Overview
Yanzong was a ruler and Royal Family Member.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Northern Qi
Life and dates
Death
- AD 577 使並賜死Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 211, 213
Attested activity
- AD 577 及至長安Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 209-213
- AD 576 平陽之陣Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 227
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Spouse of Consort Li (李妃)consort 妃
consort 妃 · WidowedStrongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 214 - Child of Gao Cheng (高澄)sons 諸子
son 子Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 223, 227
Career and standing
- Prince of Ande 安德HeldDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 227
- falsely charged with remotely responding to Mutipo's rebellion 誣後主及延宗等，云遙應穆提婆反AccusedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 211
Places and affiliations
- Polity Northern Qi 齊 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 209, 227
Events and relationships
- Dechang rising forced by the troops' urgent feelingAD 577 德昌大舉 · Political · Throne claimantDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 228
- Grief beyond control when Houzhu was ordered to dancePersonal · Mourner · At Chang'an 長安Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 209
- Repeatedly wished to take poison and kill himself; serving women remonstrated until he stoppedPersonal · Would be suicideDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 210
- Rolled up his sleeves, wept, and said nothingLegal · DefendantDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 212
- Roused loyal courage at the battle of PingyangAD 576 平陽之陣 · Military · Commander · At Pingyang 平陽Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 227
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment hid himself in dangerous times under a benighted ruler, then showed loyal courage; devotion to house and state ran deep · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 227
- Assessment Wenxiang's sons were in the end cut down until the state collapsed · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 226
References in the histories
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