Zhaoye 昭業

Other names

Family

• Spouse of Empress of Prince of Yulin (鬱林王皇后)
  empress 皇后 · AD 493 to AD 494 鬱林立皇后
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 158
• Sibling of Zhaowen (昭文)
  brothers 兄弟 · Paternal half siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 50, passages 3-4
• Sibling of Zhaoxiu (昭秀)
  brothers 兄弟 · Paternal half siblings
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 50, passages 3, 76
• Child of Mother of Zhaoye (皇太孫太妃)
  consort-mother 太妃
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 31
• Child of Crown Prince Wenhui (文惠太子)
  eldest son 長子
  father 父
  Sources vary in certainty · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 3; Book of Southern Qi 21, passage 125
• Sibling of Zhaocan (昭粲)
  emperor's younger brother 皇弟 · Paternal half siblings
  emperor's younger brother 皇弟 · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 93; Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 32
• Spouse of Lady He (何氏)
  empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 31
• Child of Wang Baoming (王寶明)
  gave birth to 生
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 3
• Kin of Lady Yu (庾氏)
  Granny 阿婆
  Uncertain · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 85
• Child of Crown Prince Wen Hui (文惠太子)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 3
• Spouse of He Jingying (何婧英)
  Marriage
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 20, passages 44-45, 47

Career and standing

• Prince of Nan commandery 南郡王
  AD 482 世祖卽位 · Enfeoffed · Households 2000
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 5
• imperial grandson-heir 皇太孫
  AD 493 文惠太子薨 · Established
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 11
• AD 493 世祖崩，太孫卽位
  Emperor
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 12
• AD 494 鬱林王卽位
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 9
• AD 493 to AD 494 鬱林王立
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 156
• Deposed
  AD 494 隆昌元年 · Authority Xiao Luan (蕭鸞)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passages 76, 105, 113

Places and affiliations

• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Ruled
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passages 1, 12
• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 9
• At Xu Longju's house 徐龍駒宅 · Relation Body borne to
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 113
• Organization Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Affiliated with
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 50, passage 1

Learning and skills

• Skill clerical script 隸書 · Level loved
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 80

Works and attributed material

• AD 493 丙戌
  Edict · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passages 22-25
• AD 493 九月癸丑
  Edict · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passages 28-29
• AD 493 太孫卽位
  Edict · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passages 16-21
• AD 493 辛丑
  Edict · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passages 26-27
• AD 494 隆昌元年辛亥
  Edict · Speaker
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passages 41-47
• Edict · Speaker · Mode document Speaker Zhaoye (昭業)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 135

Events and relationships

• Capping
  AD 487 永明五年十一月戊子 · Ritual · Recipient · At Chongzheng Hall of the Eastern Palace 東宮崇政殿
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 6
• Created Xuande palace offices
  Institutional · Ruler
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passages 155-156
• Established Grand Chamberlain on making empress
  Institutional · Ruler
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passages 157-158
• Ordered Wang Wenshu’s gate honored and his neighborhood renamed
  Biographical · Participant
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 55, passage 135
• Relation Favored consort · Person Lady Xu (徐氏)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 110
• Relation Illicit affair with · Person Lady Huo (霍氏)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 97

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment dim and cruel; violence and excess · Mode edict Speaker Xiao Zhaowen (蕭昭文)
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 5, passage 80
• Assessment outwardly fair but deceitful · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passages 115-116
• Item Emperor Wu's fasting treasury coin 世祖齋庫儲錢 · Relation Spent
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 89
• Item Zhaowan Hall 招婉殿 · Relation Destroyed
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 4, passage 95

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passages 156, 158