Prince Rui of Zhaojun (趙郡王叡)

Overview

The translated histories identify Prince Rui of Zhaojun as an aristocrat, official, and royal family member. This record brings together 26 passages from 9 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Prince Rui of Zhaojun	趙郡王叡	Zhào jùn wáng Ruì
Personal name	Gao Rui	高叡
Personal name	Gao Rui	高叡	Gao Rui
Title	Prince of Zhao commandery	趙郡王
Title	Prince of Zhao Commandery	趙郡王
Title	Prince of Zhao Commandery	趙郡王	Zhaojun Wang
Title	Prince of Zhao Commandery	趙郡王	Zhào jùn wáng
Title	Prince of Zhao Jun	趙郡王	Zhào Jùn Wáng
Title	Prince of Zhaojun	趙郡王	Zhào jùn wáng
Title	Prince of Zhaojun	趙郡王
Title	Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery	趙郡王叡
Title	Prince Rui of Zhaojun	趙郡王叡	Zhào jùn wáng Ruì
Title	Prince Rui of Zhaojun	趙郡王叡
Personal name	Rui	叡	Ruì
Given name	Rui	叡
Given name	Rui	叡	Rui
Given	Rui	叡	Rui
Personal	Rui	叡	Rui
Personal	Rui	叡	Ruì
Given	Rui	叡	Ruì
Personal name	Rui	叡
Alternate name	Xu Ba	須拔
Courtesy name	Xuba	須拔

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Sex: male
Strongly inferred · beiqishu:007:s0015, beiqishu:040:s0039

Roles

Aristocrat
Official
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

Cause: killed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 後主嗣位後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 569
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Manner: executed for disloyalty / 召入而殺之
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾明元年二月己亥 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 2 · Day: Sexagenary: 己亥 · Western Year: AD 560
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Source Date: Text: after Wucheng death · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 568
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Source Date: Text: 世祖崩後 · Western Year: AD 565
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Source Date: Text: 乾明元年 · Western Year: AD 560
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Source Date: Text: 大寧元年十一月乙卯 · Western Year: AD 561
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Source Date: Text: 後主 · Western Interval: Start: AD 565 · End: AD 571
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Source Date: Text: 河清三年五月壬午 · Western Year: AD 564
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Source Date: Text: 河清元年秋七月丁酉 · Western Year: AD 562
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Source Date: Text: 皇建二年十一月 · Western Year: AD 561
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Source Date: Text: 趙郡王叡 · Western Interval: Start: AD 560 · End: AD 565
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Source Date: Text: 齊世 · Western Interval: Start: AD 550 · End: AD 577
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Family

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Spouse of Daughter of Zheng Shuzu
Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: ended
Kin of Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)
Kinship Term: paternal cousin / 同堂弟 · Line: paternal
Spouse of Daughter of Zheng Daoyin
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: formed

Career and standing

Label: Left vice-director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書左僕射 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾明元年二月己亥 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 2 · Day: Sexagenary: 己亥 · Western Year: AD 560
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Label: Chief Minister of the Secretariat / 尚書令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大寧元年十一月乙卯 · Western Year: AD 561
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Label: left chief administrator / 左長史 · Action: appointed
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Label: Left Vice Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書左僕射 · Action: held
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Title: Prince of Zhao Commandery / 趙郡王 · Action: held
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Title: Prince of Zhaojun / 趙郡王 · Action: held
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
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Kind: speech · Role: addressee
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Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: conspirator · Action: plotted-to-remove · Other Person Id: He Shikai (和士開)
Explicit · beiqishu:050:s0060

References in the histories

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Fei · 1 passage

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二月己亥，以太傅、常山王演爲太師、錄尚書事，以太尉、長廣王湛爲大司馬、幷省錄尚書事，以尚書左僕射、平秦王歸彥爲司空，趙郡王叡爲尚書左僕射。 In the second month, on jihai, Prince Yan of Changshan, then grand tutor, was appointed grand preceptor and recorder of the Masters of Writing. Prince Zhan of Changguang, then grand commandant, became grand marshal and recorder of the Masters of Writing in the Bingzhou administration. Prince Guiyan of Pingqin, left vice director of the Masters of Writing, became minister of works, and Prince Rui of Zhaojun became left vice director.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Xiaozhao · 2 passages

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右丞相、長廣王湛研機測化，體道居宗，人雄之望，海內瞻仰，同胞共氣，家國所憑，可遣尚書左僕射、趙郡王叡喻旨，征王統茲大寶。 Prince Zhan of Changguang, right chancellor, understands hidden workings and change, embodies the Way, and stands foremost among the clan. The whole realm looks to him as a hero among men. Born of the same mother and sharing the same breath, he is the support of house and state. Send Prince Rui of Zhaojun, left vice director of the Masters of Writing, to convey my intent and summon him to take charge of the throne.

