Gao Rui (高叡) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Rui was a Northern Qi prince, general, and statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xuba	須拔	Xuba

Life and dates

Death

AD 565 天統中
Strangled · At Hualin Garden Sparrow-Departure Cloister 華林園雀離佛院 · Age Value: 36 · Reckoning: Sui · Executor Person Id Liu Taozhi (劉桃枝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 109
AD 565 to AD 569 後主嗣位後
Cause Killed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 38, passage 90
executed for disloyalty 召入而殺之
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 50, passage 88

Age

36
Reckoning Sui · At death
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 109
17
Reckoning Sui · At governorship of Ding
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 48

Attested activity

AD 560 乾明元年二月己亥
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 35
AD 565 to AD 568 after Wucheng death
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 101
AD 565 世祖崩後
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 40, passage 39
AD 560 乾明元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 137
AD 561 大寧元年十一月乙卯
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 7, passage 15
AD 555 天保六年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 51

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AD 565 to AD 569 天統中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 13, passages 79, 109
AD 549 to AD 550 武定末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 45
AD 564 河清三年五月壬午
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 7, passage 71
AD 562 河清元年秋七月丁酉
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 7, passage 35
AD 561 皇建二年十一月
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 6, passages 102, 121
AD 560 皇建初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 75
AD 560 to AD 565 趙郡王叡
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 38, passage 71
AD 551 顯祖受禪 / 天保二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 13, passages 46, 48
AD 539 to AD 542 魏興和中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 18
AD 550 to AD 577 齊世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 155

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Daughter of Zheng Shuzu
consort 妃 · Ended
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 155
Kin of Lady Zheng (鄭氏)
cousin's child 姨兒
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 20
Kin of Youniang (遊娘)
foster mother 母之 · Foster parentage
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 17
Spouse of Daughter of Zheng Shuzu (鄭述祖女)
marry 娶 · Marriage
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 40
Child of Princess Huayang (華陽公主)
mother 母
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 19
Kin of Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)
paternal cousin 同堂弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 6, passage 121
Child of Gao Chen (高琛)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 16
Parent of Gao Zhengxin (高整信)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 112
Spouse of Daughter of Zheng Daoyin
wife 妻
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 29, passage 157

Kinship Role children · Count 1 · wife and children (plural children, exact count unstated)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 103

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Equal in Protocol to the Three Ducal Ministers 儀同三司
AD 552 天保三年 · Added
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 50
Added
Labels Opener of a Government Office Equal in Protocol to the Three Ducal Ministers 開府儀同三司, Grand General of the Agile Cavalry 驃騎大將軍, Grand Protector of the Crown Prince 太子太保
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 74
Left vice-director of the Masters of Writing 尚書左僕射
AD 560 乾明元年二月己亥 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 35
Chief Minister of the Secretariat 尚書令
AD 561 大寧元年十一月乙卯 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 7, passage 15
Appointed
AD 556 天保七年 · Labels Area Commander of Military Affairs in Cang, Ying, You, An, Ping, and Dongyan Provinces 都督滄瀛幽安平東燕六州諸軍事, Governor of Cang Province 滄州刺史
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 62
Appointed
AD 551 天保二年 · Labels Governor of Ding Province 定州刺史, General Who Pacifies the Army 撫軍將軍, Area Commander-in-Chief of Six Provinces 六州大都督
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 48

