Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Emperor Wen (exemplar ruler)

Wen 文

Attested AD 549 - AD 551

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wen was an emperor Wen (exemplar ruler).

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 549 to AD 551 方符文、景
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 4, passage 154

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exemplar good ruler to whom Taizong was to be matched · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Liang 4, passage 154

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Liang 4, passage 154

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 4Volume 4: Emperor Jianwen · 1 passage

方符文、景，運鐘《屯》、《剝》，受制賊臣，弗展所蘊，終罹懷、愍之酷，哀哉！ Just as he was to match Wen and Jing, fate struck the hexagrams Tun and Bo; constrained by the rebel minister, he could not unfold what he held within, and at last suffered the cruelty of Huai and Min—alas!