Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Emperor of Wei

Emperor Ming of Wei 魏明

Wei Ming

Attested AD 226 - AD 239

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Ming of Wei was an emperor of Wei.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 226 to AD 239 魏明帝之世
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 56, passage 12

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 56Volume 56 Biographies 37: Trusted Officials · 6 passages

漢元以令僕用事，魏明以監令專權，及在中朝，猶爲重寄。 Under Emperor Yuan of Han the Masters of Writing ran affairs; under Emperor Ming of Wei the Supervisor and Director held sole sway; and even in the central dynasties the office remained a post of the deepest trust.

及明帝世，胡母顥、阮佃夫之徒，專爲佞倖矣。 By Emperor Ming's reign, men such as Humu Hao and Ruan Tianfu had turned the post wholly to sycophancy and private favor.

明帝以僧真歷朝驅使，建武元年，除游擊將軍，兼司農，待之如舊。 Because Sengzhen had served as a dispatch runner through successive reigns, in the first year of Jianwu Emperor Ming appointed him General Who Scatters the Enemy with concurrent charge as Minister of Grand Food and treated him as before.

明帝崩，掌山陵事。 When Emperor Ming died, he oversaw matters of the imperial tomb.

明帝曰：「學士不堪治國，唯大讀書耳。 Emperor Ming said, "Scholars cannot govern a state — they only read vast numbers of books.

明帝初，罷道，結事阮佃夫，用爲兖州刺史孟次陽典籤。 At the start of Emperor Ming's reign he left the religious life, attached himself to Ruan Tianfu, and was appointed chief clerk to Meng Ciyang, governor of Yanzhou.