Five Dynasties · Prince

Congyi 從益

c. AD 931 - AD 947

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Congyi was a prince.

Life and dates

Death

AD 947 從益死時年十七
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passages 66, 70

Age

17
AD 947 從益死時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 70

Attested activity

AD 939 天福四年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 46
AD 947 漢高祖起太原
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passages 56, 70

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Birth mother of Congyi (從益生母)
bore a son 生子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 30
Kin of Lady Wang (王氏)
foster mother 慈母
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passages 1, 30
Sibling of Congjing (從璟)
four sons 四子 · Paternal half siblings
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 78
Sibling of Princess Yong'an (永安公主)
sister 妹 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passages 43, 50
Child of Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 78

Career and standing

acting regent of southern court armies and state 權知南朝軍國事
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 57
military governor of Zhangxin Circuit 彰信軍節度使
Appointed · Negated false
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 54
Duke of Xun 郇國公
AD 939 天福四年九月癸未 · Households 3000
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 46

Events and relationships

Declined office
Appointment · Appointee
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 54

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 15Volume 15: Mingzong of Later Tang's Family · 14 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.

初，明宗後宮有生子者，命妃母之，是為許王從益。 When a consort in Mingzong’s harem bore a son, he entrusted the boy to the consort to raise—this was Congyi, Xu Wang.

從益乳母司衣王氏，見明宗已老而秦王握兵，心欲自托為後計，乃曰：「兒思秦王。」 Congyi’s wet nurse, wardrobe attendant Lady Wang, saw Mingzong aging and the Prince of Qin commanding troops; scheming for her own future, she said: “The child longs for the Prince of Qin.”

是時從益已四歲，又數教從益自言求見秦王。 Congyi was then four; she also drilled him to beg on his own to visit the Prince of Qin.

太后乃與帝俱燔死，而妃與許王從益及其妹匿於鞠院以免。 The dowager burned with the emperor, while the consort hid with Congyi, Xu Wang, and his sister in the hospital ward and survived.

天福四年九月癸未，詔以郇國三千戶封唐許王從益為郇國公，以奉唐祀，服色、旌旗一依舊制。 On guiwei in the ninth month of Tianfu 4, an edict made Congyi, Xu Wang of Tang, Duke of Xun with three thousand households to keep the Tang rites; robes and banners followed the old forms.

詔立高祖、太宗，為五廟，使從益歲時主祠。 an edict added Gaozu and Taizong for five shrines and put Congyi in charge of the seasonal offerings.

乃拜從益為彰信軍節度使，從益辭，不之官，與妃俱還洛陽。 He then named Congyi military governor of Zhangxin Circuit; Congyi refused the post and returned to Luoyang with the consort.

漢高祖起太原，翰欲北去，乃使人召從益，委以中國。 When Han Gaozu rose at Taiyuan, Xiao Han prepared to withdraw north and sent for Congyi, entrusting him with the Middle Kingdom.

從益子母逃於徽陵域中，以避使者，使者迫之以東，遂以從益權知南朝軍國事。 Congyi and his mother fled into the grounds of Huiling to evade the envoys; pressed east, Congyi was made acting regent of the southern court’s armies and state.

從益禦崇元殿，翰率契丹諸將拜殿上，晉群臣拜殿下。 Congyi took the throne at Chongyuan Hall; Han led Khitan generals in bowing on the dais while Jin ministers bowed below.

漢高祖擁兵而南，從益遣人召高行周、武行德等為拒，行周等皆不至，乃與王松謀以燕兵閉城自守。 Han Gaozu marched south; Congyi summoned Gao Xingzhou, Wu Xingde, and others to resist, but none came. He and Wang Song then planned to shut the gates and hold the city with Yan troops.

從益死時年十七。 Congyi was seventeen when he died.

明宗四子，曰從璟、從榮、從厚、從益。 Mingzong had four sons: Congjing, Congrong, Conghou, and Congyi.