Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Xiaozhuang 孝莊帝

Xiàozhuāng dì

First attested AD 530; died AD 531

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xiaozhuang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

AD 531 建明
Killed · Authority Erzhu Zhao (尒朱兆)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 98

Attested activity

AD 530 孝莊之誅尒朱榮
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 104
AD 530 to AD 531 莊帝被執至遇害
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 1, passages 95, 98

Career and standing

Entered
Captive
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 95

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Active under
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 1, passages 95, 98

Events and relationships

Executed Erzhu Rong
Political · Actor · With Erzhu Rong (尒朱榮)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 104
Secretly ordered Bu Fan rear attack
Political · Issuer · With Helouling Bofan (紇豆陵步藩)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 1, passage 104

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 1Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Shenwu 1 · 5 passages

及兆入洛，執莊帝以北，神武聞之，大驚。 When Zhao entered Luoyang and dragged Emperor Xiaozhuang north as a prisoner, Gao Huan was dismayed.

又使孫騰偽賀兆，因密覘孝莊所在，將劫以舉義，不果。 He sent Sun Teng to offer Zhao false congratulations while secretly seeking Emperor Xiaozhuang's whereabouts, intending to rescue him and raise the banner of revolt—but the plan failed.

乃以書喻之，言不宜執天子以受惡名於海內。 He wrote urging Zhao that holding the emperor captive would earn him infamy throughout the realm.

兆不納，殺帝，而與尒朱世隆等立長廣王曄，改元建明。 Zhao refused to heed him, killed the emperor, and with Erzhu Shilong and others enthroned Ye, Prince of Changguang, changing the era name to Jianming.

初，孝莊之誅尒朱榮，知其黨必有逆謀，乃密敕步藩令襲其後。 Earlier, when Emperor Xiaozhuang killed Erzhu Rong, he knew the Erzhu faction would rebel and secretly ordered Bu Fan to attack them from the rear.