Overview
Marquess of Eastern Darkness was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
Found inBook of Southern Qi
Life and dates
Death
- AD 501 是夜Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 216
Attested activity
- AD 501 大桁敗後Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 203-204
- AD 501 宣德太后令曰Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 217, 241
- AD 501 是夜Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 212, 216
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Luminous High Ancestor Emperor Ming (高宗明皇帝)father 父
eldest legitimate son 嫡長Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 218, 221
Career and standing
- Marquess of Eastern Darkness 東昏侯AD 501 宣德太后令曰 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 241
- crown prince 儲元Heir apparent · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 218, 221
Places and affiliations
- Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 192, 241
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0206, s0207Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 206-207
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0215Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 215
Events and relationships
- Ceaseless building and demolitionDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 226-227
- Drove people from lanes and plunderedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 225, 228-229
- Feigned wound and withdrawalMilitary pageant · ParticipantDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 195
- Kept market stalls at Fangyue and HualinDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 231
- Kept night watch campMilitary · Commander in capital · At Review-the-Troops Hall 閱武堂Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 196
- Killed in palace coupDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 211-216
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- Nearly struck by crossbowMilitary · Observer · At Jingyang Tower roof 景陽樓屋上Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 198
- Ordered luxury weapons and ornaments during siegePolitical · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 209-210
- Refused troop rewardsDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 206
- Rode inside palacePersonal · Subject · At from Fengzhuang Gate to Huiming Gate 從鳳莊門入徽明門Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 197
- Slaughtered kin and ministersDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 221-222
- announced Lord Jiang riding forth 稱蔣王出盪Military pageant · Organizer · Staged sham sortieDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 193
- Underestimated loyalist siege durationDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 203
- Withheld palisades for hall buildingPolitical · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 208
- Wrestled and pole feats in publicDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 230
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment savage-witless-from-childhood · Mode quoted-document Speaker Empress Dowager Xuande (宣德太后)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passages 219-220
- Assessment scorned-the-Way-matched-Gui-and-Xin · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 247
- Assessment virtue-lost-wickedness-overflowing · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 246
- Assessment worse-than-tyrants-Xin-and-Gui · Mode quoted-document Speaker Empress Dowager Xuande (宣德太后)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 234
- slept by day and rose by nightHabitDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 197
- Item head 首 · Relation Sent to · With Prince of Liang (梁王)Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 216
Source notes
- ruled with childish games across three yearsDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 7, passage 233
References in the histories
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