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剡王侗，太祖子，初名青哥，漢末遇害。 太祖即位，詔贈太尉，賜名侗。 顯德四年追封。
Prince Tong of Shan was a son of Taizu; his childhood name was Qingge, and he was murdered in the final days of the Later Han. After Taizu came to the throne, he ordered Tong posthumously honored as Grand Commandant and given the formal name Tong. He received a posthumous enfeoffment in the fourth year of the Xiande era.
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杞王信，太祖子，初名意哥，漢末遇害。 太祖即位，詔贈司空，賜名信。 顯德四年追封。 〈（案：太祖諸子蚤歲遇害，本無事跡。 原本過於簡略，疑有刪節，今據《歐陽史·家人傳》云：初，帝舉兵於魏，漢以兵圍帝第，時張貴妃與諸子青哥、意哥，侄守筠、奉超、定哥皆被誅。 青哥、意哥不知其母誰氏。 太祖即位，詔故第二子青哥贈太尉，賜名侗； 第三子意哥贈司空，賜名信。 皇侄守筠贈左領軍衛將軍，以「筠」聲近「榮」，為世宗避，更名守願； 奉超贈左監門衛將軍； 定哥贈左千牛衛將軍，賜名遜。 世宗顯德四年夏四月癸未，詔曰：「禮以緣情，恩以悼往，矧在友於之列，尤鐘惻愴之情。 故皇弟贈太保侗、贈司空信，景運初啟，天年不登，俾予終鮮，實動予懷。 侗可贈太傅，追封剡王； 信司徒，杞王。」 又詔曰：「故皇從弟贈左領軍衛將軍守願、贈左監門衛將軍奉超、贈左千牛衛將軍遜等，頃因季世，不享遐齡，每念非辜，難忘有慟。 守願可贈左衛大將軍，奉超右衛大將軍，遜右武衛大將軍。」）〉
Prince Xin of Qi was another son of Taizu; born Yige, he too was slain in the closing days of the Later Han. On his accession Taizu posthumously named him Xin and honored him as Minister of Works. He too was enfeoffed posthumously in Xiande 4. Editor's note: Taizu's sons were murdered young and left virtually no deeds worth recording. The base text is so terse that passages may have been cut; the following is drawn from Ouyang Xiu's family biographies. When the future Taizu first took up arms in Wei, the Later Han besieged his household. The honored consort Zhang, the boys Qingge and Yige, and the nephews Shoujun, Fengchao, and Dingge were all put to death. The mothers of Qingge and Yige are unknown. After Taizu acceded, he posthumously named his former second son Qingge Tong and honored him as Grand Commandant; his third son Yige he named Xin and raised to Minister of Works. The imperial nephew Shoujun was made General of the Left Army of Inspired Majesty, but because jun sounded like rong—the character in Shizong's personal name—he was renamed Shouyuan; Fengchao was honored as General of the Left Gate Guards; and Dingge was made General of the Left Thousand-Ox Guards and given the name Xun. On guiwei day in the fourth month of Xiande 4, Shizong proclaimed: "Ritual springs from human feeling, and favor should mourn the dead—above all among brothers, where compassion runs deepest. My late brothers, Grand Guardian Tong and Minister of Works Xin, died just as fortune was turning and never lived out their years, leaving me alone among my kin—a grief that pierces me still. Let Tong be raised to Grand Tutor and posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Shan; and Xin as Minister over the Masses and Prince of Qi." A second edict read: "My late cousins Shouyuan, Fengchao, and Xun—honored respectively as generals of the Left Army of Inspired Majesty, the Left Gate Guards, and the Left Thousand-Ox Guards—perished young in violent times. Remembering their undeserved deaths, I cannot lay grief aside. Shouyuan shall be Grand General of the Left Guard, Fengchao of the Right Guard, and Xun of the Right Martial Guard." (End of editorial note.)〉
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越王宗誼，世宗子，漢末遇害。 顯德四年追封。 曹王宗讓，世宗子，顯德六年封。 紀王熙謹，世宗子，顯德六年封，皇朝乾德二年卒。
Prince Zongyi of Yue was a son of Shizong who was murdered in the final days of the Later Han. He received posthumous enfeoffment in Xiande 4. Prince Zongrang of Cao, another son of Shizong, was enfeoffed in Xiande 6. Prince Xi Jinjian of Ji, also Shizong's son, was enfeoffed in Xiande 6 and died in the second year of the Song Qiande era.
