Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Western Jin Emperor

Emperor Huai 懷帝

Huáidì

Attested AD 307 - AD 313

Passages: 5
Chapters: 4
Histories: 4

Overview

Emperor Huai was a Western Jin Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 311 懷帝敗
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 38, passage 25
AD 307 懷帝永嘉元年
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passage 173
AD 311 to AD 313 懷帝蒙塵
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 108, passage 57
AD 307 to AD 313 晉之懷
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 143, passages 139, 161

Key source chapters

Events and relationships

Worshipped only at garden mausoleum
Mortuary · Honoree
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 143, passage 139

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 30: Xin Shu; Yuan Wenyao; Zhao Yanshen · 1 passage

懷帝敗，沒於劉聰。 When Emperor Huai was defeated, it was lost to Liu Cong.

Book of Jin, Chapter 108Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui · 1 passage

懷帝蒙塵于平陽，王浚承制以廆為散騎常侍、冠軍將軍、前鋒大都督、大單于，廆不受。 Wang Jun's honors could not buy him.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 2 passages

且漢之殤、沖、質，君臣已成，晉之惠、懷、湣，俱負艱難，皆不列高食，止祀於園寢。 Moreover, Han's Shang, Chong, and Zhi—lord and subject relations were already formed; Jin's Hui, Huai, and Min—all bore hardship; none received offerings in the main temple and were worshipped only at the garden mausoleum.

如漢之沖、質，晉之閔、懷，但尊稱而無廟號； Such as Han's Chong and Zhi, Jin's Min and Huai—only honored titles without temple names;

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 10Volume 10 Treatises 2: Rituals 1 · 1 passage

懷帝永嘉元年，惠帝喪制未終，于時江充議云，古帝王相承，雖世及有異，而輕重同禮。」 In Huai's Yongjia 1, while Emperor Hui's mourning was unfinished, Jiang Chong held that successive rulers, though succession differed, observed the same rites in weight."