Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Crown prince; later emperor

Gao Wei 高緯

Attested AD 562 - AD 577

Passages
29
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Gao Wei as a general, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 29 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gao Wei 高緯 Gao Wei
Title crown prince 太子
Title Crown Prince 皇太子
Personal name Gao Wei Gao Wei
Title Houzhu 後主 Houzhu
Title Last Emperor 後主 Houzhu
Title Later Sovereign 後主
Title Ruler of Qi 齊主
Title reference the Qi ruler Gao Wei 齊主高緯
Given name Wei Wei
Title young emperor 少帝
Title young lord 少君

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天統元年 · Western Year: AD 565
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:007:s0114
  • Source Date: Text: 天統元年 · Western Year: AD 565
    Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0028
  • Source Date: Text: 武平三年正月 · Western Year: AD 572
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:009:s0124
  • Source Date: Text: 武平元年六月 · Western Year: AD 570
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:009:s0147
  • Source Date: Text: 河清元年正月丙戌 · Western Year: AD 562
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:007:s0021
  • Source Date: Text: 齊主知之 · Western Interval: Start: c. AD 575 · End: c. AD 577
    Strongly inferred · suishu:054:s0068
  • Source Date: Text: 齊主高緯以大軍至 · Western Year: AD 576
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0176
  • Source Date: Text: 齊亡 · Western Year: AD 577
    Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:009:s0118, beiqishu:009:s0126

Family

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  • Child of Empress Hu of Wucheng (胡氏)
    Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: bore Last Emperor / 產後主 · Parentage: biological
  • Child of Prince Zhan of Changguang (長廣王湛)
    Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: bore the Last Emperor / 產後主 · Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Empress Hulu (斛律皇后)
    Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
    Union Category: primary-marriage
    Union Category: primary-marriage
  • Child of Empress Hu (胡皇后)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Gao Heng (高恒)
    Parentage: biological
    Parentage: biological
  • Spouse of Empress Hu of Houzhu (胡氏)
    Union Category: marriage
    Union Category: marriage
  • Spouse of Mu Yeli (穆邪利)
    Union Category: primary-marriage
    Union Category: primary-marriage

Career and standing

  • Label: Crown Prince / 皇太子 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 河清元年正月丙戌 · Western Year: AD 562
    Explicit · beiqishu:007:s0021
  • Title: ruler of Qi / 齊主 · Action: held
    Explicit · suishu:054:s0176
  • Action: received abdication
    Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0028
  • As: Houzhu / 後主受禪
    Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0123
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天統元年 · Western Year: AD 565
    Explicit · beiqishu:007:s0114

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Emperor Wucheng · 3 passages
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 17 passages
帝聞太后不謹而未之信,後朝太后,見二少尼,悅而召之,乃男子也,於是曇獻事亦發,皆伏法,並殺元、山、王三郡君,皆太后之所昵也。 The emperor heard that the empress dowager was unrestrained but did not yet believe it; later, attending upon the empress dowager at court, he saw two young nuns, was pleased and summoned them — they were men; thereupon Tanxian's affair also came to light; all were executed by law, and the three Ladies of Yuan, Shan, and Wang were also killed — all were favorites of the empress dowager.
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 40Volume 40 Biographies 32: Yu Jin (Northern Qi); Feng Zicong; Helian Ziyue; Tang Yong; Bai Jian · 6 passages
時太尉錄尚書事趙郡王叡先恒居內,預帷幄之謀,子琮素知士開忌叡及領軍臨淮王婁定遠,恐其矯遺詔出叡外任,奪定遠禁衛之權,因答云:「大行,神武之子,今上又是先皇傳位,群臣富貴者皆是至尊父子之恩,但令在內貴臣一無改易,王公已下必無異望。 At the time grand mentor and recorder of the masters of writing affairs, Prince of Zhao commandery Rui, had long lived inside the palace and shared counsel at the curtain. Zicong knew He Shikai resented Rui and general-in-chief of the guards Prince of Linhuai Lou Dingyuan and feared they might forge the final edict to send Rui out on provincial duty and strip Dingyuan of the guard command. He answered, "The late emperor was Gao Huan's son, and the present sovereign too received the throne from his predecessor. Every minister's wealth came from the sovereign father and son. Leave the great men inside the court unchanged, and the princes and dukes below will surely have no other wish.
Book of Sui, Chapter 54Volume 54 Biographies 19: Wang Zhangshu, Li Yan, Yi Louqian, Tian Rengong, Yuan Heng, Du Zheng, Li Che, Cui Peng · 3 passages