Emperor Wen (文皇) | 24 Histories

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Emperor Wen was a ruler.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 626 to AD 649 又上疏：「古者無嫂叔服，文皇創意，以兄弟之親，不宜無服，乃議服小功。
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 89

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 1 passage

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又上疏：「古者無嫂叔服，文皇創意，以兄弟之親，不宜無服，乃議服小功。 He also memorialized: "In antiquity there was no mourning dress for relations between brother's wife and husband's brother; Emperor Wen innovated, arguing that such close kin among brothers should not go unmourned, and lesser merit mourning was adopted.