Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Zhuang of Wei 魏莊帝

Wèi Zhuāngdì

Attested AD 528 - AD 531

Passages
18
Chapters
10
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Zhuang of Wei as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 18 passages from 10 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Zhuang of Wei 魏莊帝 Wèi Zhuāngdì
Temple name Emperor Xiaozhuang 孝莊 Xiàozhuāng
Posthumous name Emperor Xiaozhuang 孝莊
Title Emperor Xiaozhuang 孝莊帝
Title Emperor Xiaozhuang 孝莊
Temple Emperor Xiaozhuang 孝莊
Temple name Emperor Xiaozhuang 孝莊 Xiaozhuang
Alternate Emperor Xiaozhuang
Title Emperor Xiaozhuang of Wei 魏孝莊
Title Emperor Zhuang 莊帝 Zhuāngdì
Temple name Emperor Zhuang 莊帝
Title Emperor Zhuang 莊帝 Zhuāng dì
Title Emperor Zhuang 莊帝 Zhuangdi
Temple name Emperor Zhuang 莊帝 Zhuāngdì
Temple Emperor Zhuang 莊帝 Zhuangdi
Temple Emperor Zhuang 莊帝 Zhuang
Temple Xiaozhuang 孝莊 Xiaozhuang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 孝莊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 531
    Explicit · beiqishu:046:s0036
  • Source Date: Text: 孝莊卽位 · Western Year: AD 528
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:047:s0021
  • Source Date: Text: 孝莊時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 530
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:027:s0099
  • Source Date: Text: 永安 · Western Year: AD 530
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:034:s0036
  • Source Date: Text: 永安初 · Western Year: AD 528
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:028:s0005, beiqishu:028:s0004
  • Source Date: Text: 莊帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 530
    Explicit · weishu:024:s0026
  • Source Date: Text: 莊帝初,封上黨王,尋改馮翊王,後降為郡公 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 530
    Explicit · weishu:030:s0148
  • Source Date: Text: 莊帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 531
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:086:s0004
  • Source Date: Text: 莊帝永安二年三月 · Western Year: AD 529
    Explicit · weishu:111:s0195
  • Source Date: Text: 莊帝踐祚 · Western Year: AD 528
    Explicit · weishu:081:s0156
  • Source Date: Text: 魏孝莊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 528 · End: AD 531
    Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0023

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Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 28Volume 28 Biographies 20: Yuan Tan (Eastern Wei); Yuan Bin; Yuan Xiaoyou; Yuan Huiye; Yuan Bi; Yuan Shao (Eastern Wei) · 5 passages
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 26: Yang Yin; Yan Zixian; Song Qindao; Zheng Yi · 2 passages
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials · 1 passage
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 39: Cruel Officials · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 24Volume 20: Emperor Wencheng's Five Princes · 3 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 27Volume 22: Emperor Xiaowen's Five Princes · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 81Volume 76: Lu Tong, Zhang Lie · 1 passage
Book of Wei, Chapter 86Volume 81: Qi Jun, Shan Wei, Liu Renzhi, Yuwen Zhongzhi · 2 passages
Book of Wei, Chapter 111Volume 105a Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 1 · 1 passage