Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Wei emperor 魏主

Attested AD 493 - AD 493

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 493 永明十一年春正月
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4, 13
AD 493 永明十一年二月
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4, 43
AD 493 永明十一年夏四月戊戌
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 4, 63

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Feng (皇后馮氏)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage · AD 493 永明十一年夏四月戊戌
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 63

Career and standing

exemption from calling himself a subject or bowing 上書不稱臣，入朝不拜
AD 493 永明十一年夏四月戊戌 · Bestowed · With Feng Xi (馮熙)
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 65

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passages 13-14
AD 493 永明十一年二月
At Pingcheng 平城 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 43

Works and attributed material

Edict · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 65

Events and relationships

Convened nobles at the Hall of Military Classics to discuss a southern campaign and stockpiled fodder between the Huai and Si
AD 493 永明十一年春正月 · Military · Convener
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 14
Plowed the sacred field for the first time south of Pingcheng
AD 493 永明十一年二月 · Ritual · Actor
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 43

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 138, passage 13

References in the histories

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 138Volume 138 Qi Records 4 · 4 passages

魏人知之，劉昶數泣訴於魏主，乞處邊戍，招集遺民，以雪私恥。 When the Northern Wei learned of this, Liu Chang pleaded tearfully before the Wei emperor to serve on the frontier, rally dispersed loyalists, and redeem his disgrace.

魏主大會公卿於經武殿，以議南伐，於淮、泗間大積馬芻。 The Wei emperor convened dukes and officials in the Hall of Military Classics to debate invading south, while stockpiling fodder on a vast scale between the Huai and Si.

二月，魏主始耕藉田於平城南。。 In the second month, the Wei emperor plowed the sacred field for the first time south of Pingcheng.

魏主以《白虎通》云：「王者不臣妻之父母」，下詔令太師上書不稱臣，入朝不拜； Citing the Baihu tong—"A king does not treat his wife's parents as subjects"—the Wei emperor decreed that Grand Preceptor Feng Xi need not style himself a subject in memorials or bow when entering court;