Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Emperor of Northern Wei

Emperor Chu 出帝

Chū dì

Attested AD 532 - AD 534

Passages: 14
Chapters: 6
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Chu was an emperor of Northern Wei.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 532 to AD 534 出帝
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passages 30, 118; Book of Wei 92, passage 114
AD 532 to AD 534 出帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 86, passage 15
AD 532 to AD 534 出帝初，轉太傅，錄尚書事。
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 153
AD 532 出帝初
Directly stated · Book of Wei 81, passage 139
AD 532 to AD 534 出帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 27, passage 100

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Enthroned
Directly stated · Book of Wei 86, passage 15

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Wei 92, passage 114
Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 86, passage 15

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

Book of Wei, Chapter 24Volume 20: Emperor Wencheng's Five Princes · 2 passages

出帝時，封潁川郡王，委以腹心之任。 Under Emperor Chu he was made Prince of Yingchuan commandery and given the emperor's innermost trust.

出帝初，贈太保，王如故，諡曰文宣。 When the Deposed Emperor came to the throne he was posthumously titled grand mentor, his princedom left as before, with the posthumous name Prince Wenzuan.

Book of Wei, Chapter 27Volume 22: Emperor Xiaowen's Five Princes · 3 passages

從出帝沒於關西。 He followed the Deposed Emperor west of the Pass and perished there.

宇文黑獺害出帝，寶炬乃僭大號。 Yuwen Heituo slew the Deposed Emperor; Yuan Baoju then seized the imperial title.

出帝初，除大司馬。 At the Deposed Emperor's accession he was made grand marshal.

Book of Wei, Chapter 30Volume 25: Zhang Sunsong, Zhangsun Daosheng · 3 passages

出帝初，轉太傅，錄尚書事。 At the fleeing emperor's accession he was made grand tutor and recorder of the Masters of Writing.

出帝入關，稚時鎮虎牢，亦隨赴長安。 When the fleeing emperor entered the passes, Zhi was at Hulao and followed him to Chang'an.

出帝與齊獻武王構隙，加子彥中軍大都督、行臺僕射，鎮弘農，以為心膂。 When the fleeing emperor and Duke Xianwu of Qi fell out, Ziyan was made central-army grand commander and mobile secretariat vice director at Hongnong as a trusted pillar.

Book of Wei, Chapter 81Volume 76: Lu Tong, Zhang Lie · 1 passage

出帝初，訴復業。 At the start of Emperor Chu's reign his family appealed and recovered their property.

Book of Wei, Chapter 86Volume 81: Qi Jun, Shan Wei, Liu Renzhi, Yuwen Zhongzhi · 4 passages

時高乾邕、魏蘭根等固執言，遂立出帝。 Gao Ganyu, Wei Langen, and others held stubbornly to their view, and so the fleeing emperor was enthroned.

及出帝失德，齊獻武王深思儁言，常以為恨。 When the fleeing emperor proved unworthy, King Xianwu of Qi often thought back on Jun's words and regretted them.

斛斯椿之搆間也，出帝令儁奉詔晉陽，齊獻武王集文武與儁申釋，儁辭屈而退。 When Dusi Chun stirred up discord, the fleeing emperor sent Jun to Jinyang with an edict; King Xianwu of Qi assembled his civil and military officers to clear matters with Jun, and Jun, defeated in argument, withdrew.

出帝初，為著作郎，兼中書令，既非其才，在史未嘗執筆。 At the start of the fleeing emperor's reign he was made compilation gentleman and concurrently director of the secretariat; the post was beyond his ability, and in the history office he never actually wrote.

Book of Wei, Chapter 92Volume 86: Filial Piety: Zhao Yan, Zhang Sunlu, Qifu Bao, Sun Yide, Dong Luosheng, Yang Yin · 1 passage

有司奏聞，出帝詔標門閭。 The relevant offices reported to the throne. Emperor Chu decreed that his gate and hamlet be marked.