Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Tuoba Tao

Tao

Attested AD 423 - AD 451

Passages
8
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Tuoba Tao as a ruler. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tuoba Tao Tao
Alternate name Boli 佛狸 Fúlí
Personal Tao Tao
Surname Tuoba 拓跋
Personal Tuoba Tao 拓跋燾 Tuoba Tao
Personal name Tuoba Tao 託跋燾 Tuòbá Tào
Personal name Tuoba Tao 拓跋燾 Tuòbá Tāo

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉北伐 · Western Interval: Start: AD 450 · End: AD 451
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0102
  • Source Date: Text: 慕延時攻伐 · Western Interval: Start: AD 439 · End: AD 450
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0091
  • Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Interval: Start: AD 430 · End: AD 432
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:096:s0079
  • Source Date: Text: 景平元年 · Western Year: AD 423
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:004:s0035
  • Source Date: Text: 滑臺陷後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 430 · End: AD 431
    Explicit event contextual date · songshu:076:s0012

Family

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  • Child of Tuoba Si (拓跋嗣)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Shao · 1 passage
Book of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 36: Zhu Xiuzhi, Zong Que, Wang Xuanmo · 5 passages
Book of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 56: Xianbei and Tuyuhun Peoples · 2 passages