Emperor Fei 廢帝殷

Other names

Family

• Kin of Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝)
  close kinsman 地親
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 52
• Sibling of Prince of Taiyuan (太原王)
  eldest son 長子 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 5, passages 1, 8
• Child of Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (文宣帝)
  father 父
  son 子
  Sources vary in certainty · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 1; Book of Northern Qi 6, passages 39, 155
• Child of Empress Li (李皇后)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 1
• Child of Empress Wenxuan (文宣皇后)
  son 子
  mother 母
  Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 6, passages 54, 66

• eldest son of Emperor Wenxuan
  Kinship Role eldest-son · Count 1
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 1

Origins and identity

• Han Chinese ways/temperament 漢家性質
  Statement Wenxuan said he had inherited Han Chinese temperament
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 8

Career and standing

• Prince Mindao 閔悼王
  AD 562 大寧二年 · Posthumously conferred
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 59
• Prince of Jinan 濟南王
  AD 560 乾明元年秋八月壬午 · Conferred
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 47
• Appointed
  AD 550 天保元年 · Crown prince
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 2
• Suffered
  AD 561 皇建二年秋 · Killed · Authority Emperor Xiaozhao (孝昭帝) · Agent Person Id Gao Guiyan (高歸彥) · At Jinyang Palace 晉陽宮
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passages 49, 55
• AD 559 天保十年十月癸卯
  At Xuande Hall at Jinyang 晉陽宣德殿
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 23
• AD 559 天保十年
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 6, passage 39

Places and affiliations

• AD 560 乾明元年春正月
  At Jinyang 晉陽 · Relation Returned from
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 34
• AD 562 大寧二年
  At northwest of Wuning 武寧之西北 · Relation Buried at
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 59
• At Jinyang 晉陽 · Relation Died at
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 49

Learning and skills

• Subject classics 經業 · Relation Mastered
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 10
• Subject fanqie phonetic glosses 反語 · Relation Studied
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passages 4-5
• Skill classical disputation 經義 · Level admired
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 12

Works and attributed material

• Classic of Filial Piety 孝經
  Relation Lectured on
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 13
• Speech · Speaker · Quote true · About fanqie self-gloss of 跡
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 5
• Speech · Speaker · Quote true · About praise of Xu Sanchou compared with Yan Hui and Liu Xiahui · With Xu Sanchou (許散愁), Yan Hui (顏回), Liu Xiahui (柳下惠)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 17
• Speech · Speaker · Quote true · About question to Xu Sanchou via Yang Yin · With Yang Yin (楊愔), Xu Sanchou (許散愁)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 14
• Speech · Speaker · Quote true · About why Prince of Hejian barred from Northern Palace · With Prince Xiaowan of Hejian (河間王孝琬)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 7

Events and relationships

• Banned prince of hejian from northern palace banquet
  Ritual · Host · With Prince Xiaowan of Hejian (河間王孝琬) · At Northern Palace 北宮
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passages 6-7
• Bestowed hundred bolts of silk
  Personal · Benefactor · With Xu Sanchou (許散愁)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 18
• Expounded classic of filial piety
  AD 558 天保九年 · Scholarly · Lecturer
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 13
• Failed to execute prisoner
  Personal · Actor · At Golden Phoenix Terrace 金鳳台 · With Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi (文宣帝)
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passages 19-21
• Moved to separate palace after deposition
  AD 560 乾明元年秋八月壬午 · Political · Subject
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 48
• Personally reviewed prisoners
  AD 560 乾明元年二月甲辰 · Legal · Judge · At Fanglin Garden 芳林園
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 37

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment gentle, magnanimous, open; bearing of a sovereign; mastered classics; fine reputation · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 10
• Assessment intelligent early; generous and humane; fine reputation in Tianbao · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 50
• Assessment quick-witted by nature · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 3
• Assessment reformed abuses; teaching and customs shone; gentry fortunate · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 64
• Assessment reformed Wenxuan's abuses · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 6, passage 158
• heart palpitations, stammer, and intermittent mental confusion after being whipped
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 5, passage 21