Daming Temple is so named because it was constructed during the periods in the reign of Liu Song Xiaowu Emperor of the Daming Dynasty (453 C.E.—464 C.E.).
Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362–396), an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265–420) in China
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Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song (430-464), an emperor of the Chinese dynasty Liu Song
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Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei (510–535), an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei
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Ruan Xiaowu, fictional character in the Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature
Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei | Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song | Xiaowu | Ruan Xiaowu | Emperor Xiaowu of Jin |
In 532, after several years of civil war, the victorious general Gao Huan made Yuan Baoju's cousin Yuan Xiu the Prince of Pingyang emperor (as Emperor Xiaowu).
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In 534, Yuan Baoju, then the Prince of Nanyang, followed his cousin Emperor Xiaowu in fleeing from the capital Luoyang to Chang'an, after a fallout between Emperor Xiaowu and the paramount general Gao Huan.
Although he married Gao's oldest daughter as his empress around the new year 533, he, after initially appearing to show deference to Gao, began to rule with Husi Chun and his associate Wang Sizheng (王思政) as his assistants, making decisions contrary to Gao's opinion, particularly after Gao had defeated the final major member of the Erzhu clan, Erzhu Zhao.
In 464, Emperor Xiaowu died and was succeeded by his impulsive and violent son Emperor Qianfei.