Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Last emperor of Eastern Jin

Emperor Gong of Jin 晉恭帝

Jìn Gōngdì

First attested AD 420; died AD 421

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Emperor Gong of Jin was a Last emperor of Eastern Jin.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Jin emperor	晉帝

Life and dates

Death

AD 421 永初二年九月己丑
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 232

Attested activity

AD 421 永初二年九月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 3, passage 232
AD 420 永初元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 3, passages 4, 35
AD 420 永初元年
Directly stated · Book of Song 55, passage 142

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Prince of Lingling 零陵王
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 35
Held
Abdicated ruler
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passages 35-36

Source notes

From Jin emperor 晉帝 · To Prince of Lingling 零陵王
Directly stated · Book of Song 3, passage 35

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Emperor Gao of Southern Qi 2 · 1 passage

己未，汝陰王薨，追諡爲宋順帝，終禮依魏元、晉恭帝故事。 Day jiwei: the Prince of Runan died and was posthumously styled Emperor Shun of Song; his funeral followed Wei's Emperor Yuan and Jin's Emperor Gong.

Book of Song, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wu 3 · 4 passages

晉帝以卜世告終，歷數有歸，欽若景運，以命于裕。 The Jin emperor, because divination showed his dynasty's term had ended and the mandate had passed to its rightful holder, reverently followed the age's flourishing fortune and entrusted the mandate to Yu.

封晉帝為零陵王，全食一郡。 The Jin emperor was enfeoffed as Prince of Lingling, with the full revenue of one commandery.

九月己丑，零陵王薨。 In the ninth month, on the day jichou, the Prince of Lingling died.

所以恭皇高遜，殆均釋負。 Therefore Emperor Gong's lofty abdication was nearly equal to laying down a burden.

Book of Song, Chapter 55Volume 55 Biographies 15: Zang Dao, Xu Guang, F Long · 1 passage

及高祖受禪，恭帝遜位，廣又哀感，涕泗交流。 When the Founding Emperor accepted the abdication and Emperor Gong yielded the throne, Guang was again overcome with grief, tears streaming down his face.