Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Luminous High Ancestor Emperor Ming 高宗明皇帝

Gaozong Ming Huangdi

Attested AD 494 - AD 498

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Luminous High Ancestor Emperor Ming was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

years cut short
Mode quoted-document Speaker Empress Dowager Xuande (宣德太后)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 217

Attested activity

AD 494 to AD 498 高宗明皇帝重隆景業
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 217
AD 494 to AD 498 高宗留心正嫡
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 221

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Marquess of Eastern Darkness (東昏侯)
father 父
eldest legitimate son 嫡長
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 218, 221

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 217

Events and relationships

Established eldest legitimate heir
Political · Ruler · With Marquess of Eastern Darkness (東昏侯) · Mode quoted-document Speaker Empress Dowager Xuande (宣德太后)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 221

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Marquess of Donghun · 2 passages

宣德太后令曰：「皇室受終，祖宗齊聖，太祖高皇帝肇基駿命，膺籙受圖，世祖武皇帝係明下武，高宗明皇帝重隆景業，咸降年不永，宮車係晏。 Empress Dowager Xuande proclaimed: "The throne passed in turn; our forebears were sages together. The High Ancestor laid the splendid foundation and took heaven's register; the Martial Ancestor continued the bright mandate in martial succession; the Luminous High Ancestor renewed the bright estate—each died young, the palace carriage halted at dusk.

高宗留心正嫡，立嫡惟長，輔以羣才，閒以賢戚，內外維持，冀免多難，未及朞稔，便逞屠戮。 Gaozong fixed on the true heir, set the eldest son of the proper line, backed him with able men and worthy kin, braced court and camp to spare the state—yet before a year was out the boy turned butcher.