Emperor Xiaoming of Wei | 魏孝明 | |
| Temple | Suzong | 肅宗 | Sùzōng |
| Temple name | Suzong | 肅宗 | Suzong |
| Temple name | Suzong | 肅宗 | Sùzōng |
| Temple | Suzong | 肅宗 | Suzong |
| Title | Wei emperor | 魏帝 | |
| Personal name | Xiaoming | 肅宗 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: male
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 北鎮反亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 523 · End: AD 528Explicit event contextual date · weishu:093:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 孝昌三年九月 · Western Year: AD 527Explicit · weishu:111:s0262, weishu:111:s0263
- Source Date: Text: 孝明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 正光中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 525
- Source Date: Text: 正光五年 · Western Year: AD 524Explicit event contextual date · weishu:110:s0013, weishu:110:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 正光元年七月 · Western Year: AD 520Explicit · weishu:027:s0143
- Source Date: Text: 神龜二年十一月乙酉 · Western Year: AD 519Explicit · weishu:111:s0259
- Source Date: Text: 肅宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528Explicit · weishu:024:s0080, weishu:096:s0257
- Source Date: Text: 肅宗世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528Explicit · weishu:081:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 肅宗初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 516Explicit · weishu:027:s0124
- Source Date: Text: 肅宗初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 515 · End: AD 528Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0038
- Source Date: Text: 魏正光中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 520 · End: AD 525Explicit · zhoushu:018:s0082
Family
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- Child of Empress Dowager Ling (靈太后)Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太後 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Places and affiliations
- Label: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: ruledExplicit · zhoushu:018:s0082
- Polity: Northern Wei / 北魏 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · weishu:111:s0259
- Polity: Northern Wei / 北魏 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · weishu:096:s0257
Works and attributed material
- Work: Basic Annals of Suzong (Wei shu fascicle 9) / 卷九肅宗紀 · Relation: subject-ofExplicit · weishu:111:s0259, weishu:111:s0262
- Explicit · beiqishu:026:s0007
Events and relationships
- Explicit · weishu:096:s0257
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: praised Xue Chu and bestowed silk · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Other Person Id: Xue Jun (薛琡)Explicit · beiqishu:026:s0013
Source notes
- Statement: Collation cites fascicle 9 Basic Annals of Suzong to restore missing 'second year' before an eleventh-month entry (Shengui 2) and to date an event to Xiaochang 3 rather than year 2.
References in the histories
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