Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Emperor of Northern Qi

Emperor Wenxuan of Qi 齊文宣帝

Qi Wenxuan Di

First attested AD 550; died AD 560

Passages: 7
Chapters: 4
Histories: 3

Overview

Emperor Wenxuan of Qi was an emperor of Northern Qi.

Life and dates

Death

AD 560 是月
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 199

Attested activity

AD 560 是月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 4, passage 199
AD 550 to AD 559 齊文宣
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 29
AD 550 to AD 559 齊文宣帝
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 151
AD 550 to AD 559 齊文宣帝時
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 88
AD 550 to AD 559 齊文宣末年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 21, passage 151

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Gao Huan (高歡)
father of Qi imperial house 齊神武
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 21, passages 145, 151
Parent of Gao Yin (高殷)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 199
Sibling of Prince Huan of Shangdang (上黨王渙)
younger brother 其弟
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 21, passage 153

Key source chapters

Career and standing

honorific marker and naming of Filial Mourning Lane 旌表其閭、號孝終里
Bestowed · Recipient Lu Yanshi (陸彥師)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 29
marked Yang Qing's household gate and granted material gifts 表其門閭，賜帛三十匹，綿十屯，粟五十石
Granted · Recipient Yang Qing (楊慶)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 151
Emperor Wenxuan of Qi 齊文宣
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 29

Places and affiliations

Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 29

Events and relationships

Killed supply prisoners when angered
Cruelty · Perpetrator
Directly stated · Book of Chen 23, passage 88

Assessments and attributes

Assessment admired Lu Yanshi's mourning conduct · Target Person Id Lu Yanshi (陸彥師) · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Emperor Wenxuan of Qi (齊文宣帝)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 72, passage 29

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 23Volume 23: Shen Junli; Wang Yang; Lu Shan · 1 passage

齊文宣帝每行，載死囚以從，齊人呼曰「供御囚」，每有他怒，則召殺之，以快其意。 Whenever Emperor Wenxuan of Qi traveled, he took condemned prisoners with him; Qi people called them "prisoners for imperial use." Whenever angered by anything, he would summon and kill them to satisfy himself.

Book of Sui, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 37: Filial Piety · 2 passages

齊文宣聞而嘉歎，旌表其閭，號其所住為孝終裡。 When Emperor Wenxuan of Qi heard of this he expressed his admiration, erected an honorific marker at his lane, and named his neighborhood Filial Mourning Lane.

齊文宣帝表其門閭，賜帛三十匹，綿十屯，粟五十石。 Emperor Wenxuan of Qi honored his household gate, granting thirty bolts of silk, ten bales of cotton, and fifty piculs of grain.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Ming · 1 passage

是月，齊文宣帝薨，子殷嗣立。 That month Emperor Wenxuan of Qi died, and his son Yin succeeded to the throne.

Book of Zhou, Chapter 21Volume 21 Biographies 13: Wei Chijiong; Wang Qian; Sima Xiaonan · 3 passages

齊文宣末年，昬虐滋甚。 In the last years of Emperor Wenxuan of Qi, his cruelty and tyranny grew ever worse.

屬文宣在幷，驛召其弟上黨王渙，渙懼于屠害，遂斬使者東奔。 When Wenxuan was at Bing, he summoned by courier his brother the Prince of Shangdang, Huan; Huan, fearing slaughter, killed the messenger and fled east.

此言遂達於文宣，文宣頗疑之。 This talk reached Wenxuan, and he grew deeply suspicious.