Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler of Liang

Emperor Jing of Liang 梁敬帝

Liang Jingdi

Attested AD 554 - AD 557

Passages: 18
Chapters: 11
Histories: 2

Overview

Emperor Jing of Liang was a ruler of Liang.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 555 to AD 557 Liang reign
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 50
AD 555 to AD 557 敬帝
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 6, passage 177
AD 555 敬帝即位
Directly stated · Book of Chen 11, passage 15
AD 555 to AD 557 敬帝嗣位
Directly stated · Book of Chen 25, passage 48
AD 555 to AD 557 敬帝承制，追諡愍懷太子
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 8, passage 238
AD 555 to AD 557 敬帝承制
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 18, passage 20

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AD 555 敬帝承制
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 155
AD 555 梁敬帝即位
Directly stated · Book of Chen 14, passage 55
AD 554 江陵陷
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 24, passage 79
AD 555 江陵陷
Directly stated · Book of Chen 17, passage 35
AD 555 to AD 557 江陵陷後
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 63
AD 555 紹泰元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 12, passage 55
AD 557 高祖受禪
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 12, passage 168

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xiao Yi (蕭繹)
house 家
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 6, passage 177

met an unpropitious house 遭家不造
Kinship Role house · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵) · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 177

Key source chapters

Career and standing

assumed provisional authority 承制
Provisional authority · Assumed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 155
acting on imperial mandate 承制
Acting under imperial mandate · Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 238
Yielded throne
Abdication · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 177
AD 555 敬帝即位
Directly stated · Book of Chen 11, passage 15

Places and affiliations

Liang 梁
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 155; Book of Liang 8, passage 238
Liang
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Chen 18, passage 20
Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 79; Book of Liang 6, passage 177

Events and relationships

Assumed provisional authority and summoned Yuan Xian
Political · Ruler · With Yuan Xian (袁憲)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 155
Met unpropitious house and inherited hardship; campaigns and punishments not under his control
Political · Ruler · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 177
Posthumously titled
AD 555 to AD 557 敬帝承制 · Ritual · Authority · With Xiao Yuanliang (元良)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 8, passage 238
Yielded the throne high (abdicated)
Political · Ruler · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 177

Assessments and attributes

Assessment with no Yi and Huo to assist, could not but yield the throne high · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 177

References in the histories

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History

18 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 11Volume 11: Huang Faqu; Chunyu Liang; Zhang Zhaoda · 1 passage

敬帝即位，改封新建縣侯，邑如前。 When Emperor Jing came to the throne his title was changed to Marquis of Xinjian, with the same fief as before.

Book of Chen, Chapter 12Volume 12: Hu Ying; Xu Du; Du Leng; Shen Ke · 3 passages

紹泰元年，高祖東討杜龕，奉敬帝幸京口，以度領宿衛，并知留府事。 In Shaotai year 1, the Founder marched east against Du Kan and escorted Emperor Jing to Jingkou; Du was put over the palace guard and left in charge of headquarters affairs.

徐嗣徽、任約等來寇，高祖與敬帝還都。 Xu Siwei, Ren Yue, and others struck at the capital. The Founder and Emperor Jing came back to defend it.

高祖受禪，使中書舍人劉師知引恪，令勒兵入辭，[9]因衛敬帝如別宮。 When the Founder accepted the abdication, he had Secretariat Drafter Liu Shizhi bring Ke in and ordered Ke to lead troops in for the farewell audience, then escort Emperor Jing to a separate palace.

Book of Chen, Chapter 13Volume 13: Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong · 1 passage

敬帝即位，王琳據有上流，留異、余孝頃、周迪等所在鋒起，悉達撫綏五郡，甚得民和，士卒皆樂為之用。 When Emperor Jing came to the throne, Wang Lin controlled the upper Yangzi, and Liu Yi, Yu Xiaoqing, Zhou Di, and others rose in arms everywhere. Xida pacified the five commanderies, won the people over, and his soldiers were all glad to serve him.

