Yuan · Ruler

the Yuan emperor 帝

Attested AD 1333 - AD 1353

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

the Yuan emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1333 to AD 1353 帝方覽萬幾
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passages 12, 38
AD 1353 至正十三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 187, passages 33, 36

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of the Crown Prince (皇太子)
crown prince 皇太子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 187, passage 36

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passages 12, 38

Works and attributed material

Edict · Author · Paraphrased · Extent s0038
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 38

Events and relationships

Installed crown prince
AD 1353 至正十三年 · Ritual · Sovereign · With the Crown Prince (皇太子)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 36
Issued amnesty
Legal · Sovereign
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 40
Ordered extermination of rebels
Military · Issuer of edict
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 38
Visited Upper Capital
AD 1353 至正十三年 · Travel · Sovereign · At Upper Capital 上都
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 36

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 187Volume 187 Biographies 74: Wugusunliangzhen, Jia Lu, Lu Luceng, Gong Shitai, Zhou Boqi, Wu Dang · 4 passages

復起為監察御史，良楨以帝方覽萬幾，不可不求賢自輔，於是連疏：「天曆數年間紀綱大壞，元氣傷夷。 Recalled to serve again as investigating censor, Liangzhen judged that with the emperor now personally attending to the myriad affairs of government, he could not afford to neglect recruiting worthy advisers. He therefore submitted a series of memorials: "During the Tianli years the laws and institutions fell into grave disorder and the vital energies of the dynasty were grievously depleted.

天祐聖明，入膺大統，而西宮秉政，奸臣弄權，畜憾十有餘年。 Heaven blessed Your Sagely Brilliance to ascend the great succession, yet the Western Palace held the reins of power, wicked ministers manipulated authority, and grievances festered for more than a decade.

請下禮官有司及右科進士在朝者會議，自天子至於庶人，皆從禮制，以成列聖未遑之典，明萬世不易之道。」 I beg that ritual officials, the responsible agencies, and jinshi of the Right Branch now at court be ordered to deliberate together, and that from the Son of Heaven to the common people all alike follow the ritual code—thereby completing the canon our sage forebears had not yet had leisure to enact and making plain the Way that must not change for ten thousand generations."

當時盜賊蜂起，帝聞，惡之，下詔分討，必盡誅而後已。 Bandits and rebels were then rising everywhere. When the emperor heard of it he was enraged and issued an edict ordering separate campaigns of suppression, decreeing that none were to be spared until all had been exterminated.