Overview
Gaozong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Southern Qi
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 494 to AD 498 明帝在位期間（史臣論贊）Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 206-211
- AD 494 to AD 498 明帝在位期間（贊）Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 213-216
Family
- Kinship Role heirs and agnatic branches · Quantity few and weak · 枝胤孤弱；貽厥不昌Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 211
- Kinship Role kinsmen of shared patrimony · Quantity unspecified · 同財之親 cast off first while he held powerDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 208
Origins and identity
- collateral / side-branch scion 支庶Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 206, 213
Career and standing
- took the succession as a collateral scion 以支庶纂曆AD 494 以支庶纂曆 · Method collateral-successionDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 206
Places and affiliations
- Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation RuledStrongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 206, 213
- At Mianyang 沔陽 · Relation Realm loss underDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 216
Learning and skills
- Skill frugal conduct / thrift 儉德 · Level prizedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 214
Works and attributed material
- Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode narrative-continuation · Reign context for Mianyang loss and southern declineDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 216
- Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode narrative-continuation · Silent subject casting off shared-patrimony kinDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 208
- Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode narrative-continuation · Silent subject distrusting advanced favoritesDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 209
- Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode narrative-continuation · Silent subject of kin-slaughter appraisal continuing from named 高宗Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 207
- Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode narrative-continuation · Silent subject of praise for thrift and statute-makingDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 214
- Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode narrative-continuation · Silent subject scrutinizing official administrationDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 215
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- Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode narrative-continuation · Silent subject weeping while executingDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 210
- Historian appraisal · Subject · Mode narrative-continuation · Silent subject whose weak heirs end in overturned ancestral stateDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 211
Events and relationships
- cast off shared-patrimony kin 同財之親，在我而先棄Political · Actor · Cast off kinsmen who shared the same inheritance while he still held powerDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 208
- Mianyang lost its lands; southern wind did not prevail 沔陽失土，南風不競Military · Ruler · During his reign Mianyang lost territory and southern power could not prevail · At Mianyang 沔陽Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 216
- overturned the ancestral state 終覆宗社Political · Actor · Planted only his own root line; left decline to his descendants and in the end the ancestral altars and state were overturnedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 211
- handed down text and law 垂文法令Administrative · Actor · Set down writings and statutes for later menDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 214
- slaughter of kin 戕夷之事Political · Actor · Slaughtered and cut down kinsmen from mixed motives of bold ruthlessness and fearDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 207
- distrusted raised favorites 進引之愛，量物其必違Political · Actor · Weighed favorites he had advanced and drawn close, knowing they must turn against himDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 209
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- wept and executed 流涕行誅Legal · Actor · Wept while carrying out executions; not called a righteous actDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 210
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment Cautious and exacting, he scrutinized official administration closely. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 215
- Assessment Had succession truly been Heaven's mandate, advancing the public good by fate would bear no blame—implicit counterfactual defense framed through Shang exemplars. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 212
- Assessment He cherished reputation and frugal virtue, and handed down writings and statutes. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 214
- Assessment His rise from a collateral line was a blessing to the royal house. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 213
- Assessment Rising to the throne in a single stroke was not his original intent; the dying charge left him little choice to refuse. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 206
- Assessment Suspicion and timidity ran deep; if he sought only safety, he could not be free of inner shame. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 210
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 206
- judged as a fostered/adoptive son 據猶子而為論Statement Commentators judge him by the standard of an adoptive or foster son (猶子). · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 206
References in the histories
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