Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Shizu 世祖

Attested AD 477 - AD 477

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shizu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 477 冬
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 33, 36
AD 477 太祖之謀渡廣陵
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 19

Career and standing

chief of staff 長史
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 18

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Liu Shilong (柳世隆) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passages 33-35

Events and relationships

Nominated Shilong to replace himself
AD 477 世祖舉世隆自代 · Political · Nominator · With Liu Shilong (柳世隆)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 23
Ordered to lead troops downriver to the capital
AD 477 太祖之謀渡廣陵 · Military · Commander · With Grand Ancestor (太祖)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 19
Sent eight armies under Huan Jing, Chen Yingshu, Gou Yuanbin to hold western forts
AD 477 冬 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 36
Relation Ally of · Person Liu Shilong (柳世隆)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 24, passage 18

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 · 7 passages

時世祖爲長史，與世隆相遇甚懽。 Shizu was then chief of staff; he and Shilong took to each other at once.

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."

世祖舉世隆自代。 Shizu put Shilong forward in his own place.

世祖初下，與世隆別，曰：「攸之一旦爲變，焚夏口舟艦沿流而東，則坐守空城，不可制也。 When Shizu first marched downstream he took leave of Shilong and said: "If Youzhi turns rebel at once, burns the fleet at Xiakou, and drifts east on the current, you will sit in an empty city with no hold on him.

至是世祖遣軍主桓敬、陳胤叔、苟元賔等八軍據西塞，令堅壁以待賊疲。 Now Shizu sent Huan Jing, Chen Yingshu, Gou Yuanbin, and other commanders with eight armies to hold the western forts, with orders to stand behind strong walls until the rebels were spent.