1
宗室 〈（案：《晉宗室列傳》，《永樂大典》僅存四篇，余多殘闕。）〉
The Imperial Clan (Note: The biographies of the Jin imperial clan in the Yongle Encyclopedia survive in only four sections; most of the rest is defective or missing.)〉
2
廣王敬威，字奉信，高祖之從父弟也。 父萬詮，贈太尉，追封趙王。 敬威少善騎射，事後唐莊宗，以從戰有功，累歷軍職。 明宗即位，擢為奉聖指揮使。 天成、應順中，凡十改軍額，累官至檢校工部尚書，賜忠順保義功臣。 清泰中，加兵部尚書、彰聖都指揮使，遙領常州刺史。 及高祖建義於太原，敬威時在洛下，知禍必及，召所親謂曰：「夫人生而有死，理之常也。 我兄方圖大舉，餘固不可偷生待辱，取笑一時。」 乃自殺於私邸，人甚壯之。 天福二年，冊贈太傅，葬於河南縣。 六年，追封廣王。
Prince Jingwei of Guang, styled Fengxin, was Gaozu's younger paternal cousin. His father Wanquan was posthumously honored as Grand Commandant and enfeoffed as Prince of Zhao. From youth Jingwei excelled at horsemanship and archery. He served Later Tang's Emperor Zhuangzong and, for his service in battle, rose through a series of military posts. When Emperor Mingzong came to the throne, Jingwei was promoted to commander of the Fengsheng Guard. During the Tiancheng and Yingshun eras he changed army designations ten times in all, rose to Acting Minister of Works, and was granted the title of Meritorious Minister, Loyal and Obedient, Protector of Righteousness. In the Qingtai era he was further made Minister of War and commander-in-chief of the Zhangsheng Army, and held the prefecture of Changzhou in absentia. When Gaozu raised his righteous enterprise at Taiyuan, Jingwei was in Luoyang. Seeing that disaster was inevitable, he summoned his intimates and said, "That we are born only to die is the constant way of things. My elder brother is planning a great undertaking; I surely cannot cling to life and await disgrace, becoming a laughingstock to the age." He then took his own life in his private residence, and people greatly admired his courage. In Tianfu 2 he was posthumously enfeoffed by edict as Grand Tutor and buried in Henan County. In the sixth year he was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Guang.
3
韓王暉，字德昭，睿祖孝平皇帝之孫，高祖之從兄也。 父萬友，追封秦王。 暉生而龐厚，剛毅雄直，有器局，行不由徑，臨事多智，故高祖於宗族之中，獨厚遇之。 初，張敬達之圍晉陽也，高祖署暉為突騎都將，常引所部，出敵之不意，深入力戰，雖夷傷流血，矢鏃貫骨，而辭氣益厲，高祖壯之。 天福二年，遙授濠州刺史，充皇城都部署。 四年，加檢校司徒，授曹州防禦使，加檢校太保。 其蒞任也，廉愛恤下，不營財利，不好伎樂，部人安之。 歲餘，以疾終於官，歸葬太原。 八年，冊贈太師，追封韓王。
Prince Hui of Han, styled Dezhao, was a grandson of the Exalted Ancestor Emperor Xiaoping and Gaozu's paternal cousin. His father Wanyou was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Qin. Hui was born stout and solid, firm, bold, and upright, with breadth of character. He would not take shortcuts, and in affairs he was often resourceful. Among the clan Gaozu singled him out for generous treatment. Earlier, when Zhang Jingda besieged Jinyang, Gaozu appointed Hui commander of the assault cavalry. He often led his men where the enemy did not expect, plunging deep and fighting with all his strength. Though wounded and bleeding, with arrowheads driven through bone, his voice only grew fiercer, and Gaozu admired him. In Tianfu 2 he was appointed in absentia prefect of Hao and served as commander of the Imperial City garrison. In the fourth year he was made Acting Grand Master and appointed defender of Cao, then further made Acting Supreme Commander. In office he was frugal and caring toward his subordinates, sought no profit, and had no taste for music or performers. The people of his command lived at ease under him. After more than a year he died of illness in office and was buried at Taiyuan. In the eighth year he was posthumously enfeoffed by edict as Grand Preceptor and as Prince of Han.
