Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Liu Song Emperor

Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝

Song Wudi

Attested AD 462 - AD 481

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Emperor Wu of Song was a Liu Song Emperor.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Temple name	Gaozu	高祖	Gaozu

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 462 宋武帝大明六年
Directly stated · History of Liao 42, passage 11
AD 481 建元三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 10, passages 54, 58

Key source chapters

History of Liao, Chapter 42 Volume 42 Treatises 12: Celestial Phenomena 1 1 passage
Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 10 Volume 10 Treatises 2: Rituals 1 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Liu Song · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 10, passage 58

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 42Volume 42 Treatises 12: Celestial Phenomena 1 · 1 passage

宋武帝大明六年，祖沖之上《甲子元曆》法，未及施用，因名《大明曆》。 In the sixth year of Emperor Wu of Song's Daming reign (462 CE), Zu Chongzhi presented the Jiazi Epoch Calendar methods; before adoption they were called the Great Brightness Calendar.

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

靈筵雖未升廟堂，而舫中即成行廟，猶如桓玄及宋高祖長沙、臨川二國，竝有移廟之禮。 Though the spirit-seat had not reached the temple, the barge itself served as a traveling shrine—as with Huan Xuan and, under Song Gaozu, the Changsha and Linchuan domains, which all observed temple-transfer rites.