Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Xuanwu of Wei as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 36 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 Xuanwu of Wei | 魏宣武帝 | Wèi Xuānwǔ dì |
| Title | Emperor Shizong | ||
| Temple | Emperor Shizong | 世宗 | Shizong |
| Temple name | Emperor Xuanwu | 宣武 | Xuānwǔ |
| Posthumous | Emperor Xuanwu | 宣武 | Xuānwǔ |
| Temple name | Emperor Xuanwu | 宣武皇帝 | Xuanwu huangdi |
| Title | Emperor Xuanwu | 宣武帝 | |
| Temple | Emperor Xuanwu | 世宗 | Shizong |
| Title | Emperor Xuanwu | 世宗 | |
| Temple | Emperor Xuanwu | 宣武 | Xuanwu |
| Title | Emperor Xuanwu of Wei | 魏宣武 | |
| Temple | Shizong | 世宗 | Shìzōng |
| Temple name | Shizong | 世宗 | Shizong |
| Temple name | Shizong | 世宗 | Shìzōng |
| Temple | Shizong | 世宗 | Shizong |
| Temple name | Xuanwu | 宣武 | Xuanwu |
| Alternate | Xuanwu | 宣武 | Xuanwu |
| Personal | Yuan Ke | 元恪 | Yuan Ke |
| Alternate name | 世祖 | Shizu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · weishu:039:s0143, weishu:093:s0096, weishu:093:s0202, weishu:110:s0007, weishu:111:s0255
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延昌四年正月丁巳 · Western Year: AD 515Explicit · weishu:111:s0147
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 世宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515Explicit · weishu:024:s0012, weishu:092:s0104
- Source Date: Text: 世宗／宣武 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515Explicit · weishu:096:s0276
- Source Date: Text: 世宗初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 500Explicit · weishu:027:s0063
- Source Date: Text: 世宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515Explicit event contextual date · weishu:039:s0143
- Source Date: Text: 世宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 515Explicit event contextual date · weishu:110:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 世宗景明元年…延昌四年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 515Explicit · weishu:111:s0118
- Source Date: Text: 宣武 · Western Year: AD 515Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0017
- Source Date: Text: 宣武中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 499 · End: AD 515Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0110
- Source Date: Text: 延昌二年二月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 513Explicit · weishu:111:s0254, weishu:111:s0255
- Source Date: Text: 正始三年 · Western Year: AD 506Explicit event contextual date · weishu:110:s0158
- Source Date: Text: 永平之中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 508 · End: AD 512Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0050
- Source Date: Text: 清襲祖爵 · Western Interval: Start: AD 450 · End: AD 515Strongly inferred · weishu:093:s0092, weishu:093:s0093
- Source Date: Text: 魏宣武時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 515Explicit · zhoushu:046:s0025, zhoushu:046:s0027
Family
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- Kin of Consort of Chen (琛妃)Kinship Term: maternal uncle's daughter / 舅女 · Line: maternal · Generation Distance: 1
- Kin of Gao Zhao (高肇)Kinship Term: emperor's maternal uncle / 帝舅 · Subject Role: maternal-uncle-by-marriage · Object Role: nephew · Line: maternal
- Child of Emperor Xiaowen (孝文皇帝)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Parent of Imperial son born in Zhengshi 3 (皇子)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Kin of Maternal uncle of Shizong (世宗舅)Kinship Term: maternal uncle / 舅 · Line: maternal · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
- Child of Empress Wenzhao (文昭皇后)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Child of Mother of Shizong (世宗母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological
Places and affiliations
- Label: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: servedExplicit · weishu:039:s0143
- Polity: Northern Wei / 北魏 · Relation: ruledExplicit · weishu:092:s0104
- Polity: Northern Wei / 北魏 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · weishu:111:s0255
- Polity: Northern Wei / 北魏 · Relation: underStrongly inferred · weishu:096:s0276
- Polity: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: ruledExplicit · zhoushu:046:s0025
Works and attributed material
- Work: Basic Annals of Shizong (Wei shu fascicle 8) / 卷八世宗紀 · Relation: subject-ofExplicit · weishu:111:s0255
Source notes
- Field: temple-name · Statement: editions write 世祖; corrected to 世宗; Beishi writes 宣武 · Witness: collation noteExplicit · weishu:096:s0276, weishu:096:s0277
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0001
- Statement: Collation uses fascicle 8 Basic Annals of Shizong to correct a first-month reading to the second month of Yanchang 2, day gengchen.
References in the histories
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