Overview
The translated histories identify Gao Yang as an aristocrat, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 181 passages from 22 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gao Yang | 高洋 | Gao Yang |
| Personal | |||
| Title | Duke of Taiyuan | 太原公 | Taiyuan gong |
| Title | Emperor | 帝 | Di |
| Title | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣帝 | Wénxuān dì |
| Posthumous name | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣皇帝 | |
| Regnal | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣帝 | Wénxuān Dì |
| Temple name | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣 | Wénxuān |
| Posthumous name | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣 | |
| Title | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣帝 | |
| Posthumous | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣皇帝 | Wénxuān huángdì |
| Title | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣 | Wénxuān |
| Title | Emperor Wenxuan | 文宣 | |
| Title | Emperor Xianzu | 顯祖 | |
| Personal name | Gao Yang | 高洋 | Gao Yang |
| Personal | Gao Yang | 高洋 | |
| Personal name | Gao Yang | ||
| Personal name | Gao Yang | 高洋 | Gāo Yáng |
| Personal name | Gao Yang | 高洋 | |
| Personal | Gao Yang | 高洋 | Gāo Yáng |
| Personal | Gao Yang | Gao Yang | |
| Title | Northern Qi Emperor Wenxuan | 北齊文宣帝 | |
| Title | Prince of Gaoyang | 高陽王 | Gaoyang wang |
| Title | Prince of Qi | 齊王 | |
| Title | Prince of Taiyuan | 太原公 | Tàiyuán gōng |
| Title | Wenxuan | 文宣 | Wénxuān |
| Alternate name | Wenxuan | 文宣 | |
| Temple name | Wenxuan | 文宣 | Wenxuan |
| Temple | Wenxuan | 文宣 | |
| Temple | Wenxuan | 文宣 | Wénxuān |
| Posthumous name | Wenxuan | 文宣 | |
| Temple | Wenxuan | 文宣 | Wenxuan |
| Alternate | Wenxuan | 文宣 | Wénxuān |
| Posthumous | Wenxuan | 文宣 | Wenxuan |
| Temple | Wenxuan | 文宣帝 | Wénxuāndì |
| Temple name | Xianzu | 顯祖 | |
| Temple | Xianzu | 顯祖 | Xianzu |
| Temple name | Xianzu | 顯祖 | Xianzu |
| Title | Xianzu | 顯祖 | Xianzu |
| Temple name | Xianzu | 顯祖 | Xiǎnzǔ |
| Given | Yang | 洋 | Yang |
| Title | 文宣 | Wénxuān |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · beiqishu:014:s0031, beiqishu:027:s0052, beiqishu:033:s0016, beiqishu:035:s0036, beiqishu:040:s0079, beiqishu:046:s0065
Roles
- Aristocrat
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保十年十月 · Regnal Year: 10 · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:005:s0022
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及帝崩 · Western Interval: Start: AD 559 · End: AD 560Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0119
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保十年 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0039
- Manner: died · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文宣之崩 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:034:s0084
- Statement: Emperor Wenxuan died · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文宣皇帝崩 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0078
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天保十年十月 · Regnal Year: 10 · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:005:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 天保元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:005:s0001, beiqishu:005:s0002
- Source Date: Text: 天保七年冬 · Regnal Year: 7 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 556Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:005:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 天保九年 · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:005:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 北齊文宣帝自平州三道來侵 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0121
- Source Date: Text: 受禪之日 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:030:s0151
- Source Date: Text: 天保 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:027:s0052, beiqishu:031:s0039, beiqishu:031:s0050, beiqishu:031:s0085, beiqishu:040:s0079, beiqishu:050:s0011, beiqishu:050:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 天保七年 · Western Year: AD 556Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 天保九年 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 天保二年 · Western Year: AD 551Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0030
- Source Date: Text: 天保五年 · Western Year: AD 554Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 天保元年 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0034
- Source Date: Text: 天保六年 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:009:s0057
- Source Date: Text: 天保六年 · Western Year: AD 555Explicit · beiqishu:033:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 天保初 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:009:s0028, beiqishu:025:s0067
- Source Date: Text: 天保十年 · Western Year: AD 559
- Source Date: Text: 天保十年 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0138, beiqishu:028:s0139
