Emperor Xuanwu (宣武)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Xuanwu as a ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Emperor Xuanwu	宣武	Xuanwu
Title	Emperor Xuanwu	宣武	Xuanwu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · beishi:088:s0070

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 宣武嘗召 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 515
Explicit · beishi:088:s0070

References in the histories

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History of the Northern Dynasties, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 76: Recluses · 3 passages

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宣武嘗召以為羽林監，領中書舍人，將令侍講《十地》諸經，固辭不許。 Emperor Xuanwu once summoned him to serve as Supervisor of the Feathered Forest and concurrently Palace Secretary, intending to have him lecture on the Dashabhumi and other sutras, but he firmly refused.

頗以此聞，宣武給其工力，令與沙門統僧暹、河南尹甄深等同視嵩山形勝之處，遂造閒居佛寺。 Word of this spread, and Emperor Xuanwu supplied labor so that Liang, together with the Superintendent of Monks Sengxuan, Intendant of Henan Zhen Shen, and others, might survey the finest sites on Mount Song and build a secluded temple there.

延昌二年冬，因遇篤疾，宣武敕以馬輿送令還山，居嵩高道場寺，數日卒。 In the winter of the second year of Yanchang he suddenly fell gravely ill; Emperor Xuanwu ordered a litter to send him back to the mountains. He took up residence at Songgao Daochang Temple and died within days.