Ming · Ruler

the late emperor 先帝

Attested AD 1620

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

the late emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1620 先帝時
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 73

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Prince of Fu (福藩)
brothers 兄弟 · Paternal half siblings
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 256, passages 71-72
Spouse of the Empress Dowager (聖母)
empress 后
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 256, passages 64, 73
Child of Shenzong (神宗)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 72
Parent of the Tianqi Emperor (帝)
late father 皇考
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 90

Career and standing

heir apparent 元子
AD 1572 to AD 1620 神宗時 · Heir apparent · Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 71
AD 1620 授以大位
Mode quotation Speaker Huang Kezuan (黃克纘)
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 72

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 72

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 72

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 256Volume 256 Biographies 144: Cui Jingrong, Huang Kezuan, Bi Ziyan, Li Zhanggeng, Liu Zhifeng · 6 passages

於是流言四布，謂帝薄待先朝妃嬪，而克纘首入其言。 Rumors then spread that the emperor was treating the late emperor's consorts harshly, and that Kezuan had been the first to give voice to that view.

略言：「源溥謂在神宗時為元子者為忠，為福藩者非忠。 He said in brief, "Yuanpu holds that in the Shenzong era to support the heir apparent was loyal and to support the Prince of Fu was not loyal.

臣敢廣之曰：神宗既保護先帝，授以大位，則為神考而全其貴妃，富貴其愛子者，尤忠之大也。 I venture to broaden this and say: since Shenzong protected the late emperor and invested him with the great throne, then to preserve his honored consort for Shenzong's sake and enrich his beloved son is loyalty of the highest order.

又謂在先帝時為二後者為忠，為選侍者非忠。 He also holds that in the late emperor's era to support the two empresses was loyal and to support Lady Li was not loyal.

若如源溥言，必先帝不得正其始，聖母不得正其終，方可議斯獄耳。」 If Yuanpu's view is correct, only when the late emperor did not rightly begin and the empress dowager did not rightly end may this case be debated at all."

追念皇考，豈能恝然？」 When I recall my late father, how can I remain indifferent?"