- Source Date: Text: 天保末年 · Western Year: c. AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0098
- Source Date: Text: 文宣 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0039
- Source Date: Text: 文宣之崩 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:034:s0084
- Source Date: Text: 文宣受禪 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:047:s0175
- Source Date: Text: 文宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0223
- Source Date: Text: 文宣幸晉陽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0077
- Source Date: Text: 文宣皇帝崩 · Western Year: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0078
- Source Date: Text: 武定五年 · Western Year: AD 547Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:003:s0029
- Source Date: Text: 辛卯後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:003:s0157
- Source Date: Text: 顯祖 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:046:s0065
- Source Date: Text: 顯祖受禪 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:048:s0053
- Source Date: Text: 顯祖時 / 天保 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:049:s0019
- Source Date: Text: 齊受禪 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:035:s0036
- Source Date: Text: 齊天保元年 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit event contextual date · beiqishu:038:s0012, beiqishu:038:s0015
Family
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- Sibling of Prince of Changshan (常山王)Kinship Term: brother / 兄弟 · Shared Parentage: full
- Sibling of Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: brother / 叔/兄 · Shared Parentage: full
Kinship Term: younger brother by the same mother / 母弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger · Line: paternal - Sibling of Prince of Changgung (長廣王)Kinship Term: brother / 叔/兄 · Shared Parentage: full
- Child of Lou Zhaojun (婁昭君)Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: conceived Wenxuan / 孕文宣 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son - Spouse of Daughter of Zhang YanzhiKinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage
- Parent of Crown Prince (太子)Kinship Term: crown prince / 太子 · Parentage: biological
- Sibling of Gao Cheng (高澄)Kinship Term: Duke of Taiyuan Yang / 太原公洋 · Shared Parentage: full · Line: paternal · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full - Spouse of Empress Wenxuan (文宣皇后)Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage - Spouse of Empress Li (李皇后)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
Kinship Term: empress / 皇後 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband - Spouse of Li Zu'e (李祖娥)Kinship Term: established the empress / 立后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Union Category: primary-marriage - Child of Gao Huan (高歡)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: Yang / 洋 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal - Parent of Gao Yin (濟南王)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological - Parent of Emperor Fei (廢帝殷)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological - Child of Empress Dowager Lou (婁太后)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological - Child of Empress Dowager Wuming (武明皇太后)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological - Parent of Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)Kinship Term: son / 子
- Parent of Prince Zhan of Changguang (長廣王湛)Kinship Term: son / 子
- Parent of Gao Shaode (高紹德)Parentage: biological
- Kinship Role: brothers · Count: 2Uncertain · beiqishu:030:s0079
Career and standing
- Title: Duke of Taiyuan / 太原公 · Action: heldExplicit · beiqishu:003:s0029, beiqishu:049:s0131
- Status: ordered-executions · Action: arrested and imprisoned Tian’en’s faction, ordering their execution · Other Person Id: Tian’en (天恩)Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0031
- Status: executed · Action: executed Gao Dezheng and gave his wealth to Guiyan · Other Person Id: Gao Dezheng (高德正)Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0156
- Status: punished · Action: struck Guiyan on the forehead with a horsewhip until blood covered his face · Other Person Id: Guiyan (歸彥)Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0208
- Action: received abdicationExplicit · beiqishu:048:s0053
- As: Emperor receiving Wei abdication / 受魏禪Explicit · beiqishu:009:s0027, beiqishu:009:s0056
- Event: accepted abdication in midsummer after divination · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 魏武定八年五月 / 天保初 · Western Year: AD 550
- Role: emperorExplicit · beiqishu:031:s0039, beiqishu:031:s0085
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Northern Qi / 北齊 · Relation: ruled
- Place: Jinyang / 晉陽 · Relation: sojourned-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保九年 · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 558Explicit · beiqishu:005:s0013
