Emperor Gong of Jin
晉恭帝
简体 晋恭帝
“Handed over the dynasty, and was murdered anyway”
Installed for eighteen months to satisfy a prophecy, then made to write out his own abdication — which he did, remarking that the Jin had ended long before. Liu Yu had him smothered a year later. Every southern dynasty afterwards killed the emperor it replaced; this is where that started.
His wife, Chu Lingyuan, was the granddaughter of Chu Suanzi, and the last empress of the Jin.
She is among the eleven on the Eastern Jin silk.
The empress of this reign
Painted on silk in gemstone mineral pigments by Xiang Li.
About this page
Written for this site to place Gong's reign around the paintings. For the full biography, the dynastic histories and the scholarship behind them, start at Wikipedia.
Every Jin emperor
Western Jin
西晉 / 西晋 266 – 316Eastern Jin
東晉 / 东晋 317 – 420| Reign | Emperor | Painted empresses |
|---|---|---|
| 317 – 323 | Yuan 晉元帝 / 晋元帝 Sima Rui 司馬睿 / 司马睿 | |
| 323 – 325 | Ming 晉明帝 / 晋明帝 Sima Shao 司馬紹 / 司马绍 | |
| 325 – 342 | Cheng 晉成帝 / 晋成帝 Sima Yan 司馬衍 / 司马衍 | |
| 342 – 344 | Kang 晉康帝 / 晋康帝 Sima Yue 司馬岳 / 司马岳 | |
| 344 – 361 | Mu 晉穆帝 / 晋穆帝 Sima Dan 司馬聃 / 司马聃 | |
| 361 – 365 | Ai 晉哀帝 / 晋哀帝 Sima Pi 司馬丕 / 司马丕 | |
| 365 – 372 | Fei (Haixi) 晉廢帝 · 海西公 / 晋废帝 · 海西公 Sima Yi 司馬奕 / 司马奕 | |
| 372 | Jianwen 晉簡文帝 / 晋简文帝 Sima Yu 司馬昱 / 司马昱 | |
| 372 – 396 | Xiaowu 晉孝武帝 / 晋孝武帝 Sima Yao 司馬曜 / 司马曜 | |
| 396 – 418 | An 晉安帝 / 晋安帝 Sima Dezong 司馬德宗 / 司马德宗 | |
| 419 – 420 | Gong 晉恭帝 / 晋恭帝 Sima Dewen 司馬德文 / 司马德文 |