Five Dynasties · Ruler

Jin Gaozu 晉高祖

Attested AD 937 - AD 941

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Jin Gaozu as a ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Jin Gaozu 晉高祖 Jin Gaozu
Temple Gaozu 高祖 Gaozu
Title Jin Gaozu 晉高祖 Jin Gaozu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: edict-approval · Role: approver · Statement: Approved simplified eclipse rites proposed by the Secretariat and Chancellery · Provenance: Mode: narrative
    Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:139:s0030, jiuwudaishi:139:s0027

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ritual · Role: sovereign · Action: eclipse-avoidance measures ordered on astronomical advice · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福二年正月 · Western Year: AD 937
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:139:s0022

Source notes

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 139Volume 139: Treatises 1 Astronomy · 3 passages
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晉高祖天福二年，正月乙卯，先是，司天奏：「正月二日，太陽虧蝕，宜避正殿，開諸營門，蓋藏兵器，半月不宜用軍。」 In the second year of Tianfu under Jin Gaozu, on yimao of the first month, the astronomical office had reported in advance: "On the second day of the first month the sun will be eclipsed; the emperor should withdraw from the main hall, the camp gates should be opened, arms should be stored away, and troops should not be employed for half a month."