- Place: Golden Phoenix Terrace / 金鳳台 · Relation: visitedExplicit · beiqishu:005:s0019
Learning and skills
- Belief: Buddhism / 內法 · Relation: adherent-of · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保末年 · Western Year: c. AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0098
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: false · About: crown prince has Han temperament; wish to depose and install Prince of Taiyuan · Other Person Ids: Emperor Fei (廢帝殷), Prince of Taiyuan (太原王)Explicit · beiqishu:005:s0008
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true · About: faulted Xing Shao for naming Yin/Zhengdao · Other Person Id: Xing Shao (邢卲)Explicit · beiqishu:005:s0060
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true · About: refused name change: It is Heaven · Other Person Id: Xing Shao (邢卲)Explicit · beiqishu:005:s0062
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true · About: told Xiaozhao to seize throne but not kill Fei · Other Person Ids: Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝), Emperor Fei (廢帝殷)Explicit · beiqishu:005:s0063
- Kind: praise · Role: speaker · Action: praised Sihao’s fierce bravery against the Rouran and renamed himExplicit · beiqishu:014:s0105
- Explicit · beiqishu:030:s0074, beiqishu:030:s0075
- Kind: judgment · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Topic: Song Jingye fit to teach emperorsExplicit · beiqishu:049:s0056
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yang Yin (楊愔) · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Gao Yang (高洋)Explicit · beiqishu:035:s0036
- Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0039
- Explicit · beiqishu:040:s0085, beiqishu:040:s0088
- Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0139
- Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0074
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: trueExplicit · beiqishu:009:s0057, beiqishu:028:s0136
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: authority · Action: appointed-heir · Other Person Id: Fuhu (伏護) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文宣帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0223
- Kind: violence · Role: actor · Action: beat Xiaozhao with sword ring · Other Person Id: Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)Explicit · beiqishu:006:s0035
- Kind: military · Role: invader · Action: captured-over-one-hundred-thousand · Place: Ping prefecture / 平州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 北齊文宣帝自平州三道來侵 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · liaoshi:032:s0121
- Explicit · beiqishu:028:s0136
- Kind: legal · Role: punisher · Action: executed · Other Person Id: Lan Jing (蘭京) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛卯後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 547 · End: AD 549Explicit · beiqishu:003:s0157
- Kind: punishment · Role: authority · Action: flogged-and-threatened · Other Person Id: Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)Explicit · beiqishu:031:s0115, beiqishu:031:s0117
- Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: had Wenlüe imprisonedExplicit · beiqishu:048:s0039
- Kind: personal · Role: patron · Action: permitted Yuanhai to retreat to Mount Linlu and later recalled him · Other Person Id: Gao Yuanhai (高元海)Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0043
- Kind: political · Role: accession · Action: received abdication from Wei · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 受禪之日 · Western Year: AD 550Explicit · beiqishu:030:s0151
- Kind: political · Role: instigator · Action: slaughtered-Yuan-clan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保十年 · Western Year: AD 559
- Kind: personal · Role: authority · Action: struck-crown-prince-with-riding-crop · Other Person Id: Emperor Fei (廢帝殷)Explicit · beiqishu:005:s0021
- Kind: personal · Role: perpetrator · Action: violated Empress Yuan and humiliated Gao women · Other Person Id: Empress Yuan of Wenxiang (元氏) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天保六年 · Western Year: AD 555
- Kind: ritual · Role: sovereign · Action: visited-Jinyang-sweet-dew-omen · Place: Jinyang / 晉陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 文宣幸晉陽 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 559Explicit · beiqishu:036:s0077
- Explicit · beiqishu:025:s0195, beiqishu:025:s0197
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: fell into madness · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · beiqishu:009:s0057
- Assessment: later gave himself over to wine and cruelty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · beiqishu:006:s0157
- Explicit · beiqishu:014:s0205, beiqishu:014:s0206
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · beiqishu:028:s0001
References in the histories
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