He is better known as
梁元帝, Emperor Yuan of Liang (r. 552–555). He had lost an eye as a child and was a tireless reader and writer; his book 《
金楼子》 survives in part. As
江陵 fell in 554 he set fire to his library, saying the way of letters and arms ended that night, and he was killed by the Western Wei soon after.
