Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Xuan 宣帝

Xuan

Attested AD 550 - AD 559

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xuan was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 559 文宣在位
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 184

Family

Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 184

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 184

Events and relationships

Sons failed to take throne
Political · Subject
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 39, passage 184

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 39Volume 39 Biographies 31: Cui Jishu; Zu Ting · 1 passage

與陸媼言於帝曰：「襄、宣、昭三帝，其子皆不得立，今至尊猶在帝位者，實由祖孝徵。 With Dame Lu he told the emperor, "Of Emperors Xiang, Xuan, and Zhao, not one son could take the throne. That the Present Sovereign still sits there is truly Zu Xiaozheng's doing.