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Conghou was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Posthumous name |
Last Emperor |
湣帝 |
Min di |
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 15Volume 15: Mingzong of Later Tang's Family · 8 passages
明宗三后一妃：和武憲皇后曹氏生晉國公主；昭懿皇后夏氏生秦王從榮、湣帝；宣憲皇后魏氏，潞王從珂母也；淑妃王氏，許王從益之慈母也。
Mingzong had three empresses and one consort: Empress Hewuxian, Lady Cao, bore the Jin State Princess; Empress Zhaoyi, Lady Xia, bore Congrong, Prince of Qin, and the Last Emperor; Empress Xuanxian, Lady Wei, was mother of Congke, Prince of Lu; Chaste Consort Lady Wang was foster mother to Congyi, Xu Wang.
湣帝即位，冊尊皇后為皇太后，妃為皇太妃。
When the Last Emperor succeeded, the empress became empress dowager and the consort imperial consort dowager.
湣帝聞之，大怒，賜司衣王氏死，而事連太妃，由是心不悅，欲遷之至德宮，以太后素善妃，懼傷其意而止，然待之甚薄。
The Last Emperor heard, flew into a rage, and ordered the wardrobe attendant’s death; the affair implicated the consort dowager, and he turned against her. He meant to banish her to Zhide Palace, but held back lest he wound the dowager, who had always favored the consort—still, his treatment grew harsh.
太常議立莊宗、明宗、湣帝三室，以至德宮為廟；
The Ministry of Rites proposed three ancestral tablets—for Zhuangzong, Mingzong, and the Last Emperor—with Zhide Palace as the shrine;
湣帝哀皇后孔氏，父循，橫海軍節度使。
Empress Ai of the Last Emperor, Lady Kong, was daughter of Xun, military governor of Henghai.
湣帝即位，立為皇后，未及冊命而難作。
When the Last Emperor succeeded she was named empress, but before the enthronement rites were finished disaster struck.
湣帝出奔，后病子幼，皆不能從。
The Last Emperor fled; the empress was sick and the children too young to follow.
明宗四子，曰從璟、從榮、從厚、從益。
Mingzong had four sons: Congjing, Congrong, Conghou, and Congyi.