Yuan · Ruler

the Emperor 帝

Attested AD 1346 - AD 1364

Passages: 10
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

the Emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1346 to AD 1364 至正六年以降
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 145, passages 24, 100

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Crown Prince (皇太子)
crown prince 皇太子
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 145, passage 128
Spouse of the Empress (皇后)
emperor 帝 · Marriage
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 145, passage 128

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Yuan 145, passage 24

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History

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History of Yuan, Chapter 145Volume 145 Biographies 32: Yilianzhenban, Lianhuishanhaiya, Yuelubuhua, Dalimashili · 10 passages

經筵進講必詳必慎，故每讀譯文，必被嘉納。 His lectures at the Classic Mat were always thorough and careful, and whenever he read the translated text the emperor invariably commended him.

監察御史劾奏時相，帝不聽，亦憐真班反覆論奏不已，由是忤上意，出為江浙行省平章政事，遷拜湖廣行省左丞相。 When supervising censors impeached the chief minister, the emperor would not hear it; Yilianzhenban argued the matter again and again in memorial after memorial until he offended the throne and was posted as Regional Chancellor of Jiangsu-Zhejiang, then promoted to Left Regional Chancellor of Huguang.

既而軍餉不給，又奉命出糴於江浙，召父老諭曰：「今天子宵衣旰食，惟恐澤不下民而民不得其所耳，然奈盜賊何。 When military supplies ran short he was again ordered to purchase grain in Jiangsu-Zhejiang. He summoned the elders and said, 'The emperor rises early and retires late, fearing only that his grace does not reach the people—yet what can be done about bandits?

首上疏言：「郊廟禮甚缺，天子宜躬祀南郊，殷祭太室。」 His first memorial said, 'Court ritual at the suburban altars and ancestral temple is gravely neglected; the emperor should sacrifice in person at the Southern Suburb and perform the great offering in the Grand Chamber.'

帝皆嘉納之。 The emperor commended and accepted both memorials.

陛辭，詔諭諄切。 At his farewell audience the emperor gave him earnest instructions.

入見帝宣文閣，有旨若曰：「朕以畿甸之民疲敝，特選爾撫吾民。 Received in audience at the Xuanwen Pavilion, the emperor said, 'The people of the capital region are worn and impoverished; I have chosen you especially to govern them.

視事之初，帝及皇后、皇太子皆遣使賜之酒。 At the start of his tenure the emperor, empress, and crown prince each sent envoys with gifts of wine.

有權臣以免役事來謁，月魯不花面斥曰：「聖訓在耳，不敢違。」 When a powerful minister came seeking exemption from corvée labor, Yuelubuhua rebuked him to his face: 'The emperor's words are still in my ears—I dare not disobey them.'

陛辭之日，帝御嘉禧殿慰勞之，且賜以上尊、金幣； On his farewell audience the emperor received him at the Jiaxi Hall with words of encouragement and gifts of imperial wine and gold;