Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Grand Ancestor 太祖

Taizu

Attested AD 460 - AD 479

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grand Ancestor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 460 to AD 479 太祖撫育
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 4
AD 479 太祖踐阼
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 10

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Luan (鸞)
third son 第三子 · Adoptive parentage · AD 494 未拜，太后令廢海陵王，以上入纂太祖爲第三子
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 32

Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 4

Career and standing

Ascended throne
AD 479 太祖踐阼
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 10

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 10

Events and relationships

Raised and favored Luan
AD 460 to AD 479 太祖撫育 · Personal · Guardian · With Luan (鸞)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 4

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 4

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Ming of Southern Qi · 3 passages

少孤，太祖撫育，恩過諸子。 He lost his parents early; the Grand Ancestor brought him up and loved him more than his own children.

太祖踐阼，遷侍中，封西昌侯，邑千戶。 When the Grand Ancestor took the throne, he became palace attendant and was enfeoffed as marquis of Xichang with 1,000 households.

未拜，太后令廢海陵王，以上入纂太祖爲第三子，羣臣三請，乃受命。 Before he took office, the empress dowager removed the Prince of Hailing and set Luan in the line as the Grand Ancestor's third son; only after three rounds of pleading from the court did he accept.