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Appointed
AD 557 天保八年 · Labels Governor of Beishuo Province 北朔州刺史, Area Commander of Beiyan, Beiwei, Beiheng, and the Long Wall Garrisons 都督北燕北蔚北恒三州及庫推以西黃河以東長城諸鎮諸軍事
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 63
Appointed
AD 561 孝昭臨崩 · Labels Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書令, Supervisor of the Grand Astrologer 監太史, Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince 太子太傅, Commissioner for Deliberating on the Code of Laws 議律令
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 76
Crown Prince's Junior Attendant 太子庶子
AD 549 to AD 550 武定末 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 45
Acting Administrator of Bing Province 行幷州事
AD 560 皇建初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 75
left chief administrator 左長史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 137
Appointed
Labels Acting Director of the Grand Clan Court 攝宗正卿, Grand Commandant 太尉, Supervisor of Deliberations on the Five Rites 監議五禮
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 85
Appointed
Labels Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書令, Acting Director of the Grand Clan Court 攝大宗正卿
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 78
Appointed
Labels Minister of Works 司空, Acting Recorder of Affairs of the Masters of Writing 攝錄尚書事
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 82
Appointed
Labels Palace Attendant 侍中, Acting Chief Administrator of the Great Area Commander's Office 攝大都督府長史
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 68
Left Vice Director of the Masters of Writing 尚書左僕射
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 6, passage 102
Transferred
AD 559 天保十年 · Labels Equal in Protocol to the Three Ducal Ministers 儀同三司, Palace Attendant 侍中, General 將軍, Chief Administrator 長史
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 73
Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry 散騎常侍
AD 550 顯祖受禪 · Transferred
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 46
Duke of Fuyang Commandery 浮陽郡公
AD 561 孝昭臨崩 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 76
Duke of Xuancheng Commandery 宣城郡公
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 84
Duke of Yingchuan Commandery 潁川郡公
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 77
Prince of Zhao Commandery 趙郡王
AD 550 受禪時 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 46
Prince of Zhao Commandery 趙郡王
AD 550 顯祖受禪 · Advanced · Fief Households 1200
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 46
Prince of Zhao Commandery 趙郡王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 101; Book of Northern Qi 31, passage 137
Prince of Zhaojun 趙郡王
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 35
Duke of Southern Zhao Commandery 南趙郡公
AD 539 to AD 542 魏興和中 · Inherited
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 18
Strangled
Execution · Authority Empress Hu (胡皇后)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 109

Places and affiliations

Northern Qi 北齊
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 46
AD 551 天保二年
At Ding Province 定州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 48

Learning and skills

Belief Buddhism 佛 · Relation Practice in mourning
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 33
Skill administrative discernment 知人之鑒 · Level noted
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 47

Works and attributed material

Essential Words 要言
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 86
Memorial · Author · With Gao Wei (高緯)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 87
Speech · Speaker · With Empress Hu (胡皇后)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passages 93, 96
Speech · Speaker · With Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 23
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 50, passage 61
Speech · Addressee
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 6, passage 121

Events and relationships

Opposed He Shikai remaining in inner appointment
Political · Memorialist · With He Shikai (和士開)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 87
Plotted to remove
Political · Conspirator · With He Shikai (和士開)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 50, passage 60
Seized and strangled
Legal · Victim · With Liu Taozhi (劉桃枝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 109
Supervised Long Wall construction
AD 555 天保六年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 51
Relation Colleague of · Person Gao Run (高潤)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 87

Assessments and attributes

Assessment court and countryside grieved the injustice of his death · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 110
Assessment filial by nature beyond Gao Huan's sons · Mode named-speaker Speaker Gao Huan (高歡)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 28
stood seven feet; imposing bearing
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 47
Item Prince of Zhao Commandery Spring 趙郡王泉 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 13, passage 65

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Fei · 1 passage

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二月己亥，以太傅、常山王演爲太師、錄尚書事，以太尉、長廣王湛爲大司馬、幷省錄尚書事，以尚書左僕射、平秦王歸彥爲司空，趙郡王叡爲尚書左僕射。 In the second month, on jihai, Prince Yan of Changshan, then grand tutor, was appointed grand preceptor and recorder of the Masters of Writing. Prince Zhan of Changguang, then grand commandant, became grand marshal and recorder of the Masters of Writing in the Bingzhou administration. Prince Guiyan of Pingqin, left vice director of the Masters of Writing, became minister of works, and Prince Rui of Zhaojun became left vice director.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiaozhao · 2 passages

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右丞相、長廣王湛研機測化，體道居宗，人雄之望，海內瞻仰，同胞共氣，家國所憑，可遣尚書左僕射、趙郡王叡喻旨，征王統茲大寶。 Prince Zhan of Changguang, right chancellor, understands hidden workings and change, embodies the Way, and stands foremost among the clan. The whole realm looks to him as a hero among men. Born of the same mother and sharing the same breath, he is the support of house and state. Send Prince Rui of Zhaojun, left vice director of the Masters of Writing, to convey my intent and summon him to take charge of the throne.

趙郡王叡與厙狄顯安侍坐，帝曰：「須拔我同堂弟，顯安我親姑子，今序家人禮，除君臣之敬，可言我之不逮。」 Prince of Zhao Gao Rui and Kudi Xian'an were seated in attendance. The emperor said, "Xu Ba is my cousin; Xian'an is my aunt's son. Today we observe family etiquette and put aside the formalities of ruler and subject—you may tell me where I fall short."

