Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler and Royal Family Member

Emperor Yulin 鬱林王

Yùlín Wáng

Attested AD 493

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Yulin was a ruler and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 493 戊寅
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 140, 142-143, 150-151, 154, 157, 168, 172, 179-181

Family

Kin of Lady Yuan (袁氏)
raised by 養於 · Foster parentage
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 179

Kinship Role princes · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 182

Career and standing

Held
Heir apparent
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 140, 170
AD 493 戊寅
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 154

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 154

Events and relationships

Had not yet arrived
AD 493 戊寅 · Court · Absent heir
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 143
Paid respects every other day
AD 493 戊寅 · Court · Visitor
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 140
Remitted taxes and reduced levies
AD 493 癸未 · Fiscal · Sovereign
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 188-189
Resented Wang Rong
AD 493 戊寅 · Political · Resentful sovereign · With Wang Rong (王融)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 157

Assessments and attributes

Assessment deeply mistrusted Ziliang after Wang Rong's plot · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 180
Assessment deeply resented Wang Rong · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 157

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 157
raised from childhood by Ziliang's consort Lady Yuan
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 179

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

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

子良日夜在內，太孫間日參承。。 Ziliang remained inside day and night, while the crown prince came every other day to pay his respects.

太孫未入，內外惶懼，百僚皆已變服。 The crown prince had not yet arrived; court and palace were seized with fear, and all the officials had already changed into mourning dress.

及太孫來，王融戎服絳衫，於中書省閣口斷東宮仗不得進。 When the crown prince arrived, Wang Rong, dressed for battle in a scarlet shirt, blocked the Eastern Palace guard at the Secretariat gate and would not let them pass.

頃之，上復甦，問太孫所在，因召東宮器甲皆入，以朝事委尚書左僕射西昌侯鸞。 Before long the emperor revived and asked where the crown prince was; he then summoned the Eastern Palace guard, weapons and all, and entrusted court affairs to Left Vice Director of the Imperial Secretariat, Marquis of Xichang, Luan.

排之而入，奉太孫登殿，命左右扶出子良； He forced his way in, escorted the crown prince to the throne, and ordered attendants to lead Ziliang away;

由是鬱林王深怨之。。 From that time on Emperor Yulin deeply resented him.

遺詔曰：「太孫進德日茂，社稷有寄。 The testamentary edict said, "The crown prince's virtue grows daily, and the altars of state have one to rely on.

鬱林王之未立也，眾皆疑立子良，口語喧騰。 Before Emperor Yulin was enthroned, everyone suspected that Ziliang would be made emperor, and rumors swirled.

立嫡，則應在太孫。」 if the rightful heir is enthroned, it should be the crown prince."