Emperor Zhuang of Wei (魏莊帝)

Overview

Emperor Zhuang of Wei was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Emperor Xiaozhuang	孝莊	Xiàozhuāng
Alternate name	Emperor Xiaozhuang

Life and dates

Death

Imprisoned and died
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 34, passage 39

Attested activity

AD 528 to AD 531 孝莊
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 36
AD 528 孝莊卽位
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 47, passage 21
AD 528 to AD 530 孝莊時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 27, passage 99
AD 530 永安
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 34, passage 36
AD 528 永安初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 28, passages 4-5
AD 528 to AD 530 莊帝
Directly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 26

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AD 528 to AD 530 莊帝初，封上黨王，尋改馮翊王，後降為郡公
Directly stated · Book of Wei 30, passage 148
AD 528 to AD 531 莊帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 86, passage 4
AD 529 莊帝永安二年三月
Directly stated · Book of Wei 111, passage 195
AD 528 莊帝踐祚
Directly stated · Book of Wei 81, passage 156
AD 528 to AD 531 魏孝莊
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 48, passage 23

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Yuan Shao (father) (元劭)
brother 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 28, passages 116, 119
Spouse of Empress Xiaozhuang of Wei (魏孝莊皇后)
empress 皇後
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 48, passage 23
Kin of Yuan Shao (元韶)
nephew 侄
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 116

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Places and affiliations

Wei 魏
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 48, passage 23
Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 34, passage 36
Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 86, passage 4

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Yuan Tan (元坦) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 5

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 28, passage 1

References in the histories

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History

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Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 28Volume 28 Biographies 20: Yuan Tan (Eastern Wei); Yuan Bin; Yuan Xiaoyou; Yuan Huiye; Yuan Bi; Yuan Shao (Eastern Wei) · 5 passages

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莊帝從容謂曰：「王才非荀、蔡，中歲屢遷，當由少長朕家，故有超授。」 Emperor Zhuang said to him at ease, "Prince, your talent is not like that of Xun or Cai; yet in mid-career you have been repeatedly promoted. That must be because you grew up in my household from youth — hence these extraordinary appointments."

父高陽王雍，從孝莊於河陰遇害。 His father Prince Gaoyang Yong followed Emperor Xiaozhuang to Heyin and met disaster there.

莊帝幸洛南，昭業立於閶闔門外叩馬諫，帝避之而過，後勞勉之。 When Emperor Zhuang visited south Luo, Zhaoye stood outside Changhe Gate, seized the bridle, and remonstrated. The emperor avoided him and rode on, but later commended him.

元韶，字世胄，魏孝莊之侄。 Yuan Shao, styled Shizhou, was a nephew of Emperor Xiaozhuang of Wei.

韶逢一老母姓程，哀之，隱於私家十餘日，莊帝訪而獲焉，襲封彭城王。 Shao met an old woman surnamed Cheng, who pitied him and hid him in her home for more than ten days. Emperor Zhuang searched for him and found him, and Shao inherited the title Prince of Pengcheng.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 34Volume 34 Biographies 26: Yang Yin; Yan Zixian; Song Qindao; Zheng Yi · 2 passages

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及莊帝誅尒朱榮，其從兄侃參贊帷幄。 When Emperor Zhuang executed Erzhu Rong, his cousin Kan took part in planning within the curtains.

俄而孝莊幽崩，愔時適欲還都，行達邯鄲，過楊寬家，為寬所執。 Before long Emperor Xiaozhuang was imprisoned and died; Yin at the time was about to return to the capital, reached Handan on the road, passed Yang Kuan's house, and was seized by Kuan.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials · 1 passage

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