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Emperor Wucheng · 3 passages

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乙卯，以司徒、平秦王歸彥為太傅，以尚書右僕射、趙郡王叡為尚書令，以太尉尉粲為太保，以尚書令段韶為大司馬，以豐州刺史婁叡為司空，乙太傅、平陽王淹為太宰，以太保、彭城王浟為太師、錄尚書事，以冀州刺史、博陵王濟為太尉，以中書監、任城王潛為尚書左僕射，以幷州刺史斛律光為右僕射，封孝昭皇帝太子百年為樂陵郡王。 On the yimao day, the emperor reshuffled the highest offices: Prince Guiyan of Pingqin, Minister over the Masses, became Grand Tutor; Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery, Right Vice Director of the Secretariat, became Chief Minister of the Secretariat; Grand Commandant Wei Can became Grand Guardian; Duan Shao became Grand Marshal; Lou Rui became Minister of Works; Prince Yan of Pingyang became Grand Minister; Prince You of Pengcheng became Grand Preceptor and Recorder of the Affairs of the Secretariat; Prince Ji of Boling became Grand Commandant; Prince Qian of Rencheng became Left Vice Director of the Secretariat; Hulu Guang became Right Vice Director of the Secretariat; and Emperor Xiaozhao's crown prince Bainian was made Prince of Leling Commandery.

丁酉，以大司馬段韶為太傅，以司空婁叡為司徒，乙太傅、平陽王淹為太宰，以尚書令斛律光為司空，以太子太傅、趙郡王叡為尚書令，中書監、河間王孝琬為尚書左僕射。 On the dingyou day, Grand Marshal Duan Shao was made Grand Tutor; Minister of Works Lou Rui was made Minister over the Masses; Grand Tutor and Prince Yan of Pingyang was appointed Grand Preceptor; Chief Minister of the Secretariat Hulu Guang was made Minister of Works; Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince and Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery was made Chief Minister of the Secretariat; and Director of the Secretariat and Prince Xiaowan of Hejian was made Left Vice Director of the Secretariat.

壬午，以尚書令、趙郡王叡為錄尚書事，以前司徒婁叡為太尉。 On the renwu day, Director of the Masters of Writing Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery was appointed recorder of the affairs of the Masters of Writing, and the former Minister over the Masses Lou Rui was appointed grand commandant.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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武成崩，尊為皇太后，陸媼及和士開密謀殺趙郡王叡，出婁定遠、高文遙為刺史。 When Wucheng died she was honored as Empress Dowager; Nurse Lu and He Shikai secretly plotted to kill Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery and sent out Lou Dingyuan and Gao Wenyao as governors.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 13Volume 13 Biographies 5: Gao Chen; Gao Rui (Northern Qi); Gao Yue (Northern Qi); Gao Mai · 41 passages

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趙郡王琛子叡清河王岳子勱 Prince Chen of Zhao Commandery (Gao Chen); his son Rui (Gao Rui); Prince Yue of Qinghe (Gao Yue); his son Mai (Gao Mai)

子叡嗣。 His son Rui succeeded.

叡小名須拔，生三旬而孤，聰慧夙成，特為高祖所愛，養於宮中，令遊娘母之，恩同諸子。 Rui's childhood name was Xuba; he was orphaned at thirty days, precocious and clever from infancy, and was especially loved by Gao Huan; he was raised in the palace and entrusted to Youniang as foster mother, receiving favor equal to the other sons.

有鄭氏者，叡母之從母姊妹之女，戲語叡曰：「汝是我姨兒，何因倒親遊氏。」 There was a Lady Zheng, daughter of a maternal cousin of Rui's mother, who playfully said to Rui, "You are my cousin's child — why do you instead show affection for the You clan?"

叡因問訪，遂精神不怡。 Rui thereupon made inquiries, and his spirits grew troubled.

叡對曰：「兒無患苦，但聞有所生，欲得暫見。」 Rui replied, "Your son has no illness or pain — I only heard that I have a birth mother, and wish to see her for a time."

叡具陳本末。 Rui fully explained the sequence of events.

高祖命元夫人令就宮與叡相見，叡前跪拜，因抱頭大哭。 Gao Huan ordered Lady Yuan to come to the palace and meet Rui; Rui went forward, knelt and bowed, then embraced her head and wept loudly.

叡初讀《孝經》，至「資於事父」，輒流涕歔欷。 When Rui first read the Classic of Filial Piety, upon reaching "drawing upon in serving one's father" he would weep and sigh.

十歲喪母，高祖親送叡至領軍府，為叡發喪，與聲殞絕，哀感左右，三日水漿不入口。 At ten he lost his mother; Gao Huan personally escorted Rui to the commandant's headquarters, held mourning for him, and wailed until his voice failed — his grief moved those around him, and for three days he took neither water nor food.

