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20-640: Emperor Gong (恭帝 Gongdi , "Reverent Emperor") may refer to: Emperor Gong of Jin (386–421) Emperor Gong of Western Wei (537–557) Yang You (605–619), referred to as Emperor Gong of Sui Yang Tong (605–619), Yang You's brother, sometimes also referred to as Emperor Gong of Sui Chai Zongxun (953–973), Emperor Gong of Later Zhou Emperor Gong of Song (1271–1323?) See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "Emperor Gong" , "Gong-di" , "Gongdi" , or "恭帝" on Misplaced Pages. Gong (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

40-546: A blanket to cover his head and asphyxiated him. He was buried with imperial honors. As for the title of "Prince of Lingling", it remained in the Sima clan until it was abolished by Emperor Wu of Liang in April 502, when he ascended the throne. The last known Prince of Lingling was Sima Yaoshi (司马药师), who died on 30 March 490. Consorts and Issue: Sima Maoying Sima Maoying ( Chinese : 司馬茂英 ; 393? or 403/4? – 439)

60-461: A mission in Luoyang , recently captured from Later Qin, to try to restore the imperial tombs of the early Jin emperors, but it is not known what came of the mission. He returned to Jiankang in 418 after Liu Yu destroyed Later Qin. Late that year, Liu Yu, intending to seize the throne and believing a prophecy stating, "There will be two more emperors after Changming" ( Changming , which meant "dawn,"

80-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Emperor Gong of Jin Sima Dewen was the second son of Emperor Xiaowu of Jin and his concubine Consort Chen Guinü in 386, born four years after Consort Chen had given birth to their oldest son, Sima Dezong . Contrary to his older brother who was described as so developmentally disabled that he

100-399: The heir apparent to the powerful general Liu Yu (the future Emperor Wu of Song ). In 420, her father-in-law forced her father to yield the throne to him, ending Jin and establishing Liu Song. He created Liu Yifu crown prince , and she therefore carried the title of crown princess. In 421, he had her father killed. In 422, after Liu Yu died, Liu Yifu took the throne as Emperor Shao, and she

120-477: The Prince of Lingling and built a palace for him near Jiankang. He had the general Liu Zunkao ( 劉遵考 ), a distant cousin, lead a group of guards, ostensibly to protect the prince but instead to keep him under watch. Soon, Liu Yu, still believing Sima Dewen to be a threat, sent Sima Dewen's former attendant Zhang Wei ( 張偉 ) a bottle of poisoned wine, ordering him to poison Sima Dewen. Zhang, not wanting to carry out

140-735: The capital Jiankang , but by this point power was in Liu Yu's hands, albeit in a power-sharing agreement with a number of allies whom he had had to recruit in his campaign against Huan Xuan. As the years went by, Liu Yu gradually concentrated more and more power in his hands, destroying rivals including Liu Yi ( 劉毅 ), Zhuge Zhangmin ( 諸葛長民 ), and Sima Xiuzhi ( 司馬休之 ), while greatly showing his strength in campaigns destroying rival states Southern Yan , Western Shu , and Later Qin . Sima Dewen continued to be largely ceremonially honored but actually powerless during this period. In 416, during Liu Yu's campaign against Later Qin, Sima Dewen asked to undertake

160-426: The hands of Huan Xuan's nephew Huan Zhen ( 桓振 ), Huan Zhen considered executing Emperor An to avenge Huan Xuan's young son Huan Sheng ( 桓昇 ), who was killed by the rebels. It took great pleading on Sima Dewen's part, explaining that neither he nor Emperor An had had anything to do with Huan Sheng's death, for Huan Zhen to spare Emperor An. In early 405, Huan Zhen was defeated, and Emperor An and Sima Dewen returned to

180-541: The material herself. Assassins whom Liu Yu sent initially could find no chance to kill the former emperor. In fall 421, Liu Yu sent Chu Danzhi and his brother Chu Yuzhi ( 褚裕之 ) to visit their sister. As Princess Chu came out to meet her brothers in a different house, soldiers sent by Liu Yu intruded into Sima Dewen's house and ordered him to take poison. He refused, stating that Buddhist doctrines prohibit suicide and that those who commit suicide could not be reborn as humans in their next lives. The assassins therefore used