趙郡王叡與厙狄顯安侍坐，帝曰：「須拔我同堂弟，顯安我親姑子，今序家人禮，除君臣之敬，可言我之不逮。」 Prince of Zhao Gao Rui and Kudi Xian'an were seated in attendance. The emperor said, "Xu Ba is my cousin; Xian'an is my aunt's son. Today we observe family etiquette and put aside the formalities of ruler and subject—you may tell me where I fall short."

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 7Volume 7 Annals 7: Emperor Wucheng · 3 passages

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乙卯，以司徒、平秦王歸彥為太傅，以尚書右僕射、趙郡王叡為尚書令，以太尉尉粲為太保，以尚書令段韶為大司馬，以豐州刺史婁叡為司空，乙太傅、平陽王淹為太宰，以太保、彭城王浟為太師、錄尚書事，以冀州刺史、博陵王濟為太尉，以中書監、任城王潛為尚書左僕射，以幷州刺史斛律光為右僕射，封孝昭皇帝太子百年為樂陵郡王。 On the yimao day, the emperor reshuffled the highest offices: Prince Guiyan of Pingqin, Minister over the Masses, became Grand Tutor; Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery, Right Vice Director of the Secretariat, became Chief Minister of the Secretariat; Grand Commandant Wei Can became Grand Guardian; Duan Shao became Grand Marshal; Lou Rui became Minister of Works; Prince Yan of Pingyang became Grand Minister; Prince You of Pengcheng became Grand Preceptor and Recorder of the Affairs of the Secretariat; Prince Ji of Boling became Grand Commandant; Prince Qian of Rencheng became Left Vice Director of the Secretariat; Hulu Guang became Right Vice Director of the Secretariat; and Emperor Xiaozhao's crown prince Bainian was made Prince of Leling Commandery.

丁酉，以大司馬段韶為太傅，以司空婁叡為司徒，乙太傅、平陽王淹為太宰，以尚書令斛律光為司空，以太子太傅、趙郡王叡為尚書令，中書監、河間王孝琬為尚書左僕射。 On the dingyou day, Grand Marshal Duan Shao was made Grand Tutor; Minister of Works Lou Rui was made Minister over the Masses; Grand Tutor and Prince Yan of Pingyang was appointed Grand Preceptor; Chief Minister of the Secretariat Hulu Guang was made Minister of Works; Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince and Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery was made Chief Minister of the Secretariat; and Director of the Secretariat and Prince Xiaowan of Hejian was made Left Vice Director of the Secretariat.

壬午，以尚書令、趙郡王叡為錄尚書事，以前司徒婁叡為太尉。 On the renwu day, Director of the Masters of Writing Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery was appointed recorder of the affairs of the Masters of Writing, and the former Minister over the Masses Lou Rui was appointed grand commandant.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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武成崩，尊為皇太后，陸媼及和士開密謀殺趙郡王叡，出婁定遠、高文遙為刺史。 When Wucheng died she was honored as Empress Dowager; Nurse Lu and He Shikai secretly plotted to kill Prince Rui of Zhao Commandery and sent out Lou Dingyuan and Gao Wenyao as governors.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 29Volume 29 Biographies 21: Li Hun; Zi Zhan; Hun Dihui; Zuzi Gongxu; Li Yu; Di Jin; Zu Dixiao; Zheng Shuzu; Zi Yuande · 1 passage

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述祖女為趙郡王叡妃。 Shuzu's daughter was consort to Prince of Zhao Commandery Rui.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 31Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wang Xin; Wang Xi · 1 passage

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有頃，奏趙郡王叡為左長史，晞為司馬。 Before long it was memorialized that Prince of Zhao Commandery Gao Rui be left chief administrator, and Wang Xi be chief marshal.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 30: Xin Shu; Yuan Wenyao; Zhao Yanshen · 4 passages

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及帝大漸，與平秦王歸彥、趙郡王叡等同受顧託，迎立武成。 When the emperor was near death, he and Prince of Pingqin Guiyan, Prince of Zhao Jun Rui, and others received the final charge and installed Gao Zhan.

猶恐其披訴，總召集神武門，令趙郡王叡宣旨唱名，厚加慰喻。 Still fearing they would appeal, he gathered them all at Shenwu Gate and had Prince of Zhao Jun Rui read the edict, call each name, and speak words of comfort.

至後主嗣位，趙郡王叡、婁定遠等謀出和士開，文遙亦參其議。 When the Later Sovereign succeeded, Prince of Zhao Jun Rui, Lou Dingyuan, and others plotted to remove He Shikai; Wenyao joined the plot.

叡見殺，文遙由是出為西兗州刺史。 Rui was killed, and Wenyao was sent out as governor of western Yanzhou.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 40Volume 40 Biographies 32: Yu Jin (Northern Qi); Feng Zicong; Helian Ziyue; Tang Yong; Bai Jian · 2 passages