Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Taizu 太祖

Tàizǔ

Attested AD 436

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Histories
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Overview

Taizu was a ruler.

IdentityHistorical · Male
RolesRuler
Found inBook of Song

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

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Events and relationships

  • Reduced expenses and opened granaries for relief
    AD 436 元嘉十三年 · Administrative · Ruler · At eastern lands 東土 · Outcome Sickness without famine disaster
    Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 54, passages 235-236

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment cited as the former ruler whose flood relief the end-of-Daming response failed to match · Mode historian-judgment
    Strongly inferred · Book of Song 54, passage 237
  • Assessment flood relief largely owed to his thrift and granary openings; sickness occurred but not famine disaster · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Song 54, passage 236

Source notes

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 54Volume 54 Biographies 14: Kong Jigong, Yang Xuanbao, Shen Tanqing · 1 passage