200-469: The opportunity to kill Emperor An. Liu Yu then declared Sima Dewen emperor, as Emperor Gong. Emperor Gong's reign was a brief and powerless one. He created his wife Princess Chu empress in spring 419. He also promoted Liu Yu, then carrying the title Duke of Song, to the Prince of Song, which Liu Yu initially declined but accepted in fall 419. In spring 420, Liu Yu, then at Shouyang sent his assistant Fu Liang to Jiankang to pressure Emperor Gong to yield

220-455: The order, drank the wine himself and died. Meanwhile, however, in order to prevent any likelihood that Sima Dewen would have a male heir, Liu Yu ordered Princess Chu's brothers Chu Xiuzhi ( 褚秀之 ) and Chu Danzhi ( 褚淡之 ) to poison any male children whom Princess Chu or Sima Dewen's concubines would bear. Sima Dewen himself feared death greatly, and he and Princess Chu remained in the same house, cooking their own meals, with Princess Chu paying for

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260-465: The throne. Emperor Gong responded by summoning Liu Yu back to the capital in summer 419, and Fu then offered him a draft of an abdication edict, requesting that he write it personally. Sima Dewen did so, and then left the palace and went to his old house while he was Prince of Langya. Three days later, Liu Yu took the throne and established the Liu Song dynasty , ending Jin. Liu Yu created Sima Dewen

280-471: The title of "Prince of Langye" – the second most prestigious title for a prince after "Crown Prince". In 396, Emperor Xiaowu was strangled by his favorite concubine Honoured Lady Zhang after making an offensive remark about her age, and in 397 Sima Dezong succeeded the throne as Emperor An of Jin . Sima Dewen continued to care for his brother after his ascension to the throne. Sometime during Emperor An's reign, Sima Dewen married his wife, Chu Lingyuan , who

300-521: Was a princess of the Eastern Jin dynasty (with the title Princess Haiyan (海鹽公主)) and an empress consort of the Liu Song dynasty . Her father was Emperor Gong of Jin , and her husband was Emperor Shao of Song . Sima Maoying was a daughter of Emperor Gong and his wife, Chu Lingyuan . She must have been created princess during her father's brief reign (419–420), and it was also at that time that she married Liu Yifu (the future Emperor Shao), then

320-506: Was created empress. However, in 424, officials whom Liu Yu had left in control of the government deposed Emperor Shao, believing him to be unfit to be emperor, demoting him to the title of Prince of Yingyang (营阳王). Empress Sima was therefore also demoted to Princess of Yingyang. Soon, the officials had Liu Yifu killed. They replaced him with his capable brother Liu Yilong (as Emperor Wen), and Emperor Wen, in 432, posthumously had his nephew Liu Lang (劉郎) (a son of his brother Liu Yigong (劉義恭)

340-528: Was from an aristocratic family. She had two daughters, Sima Maoying , later created the Princess Haiyan, and the later Princess Fuyang. Throughout Emperor An's early reign, Sima Dewen received increasingly honorific offices, but had little actual power, as the power was initially in the hands of his uncle, the regent Sima Daozi the Prince of Kuaiji, and later in the hands of Sima Daozi's son Sima Yuanxian . The situation continued after Sima Yuanxian

360-563: Was overthrown by the warlord Huan Xuan in 402. In 403, Huan Xuan forced Emperor An to yield the throne to him, temporarily ending Jin. Huan Xuan established a new state of Chu, and he created Emperor An the Prince of Pinggu (平固王) and Sima Dewen the Duke of Shiyang (石阳县公), but kept them close to him to watch them. In 404, however, a rebellion by the general Liu Yu quickly led to Huan Xuan's destruction and Emperor An's restoration. When, however, later that year Emperor An and Sima Dewen fell into

380-464: Was the courtesy name of Emperor Xiaowu), became intent on killing Emperor An and replacing him with Sima Dewen. However, because Sima Dewen continuously attended to his brother, assassins whom Liu Yu sent to poison Emperor An did not have the opportunity to do so. However, around the new year 419, Sima Dewen was ill and had to be at his own house, and Liu Yu's assassin Wang Shaozhi ( 王韶之 ) took

400-466: Was unable to speak, clothe himself, or express whether he was hungry or full, Sima Dewen was described as an intelligent child. From childhood, he became accustomed to care for his brother, especially after their mother's death in 390. Their father did not have any other sons. Despite Sima Dezong's severe up developmental disability, he was made crown prince in 387 at the age of five by Emperor Xiaowu. On 27 Dec 392, Emperor Xiaowu bestowed upon Sima Dewen

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