4
剡王重胤。 〈（案：郯王以下諸王傳，《永樂大典》原闕。 《歐陽史》云：重允，高祖弟也，亦不知其為親疏，然高祖愛之，養以為子，故於名加「重」而下齒諸子。 《通鑒·齊王紀》：高帝少弟重胤早卒。）〉
Prince Chongyin of Shan. (Note: The biographies of the princes from Prince of Tan downward were originally missing from the Yongle Encyclopedia. The Ouyang History says Chongyun was Gaozu's younger brother; whether he was close or distant kin is unknown, yet Gaozu loved him and raised him as a son. Therefore "Chong" was added to his name and he was ranked below Gaozu's sons. The Comprehensive Mirror, Annals of the Prince of Qi: Gaozu's youngest brother Chongyin died young.)〉
5
虢王重英。 〈（案：《虢王傳》，《永樂大典》原闕。 考《五代會要》云：重英，高祖長子，天福四年四月追封。 是書《唐紀》：清泰三年七月己丑，誅右衛上將軍石重英。）〉
Prince Chongying of Guo. (Note: The biography of the Prince of Guo was originally missing from the Yongle Encyclopedia. The Institutions of the Five Dynasties records that Chongying was Gaozu's eldest son, posthumously enfeoffed in the fourth month of Tianfu 4. This work's Tang Annals: on jichou, the seventh month of Qingtai 3, Right Guards general Shi Chongying was executed.)〉
6
楚王重信，字守孚，高祖第二子，後唐明宗之外孫也。 少敏悟，有智思。 天成中，始授銀青光祿大夫、檢校左散騎常侍，俄加檢校刑部尚書，守相州長史。 未幾，遷金紫光祿大夫，超拜檢校司徒，守左金吾衛大將軍。 重信歷事唐明宗及閔帝、末帝，不恃貴戚，能克己復禮，常恂恂如也，甚為時論所稱。 高祖即位，出鎮孟津，到任逾月，去民病十餘事，朝廷有詔褒之。 是歲，範延光叛命於鄴，詔遣前靈武節度使張從賓發河橋屯兵數千人，東討延光。 既而從賓與延光合謀為亂，遂害重信於理所，時年二十。 遠近聞者，為之嘆惜。 詔贈太尉。 時執事奏曰：「兩漢子弟，生死無歷三公位者。」 高祖曰：「此兒為善被禍，予甚湣之，自我作古，寧有例乎。」 遂行冊命。 以其年十月，葬河南萬安山。 天福七年，追封沂王，少帝嗣位，改封楚王。 妃南陽白氏，昭信軍節度使奉進之女也。 重信有子二人，皆幼，長於公宮，及少帝北遷，不知其所終。
Prince Chongxin of Chu, styled Shoufu, was Gaozu's second son and a maternal grandson of Later Tang's Emperor Mingzong. From youth he was keen and perceptive, with a thoughtful mind. During Tiancheng he was first made Silver-Gleaming Grand Master of Glorious Culture and Acting Left Gentleman for Leisurely Correspondence, then soon Acting Minister of Justice and chief administrator of Xiang. Before long he was made Grand Master of Golden-gleaming Purple Purpose and promoted in one step to Acting Grand Master, commanding as general of the Left Golden Crow Guard. Chongxin served Emperors Mingzong, Min, and Mo of Tang. He did not trade on his noble kinship; he could restrain himself and return to propriety, always earnest and deferential, and won high praise from his contemporaries. When Gaozu took the throne, Chongxin was sent to govern Mengjin. Within a month of taking office he removed more than ten abuses afflicting the people, and the court issued an edict commending him. That year Fan Yanguang rebelled at Ye. An edict ordered the former military commissioner of Lingwu, Zhang Congbin, to mobilize several thousand troops at Heqiao and march east against Yanguang. Before long Congbin joined Yanguang in plotting rebellion and murdered Chongxin at his headquarters. He was twenty. All who heard of it, near and far, sighed with regret. An edict posthumously honored him as Grand Commandant. The officials at court memorialized, saying, "In the two Han dynasties, no imperial kinsman in life or death ever held one of the three top offices. Gaozu said, "This boy did good yet suffered disaster; I pity him deeply. To break precedent myself—what example is there? The enfeoffment ceremony was then carried out. In the tenth month of that year he was buried on Mount Wan'an in Henan. In Tianfu 7 he was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Yi; when Emperor Shaodi succeeded, his title was changed to Prince of Chu. His consort was Lady Bai of Nanyang, daughter of Fengjin, military commissioner of the Zhaoxin Army. Chongxin had two sons, both still young and raised in the palace. When Emperor Shaodi was removed northward, their ultimate fate was unknown.
