Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Grand Ancestor 太祖

Taizu

Attested AD 477

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grand Ancestor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 477 太祖之謀渡廣陵
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 19

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Shizu (世祖) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 22

Events and relationships

Plotted a crossing at Guangling
AD 477 太祖之謀渡廣陵 · Military · Planner · At Guangling 廣陵
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 19

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Shilong unites civil and martial gifts and matches Shizu's mind · Mode named-speech Speaker Grand Ancestor (太祖) · With Liu Shilong (柳世隆)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 22

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 3

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 24Volume 24 Biographies 5: Liu Shilong, Zhang Gui · 3 passages

太祖之謀渡廣陵也，令世祖率衆下，同會京邑，世隆與長流蕭景先等戒嚴待期，事不行。 When the Grand Ancestor plotted a crossing at Guangling, he told Shizu to bring the army downriver to the capital; Shilong, with Xiao Xianxian and other senior commanders, stood to arms for the appointed day—but the scheme came to nothing.

世祖將下都，劉懷珍白太祖曰：「夏口是兵衝要地，宜得其人。」 As Shizu prepared to go to the capital, Liu Huaizhen said to the Grand Ancestor: "Xiakou is the hinge of the armies; the man there must be the right one."

太祖納之，與世祖書曰：「汝旣入朝，當須文武兼資人與汝意合者，委以後事，世隆其人也。」 The Grand Ancestor agreed and wrote to Shizu: "When you come to court you will need someone who unites civil and martial gifts and thinks as you do, to leave affairs in his hands—and that is Shilong."