Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Aristocrat

Sima Moduo 司馬彌陀

Died AD 454

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sima Moduo was an aristocrat.

Life and dates

Death

AD 454 興光初
Cause Execution
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 22

Attested activity

AD 454 興光初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 22

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Betrothed to Princess Linjing (臨涇公主)
selected to marry 尚 · Betrothal · AD 454 興光初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 22
Spouse of Daughter of Dou Jin (竇瑾女)
son-in-law 女壻 · Marriage
wife 妻
Sources vary in certainty · Book of Wei 51, passage 22

Career and standing

Duke of Yulin 鬱林公
Held
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 22
Suffered
AD 454 興光初 · Execution
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 22

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Book of Wei 51, passage 22

Events and relationships

Refused marriage on pretext; executed for slander and curse
AD 454 興光初 · Legal · Accused
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 51, passage 22

References in the histories

Book of Wei, Chapter 51Volume 46: Dou Jin, Xu Yan, Li Xin · 1 passage

興光初，瑾女壻鬱林公司馬彌陀以選尚臨涇公主，瑾教彌陀辭託，有誹謗呪詛之言，與彌陀同誅。 Early in the Xingguang era, Jin's son-in-law Sima Moduo, Duke of Yulin, was chosen to marry Princess Linjing. Jin urged Moduo to refuse the match on one pretext or another, and words of slander and imprecation were involved; Jin was executed along with Moduo.