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蘄王熙誨，世宗子，顯德六年封。 〈（《歐陽史·家人傳》云：世宗子七人，長曰宜哥，次二皆未名，次曰恭皇帝，次曰熙讓，次曰熙謹，次曰熙誨，皆不知其母為誰氏，宜哥與其二皆為漢誅。 太祖即位，詔賜皇孫名，誼贈左驍衛大將軍，誠左武衛大將軍，諴左屯衛大將軍。 顯德三年，君臣請封宗室，世宗以謂為國日淺，恩信未及於人，須功德大成，慶流於世，而後議之可也。 明年夏四月癸未，先封太祖諸子。 又詔曰：「父子之道，聖賢不忘，再思夭閼之端，愈動悲傷之抱。 故皇子左驍衛大將軍誼、左武衛大將軍誠、左屯衛大將軍諴等，載惟往事，有足傷懷，宜增一字之封，仍贈三臺之秩。 誼可贈太尉，追封越王； 誠太傅，吳王； 諴太保，韓王。」 而皇子在者皆不封。 六年，北復三關，遇疾還京師。 六月癸未，皇子宗訓特進左衛上將軍，封梁王，而宗讓亦拜左驍衛上將軍，封燕國公。 後十日而世宗崩，梁王即位，是為恭皇帝。 其年八月，宗讓更名熙讓，封曹王。 熙謹、熙誨皆前未封爵，遂拜熙謹右武衛大將軍，封紀王； 熙誨左領軍衛大將軍，封蘄王。 乾德二年十月，熙謹卒，熙讓、熙誨不知其所終。）〉
Prince Xi Hui of Qi was enfeoffed in Xiande 6, likewise a son of Shizong. Ouyang Xiu's family biographies record seven sons of Shizong: the eldest Yige, two younger boys still unnamed, then the future Emperor Gong, then Xi Rang, Xi Jinjian, and Xi Hui. Their mothers are unknown. Yige and the two unnamed boys were killed by the Later Han. When Taizu acceded he named his grandsons: Yi became Grand General of the Left Valiant Cavalry, Cheng of the Left Martial Guard, and Yan of the Left Garrison. In Xiande 3 the court asked to enfeoff the imperial clan. Shizong replied that the dynasty was still young, its grace had not yet won men's hearts, and titles should wait until great deeds had been done and blessings could be shared with the realm. The following fourth month, on guiwei day, he enfeoffed Taizu's slain sons first. He also proclaimed: "The bond between father and son is what the sages never forget. To dwell again on a son's early death is to reopen the wound. My sons Yi, Cheng, and Yan—honored as generals of the Left Valiant Cavalry, Martial Guard, and Garrison—deserve remembrance that still pains me. Let each receive a fuller princely title and a post in the Three Excellencies. Yi shall be Grand Commandant and Prince of Yue; Cheng Grand Tutor and Prince of Wu; and Yan Grand Guardian and Prince of Han." Living princes, however, received no titles. In his sixth year Shizong reconquered the three northern passes, fell ill, and returned to the capital. On guiwei day in the sixth month Prince Zongxun was made General-in-Chief of the Left Guard and Prince of Liang, while Zongrang became General-in-Chief of the Left Valiant Cavalry and Duke of Yan. Ten days later Shizong died. The Prince of Liang succeeded him as Emperor Gong. That August Zongrang took the name Xi Rang and was enfeoffed as Prince of Cao. Xi Jinjian and Xi Hui had never held titles; now Xi Jinjian was made Grand General of the Right Martial Guard and Prince of Ji; and Xi Hui Grand General of the Left Army of Inspired Majesty and Prince of Qi. Xi Jinjian died in the tenth month of Qiande 2; what became of Xi Rang and Xi Hui is not recorded. (End of editorial note.)〉