Yuan Huangtou

Yuan Huangtou

Yuan Huangtou (Chinese:) was the son of emperor Yuan Lang of Eastern Wei. At that time,Gao Yang took control the court of Eastern Wei and set the emperor as puppet. Finally Yan Huangtou was imprisonned by Gao Yang and used him in an aviation experiment, binding him to a large Kite flying from the tower of Ye, China [帝尝幸金凤台,受佛戒,多召死囚,编籧篨为翅,命之飞下,谓之放生。坠皆致死,帝视以为观笑。(Rendering: Gao Yang visited the Tower of the Golden Phoenix to receive Buddhist ordination. He summoned many prisoners condemned to death, had them harnessed with thick bamboo mats as wings, and ordered them to fly down to the ground, calling it a liberation of living creatures. All prisioners died, but Gao Yang enjoy and laugh over the shows.). "Suishu" under 25.] [世哲从弟黄头,使与诸囚自金凰台各乘纸鸱以飞,黄头独能至紫陌乃坠,仍付御史狱,毕义云饿杀之。(Rendering: Yuan Shize and his younger brother Yuan Huangtou with a few prisoners each launch themselves from Tower of the Golden Phoenix [in Ye, capital of the Northern Qi] . Yuan Huangtou was the only one who survived from this flight, as he glided over the city-wall and fell at Zimo [western segment of Ye] safely, but he was handed to Bi Yiyun and sentenced to death by starvation.). "History of Northern Dynasties" under 19.] [(永定三年)使元黄头与诸囚自金凤台各乘纸鸱以飞,黄头独能至紫陌乃堕,仍付御史中丞毕义云饿杀之。(Rendering: [In the 3rd year of Yongding, 559] , Gao Yang conducted an experiment by having Yuan Huangtou and a few prisoners each launch themselves from Tower of the Golden Phoenix [in Ye, capital of the Northern Qi] . Yuan Huangtou was the only one who survived from this flight, as he glided over the city-wall and fell at Zimo [western segment of Ye] safely, but he was handed to Bi Yiyun and sentenced to death by starvation.). "Zizhi Tongjian" under 167.]

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