Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Xiaowen 孝文

Xiaowen

Attested AD 493 - AD 493

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xiaowen was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 493 丁巳
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 273
AD 493 壬寅
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 246
AD 493 戊申
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 265
AD 493 魏主南伐；齊世祖殂、鬱林即位之歲
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 202, 246

Career and standing

reduction of noble rank by two grades 降號二等
Demoted · With Wang Xi (王襲)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 269
special pardon 特赦
AD 493 魏主南伐；齊世祖殂、鬱林即位之歲 · Pardoned
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 249, 252

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 246, 263
AD 493 壬寅
At Sizhou 肆州 · Relation Travelled to
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 246
AD 493 戊申
At Bingzhou 并州 · Relation Travelled to
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 265

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Feng Dan (馮誕) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 253
Speech · Speaker · With Prince Xiu of Anding (安定王休) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 250-252

Events and relationships

Appointed commanders
AD 493 魏主南伐；齊世祖殂、鬱林即位之歲 · Military · Sovereign
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 202
Comforted lame and blind and granted lifelong support
Benevolence · Sovereign · At Sizhou 肆州
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 246
Commended
Political · Sovereign · With Wang Xi (王襲)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 266
Decreed crop compensation five hu per mu
AD 493 丁巳 · Administrative · Sovereign
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 273

Assessments and attributes

Assessment The Grand Marshal enforces the law strictly · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Emperor Xiaowen (孝文)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 253
Assessment Wei's worthy sovereign, yet still did such things · Mode commentator-judgment Source Person Id Minister Guang (光)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 263

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 263

References in the histories

Search passages

History

9 passages

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 138Volume 138 Qi Records 4 · 9 passages

壬寅，魏主至肆州，見道路民有跛、眇者，停駕慰勞，給衣食終身。。 On the day renyin the Wei emperor reached Sizhou; seeing common people along the road who were lame or blind, he halted his carriage to comfort and reassure them and granted them food and clothing for life.

魏主行軍遇之，命赦之，休不可，曰：「陛下親御六師，將遠清江表，今始行至此，而小人已為攘盜，不斬之，何以禁奸！」 The Wei emperor encountered this on march and ordered them pardoned; Xiu would not consent and said, "Your Majesty personally leads the six armies and intends soon to clear the lands south of the Yangtze. We have only just set out and arrived here, yet petty men are already plundering—if we do not execute them, how can we check wrongdoing!"

帝曰：「誠如卿言。 The emperor said, "What you say is indeed true.

孝文，魏之賢君，而猶有是乎！。 Emperor Xiaowen was Wei's worthy sovereign, and yet he still did such things!

戊申，魏主至并州。 On the day wushen the Wei emperor reached Bingzhou.

并州刺史王襲，治有聲跡，境內安靜，帝嘉之。 Bingzhou Inspector Wang Xi had a reputation for good governance and kept the region quiet; the emperor commended him.

帝聞而問之，襲對不以實。 When the emperor heard and questioned him, Xi answered not according to the truth.

帝怒，降襲號二等。。 The emperor was angry and reduced Xi's noble rank by two grades.

丁巳，魏主詔車駕所經，傷民秋稼者，畝給谷五斛。。 On the day dingsi the Wei emperor decreed that wherever the imperial procession passed and damaged the people's autumn crops, five hu of grain would be given per mu.