由是高祖食必喚叡同案。 From this Gao Huan always summoned Rui to share his table at meals.

高祖崩，哭泣嘔血。 When Gao Huan died, Rui wept until he vomited blood.

叡對曰：「自痛孤遺，常深膝下之慕，方從婚冠，彌用感切。」 Rui replied, "Since I was orphaned early, I have always deeply yearned for the warmth beneath my parents' knees; now, on the eve of cap and marriage, I feel this all the more keenly."

顯祖受禪，進封爵為趙郡王，邑一千二百戶，遷散騎常侍。 When Gao Yang received the abdication, Rui's enfeoffment was advanced to prince of Zhao Commandery with a fief of twelve hundred households, and he was transferred to regular attendant of the scattered cavalry.

叡身長七尺，容儀甚偉，閑習吏職，有知人之鑒。 Rui stood seven feet in height, his bearing very imposing; he was versed in administrative duties and possessed a discerning eye for men.

叡留心庶事，糾摘姦非，勸課農桑，接禮民儁，所部大治，稱為良牧。 Rui attended to all manner of affairs, investigated and exposed wrongdoing, encouraged agriculture and sericulture, received worthy commoners with courtesy, and his jurisdiction was greatly governed — he was called an excellent governor.

六年，詔叡領山東兵數萬監築長城。 In the sixth year an edict ordered Rui to lead tens of thousands of eastern troops to supervise construction of the Long Wall.

于時盛夏六月，叡在途中，屏除蓋扇，親與軍人同其勞苦。 At that time it was the height of summer in the sixth month; Rui was on the road, set aside parasols and fans, and personally shared the labor and hardship with the soldiers.

而定州先有冰室，每歲藏冰，長史宋欽道以叡冒犯暑熱，遂遣輿冰，倍道追送。 Ding Province had formerly possessed an ice house; each year ice was stored, and the chief administrator Song Qindao, because Rui was braving the summer heat, sent a carriage of ice after him at double speed.

叡乃對之嘆息云：「三軍之人，皆飲溫水，吾以何義，獨進寒冰，非追名古將，實情所不忍。」 Rui sighed in response, saying, "The troops all drink warm water — on what grounds should I alone take cold ice? It is not to chase the fame of ancient generals; truly my heart cannot bear it."

叡於是親帥所部，與之俱還，配合州鄉，部分營伍，督帥監領，強弱相持，遇善水草，即為停頓，分有餘，贍不足，屯以全者十三四焉。 Rui thereupon personally led his command and returned together with them, assigning them to their districts and townships, organizing them into companies and squads, with overseers supervising — strong and weak supporting one another; wherever good grass and water were found they halted; surplus was divided and deficiency supplied — of those who encamped along the way, roughly three or four out of ten were preserved intact.

八年，徵叡赴鄴，仍除北朔州刺史，都督北燕、北蔚、北恒三州，及庫推以西黃河以東長城諸鎮諸軍事。 In the eighth year Rui was summoned to Ye and was made governor of Beishuo Province, area commander of Beiyan, Beiwei, and Beiheng, and of the garrison towns along the Long Wall west of Kutui and east of the Yellow River.

叡慰撫新遷，量置烽戍，內防外禦，備有條法，大為兵民所安。 Rui comforted and settled the newly relocated population, measured out beacon towers and garrisons, defended within and guarded without — regulations were complete in every detail, and soldiers and civilians were greatly reassured.

九年，車駕幸樓煩，叡朝於行宮，仍從還晉陽。 In the ninth year the imperial carriage visited Loufan; Rui attended audience at the traveling palace and returned with the emperor to Jinyang.

顯祖特崇其選，乃除叡侍中、攝大都督府長史。 Gao Yang especially honored the selection and made Rui palace attendant and acting chief administrator of the great area commander's office.

叡後因侍宴，顯祖從容顧謂常山王演等曰：「由來亦有如此長史不？ Later, while attending a banquet, Gao Yang casually turned to Prince of Changshan Gao Yan and others and said, "Has there ever been a chief administrator like this?

天統中，追贈叡父琛假黃鉞，母元氏贈趙郡王妃，諡曰貞昭，華陽長公主如故，有司備禮儀就墓拜授。 In the Tiantong era Rui's father Chen was posthumously granted the yellow battle-axe; his mother the Yuan clan was posthumously made princess of Zhao Commandery with the posthumous title Zhenzhao — her title Princess Huayang remained unchanged — and the relevant offices prepared the rites and went to the tomb to invest her by proclamation.