Book of Chen, Chapter 14Volume 14: Chen Chang; Chen Tanlang · 1 passage

梁敬帝即位，追贈侍中、使持節、驃騎將軍、南徐州刺史，封武康縣公，邑一千戶。 When Emperor Jing of Liang came to the throne, Xiuxian was posthumously made palace attendant, bearer of the staff, general of agile cavalry, and inspector of South Xuzhou, and enfeoffed as Duke of Wukang with one thousand households.

Book of Chen, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Chong; Wang Tong; Yuan Jing · 3 passages

江陵陷，敬帝為太宰，承制以沖為左長史。 When Jiangling fell, Emperor Jing of Liang, acting as grand preceptor under the provisional regime, made Chong his left chief clerk.

江陵陷，敬帝承制以通為吏部尚書。 When Jiangling fell, Emperor Jing's provisional regime made Tong director of the Ministry of Personnel.

江陵陷，敬帝承制以為中書令。 When Jiangling fell, Emperor Jing's provisional regime made him director of the Secretariat.

Book of Chen, Chapter 18Volume 18: Shen Zhong; Yuan Bi; Liu Zhongwei; Lu Shancai; Wang Zhi; Wei Zai · 2 passages

江陵陷，為西魏所虜，尋而逃還，敬帝承制，授御史中丞。 When Jiangling fell he was captured by Western Wei, but soon escaped. Emperor Jing of Liang, under the provisional regime, made him censor-in-chief.

仍遣載族弟翽賷書喻載以誅王僧辯意，并奉梁敬帝敕，敕載解兵。 He then sent Zai's cousin Hui with a letter explaining why Wang Sengbian had been killed and with an edict from Emperor Jing of Liang ordering Zai to lay down arms.

Book of Chen, Chapter 23Volume 23: Shen Junli; Wang Yang; Lu Shan · 2 passages

江陵陷，梁敬帝承制，除仁威將軍、尚書吏部郎中。 After Jiangling fell, Emperor Jing of Liang, acting under provisional authority, appointed him general of humane prestige and director in the personnel bureau of the Department of State Affairs.

貞陽侯僭位，以敬帝為太子，授瑒散騎常侍，侍東宮。 When the Marquis of Zhenyang usurped the throne and made Emperor Jing crown prince, Yang was appointed attendant-in-ordinary of the scattered cavalry and assigned to serve in the Eastern Palace.

Book of Chen, Chapter 24Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian · 2 passages

及江陵陷，弘正遁圍而出，歸於京師，敬帝以為大司馬王僧辯長史，行揚州事。 When Jiangling fell, Hongzheng broke through the siege and returned to the capital. Emperor Jing made him chief clerk to Grand Marshal Wang Sengbian, acting for Yang province.

敬帝承制，徵授尚書殿中郎。 When Emperor Jing assumed provisional authority, Xian was summoned and appointed palace gentleman in the Department of State Affairs.

Book of Chen, Chapter 25Volume 25: Pei Ji; Sun Yang · 1 passage

敬帝嗣位，授持節、仁威將軍、巴州刺史。 When the Honored Emperor succeeded he received the staff as benevolent-prestige general and administrator of Ba.

Book of Liang, Chapter 6Volume 6: Emperor Jing · 1 passage

敬帝遭家不造，紹茲屯運，征伐有所自出，政刑不由於己，時無伊、霍之輔，焉得不爲高讓歟？」 Emperor Jing inherited a dynasty in ruin and an age of upheaval. Armies marched at another’s command, and neither government nor justice was his to direct. With no Yi Yin or Huo Guang to support him, how could he have avoided yielding the throne?"

Book of Liang, Chapter 8Volume 8: Crown Prince Zhaoming; Crown Prince Ai; Crown Prince Minhuai · 1 passage

敬帝承制，追諡愍懷太子。 Emperor Jing, acting on imperial mandate, posthumously titled him Crown Prince Minhuai.