7
夔王重進。 〈（《五代會要》云：重進，高祖第五子，天福七年四月追封。）〉
Prince Chongjin of Kui. (The Institutions of the Five Dynasties says Chongjin was Gaozu's fifth son, posthumously enfeoffed in the fourth month of Tianfu 7.)〉
8
陳王重杲。 〈（《歐陽史》：高祖少子曰馮六，未名而卒，贈太傅，追封陳王，賜名重杲。）〉
Prince Chonggao of Chen. (The Ouyang History: Gaozu's youngest son was called Feng Six; he died before receiving a name, was posthumously honored as Grand Tutor, enfeoffed as Prince of Chen, and given the name Chonggao.)〉
9
重睿。 〈（案《契丹國志》：高祖憂悒成疾，一旦馮道獨對，高祖命幼子重睿出拜之，又令宦者抱置道懷中，蓋欲馮道輔立之。 高祖崩，道與侍衛馬步都虞候景延廣議，以國家多難，宜立長君，乃奉齊王重貴為嗣。 《五代會要》：重睿，高祖第七子，許州節度使，未封王。 《歐陽史》云：從出帝北遷，不知其所終。）〉
Chongrui. (Note: According to the Khitan State Chronicles, Gaozu, weighed down by worry, fell ill. One day Feng Dao had a private audience; Gaozu ordered his young son Chongrui to come forth and bow to him, and had a eunuch place the child in Dao's arms—apparently intending Feng Dao to assist in installing him as heir. When Gaozu died, Dao discussed with Jing Yanguang, chief of the palace guards infantry and cavalry, that the state faced many difficulties and a mature ruler should be installed; they thereupon enthroned Prince Chonggui of Qi as successor. The Institutions of the Five Dynasties: Chongrui was Gaozu's seventh son, military commissioner of Xu, and had not yet received a princely title. The Ouyang History says that when he followed the deposed emperor northward, his ultimate fate was unknown.)〉
10
延煦。 〈（《五代會要》云：延煦，少帝長子，遙領陜西節度使。 《通鑒》云：趙在禮家資為諸帥之最，帝利其富，為皇子鎮寧節度使延煦娶其女，在禮自費緡錢十萬，縣官之費，數倍過之。）〉
Yanxu. (The Institutions of the Five Dynasties says Yanxu was Emperor Shaodi's eldest son and held in absentia the post of military commissioner of Shaanxi. The Comprehensive Mirror says Zhao Zaili's family wealth ranked highest among all commanders. The emperor coveted his riches and arranged a marriage between his daughter and Prince Yanxu, military commissioner of Zhenning; Zaili spent a hundred thousand strings of cash himself, while the government's expenditure was several times greater.)〉
11
延寶。 〈（《五代會要》：延寶，少帝次子，遙領魯州節度使。 《通鑒》云：延煦及弟延寶皆高祖諸孫，帝養以為子。 《會要》引實錄亦云皆帝之從子，養以為子。 《歐陽史》云：延煦等從帝北遷，後不知其所終。）〉
Yanbao. (The Institutions of the Five Dynasties: Yanbao was Emperor Shaodi's second son and held in absentia the post of military commissioner of Lu. The Comprehensive Mirror says Yanxu and his younger brother Yanbao were all Gaozu's grandsons; the emperor raised them as sons. The Institutions, citing the Veritable Records, likewise says they were all the emperor's younger cousins, raised as sons. The Ouyang History says Yanxu and the others followed the emperor northward; afterward their ultimate fates were unknown.)〉