時隆冬盛寒，叡跣步號哭，面皆破裂，嘔血數升。 It was deep winter and bitterly cold; Rui walked barefoot, wailing and crying until his face split open, and he vomited several sheng of blood.

突厥嘗侵軼至幷州，帝親禦戎，六軍進止皆令取叡節度。 The Turks once raided as far as Bing Province; the emperor personally took the field, and the advance and halt of the six armies all followed Rui's command.

叡久典朝政，清真自守，譽望日隆，漸被疏忌，乃撰古之忠臣義士，號曰《要言》，以致其意。 Rui had long managed court politics, kept himself pure and upright, and his reputation rose day by day; he was gradually viewed with distant suspicion, and so he compiled ancient loyal ministers and righteous men in a work called Essential Words to express his intent.

世祖崩，葬後數日，叡與馮翊王潤、安德王延宗及元文遙奏後主云：「和士開不宜仍居內任。」 When Gao Zhan died, several days after the burial, Rui, together with Prince of Fengyi Gao Run, Prince of Ande Gao Yanzong, and Yuan Wenyao, memorialized the Last Emperor, saying, "He Shikai should not continue to hold an inner appointment."

叡正色不許。 Rui with stern countenance would not permit it.

有中官要人知太后密旨，謂叡曰：「太后意既如此，殿下何宜苦違。」 A favored eunuch who knew the empress dowager's secret intent said to Rui, "Since the empress dowager's wish is already thus, why should Your Highness stubbornly oppose it?"

叡曰：「吾國家事重，死且不避，若貪生茍全，令國家擾攘，非吾志也。 Rui said, "Affairs of state and family are weighty — I would not shrink even from death; if I clung to life and sought safety, letting the state fall into turmoil, that is not my intent.

太后令酌酒賜叡。 The empress dowager ordered wine poured and granted to Rui.

叡正色曰：「今論國家大事，非為卮酒！」 Rui with stern countenance said, "We are now discussing great affairs of state — this is not for a cup of wine!"

其夜，叡方寢，見一人可長丈五，臂長丈餘，當門向床，以臂壓叡，良久，遂失所在。 That night Rui lay asleep when he saw a figure some fifteen chi tall, arms more than ten chi long, blocking the doorway and leaning over the bed. The arm pressed down on him a long while — then the apparition was gone.

叡意甚惡之，便起坐獨嘆曰：「大丈夫命運一朝至此！」 The omen filled Rui with dread. He sat up alone and sighed: "A great man's fate — to reach this in a single morning!"

叡曰：「自古忠臣，皆不顧身命，社稷事重，吾當以死效之，豈容令一婦人傾危宗廟。 Rui said, "Loyal ministers since antiquity have never counted their lives; the realm matters more than I — I should die for it. How can I let one woman overturn the altars?

叡曰：「吾上不負天，死亦無恨。」 Rui said, "I owe Heaven; if I die, I die without regret."

入見太后，太后復以為言，叡執之彌固。 He went in to the empress dowager; she argued as before, but Rui would not yield.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 29Volume 29 Biographies 21: Li Hun; Zi Zhan; Hun Dihui; Zuzi Gongxu; Li Yu; Di Jin; Zu Dixiao; Zheng Shuzu; Zi Yuande · 1 passage

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述祖女為趙郡王叡妃。 Shuzu's daughter was consort to Prince of Zhao Commandery Rui.

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有頃，奏趙郡王叡為左長史，晞為司馬。 Before long it was memorialized that Prince of Zhao Commandery Gao Rui be left chief administrator, and Wang Xi be chief marshal.

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及帝大漸，與平秦王歸彥、趙郡王叡等同受顧託，迎立武成。 When the emperor was near death, he and Prince of Pingqin Guiyan, Prince of Zhao Jun Rui, and others received the final charge and installed Gao Zhan.

猶恐其披訴，總召集神武門，令趙郡王叡宣旨唱名，厚加慰喻。 Still fearing they would appeal, he gathered them all at Shenwu Gate and had Prince of Zhao Jun Rui read the edict, call each name, and speak words of comfort.

至後主嗣位，趙郡王叡、婁定遠等謀出和士開，文遙亦參其議。 When the Later Sovereign succeeded, Prince of Zhao Jun Rui, Lou Dingyuan, and others plotted to remove He Shikai; Wenyao joined the plot.

叡見殺，文遙由是出為西兗州刺史。 Rui was killed, and Wenyao was sent out as governor of western Yanzhou.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 40Volume 40 Biographies 32: Yu Jin (Northern Qi); Feng Zicong; Helian Ziyue; Tang Yong; Bai Jian · 2 passages