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Cunxu was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
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| Temple name |
Zhuangzong |
莊宗 |
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Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 911 天祐八年三月乙未
AD 911 天祐八年二月
AD 911 天祐八年秋七月
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Places and affiliations
- Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Events and relationships
Advanced Liu Shouguang as August Father
Met and toasted Wang Rong at Chengtian
Pressed Wei and viewed the river at Liyang
Military · Commander
Withdrew to Zhao then Jinyang
Travel · Ruler
References in the histories
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Book of Later Tang 3: Zhuangzong Annals 1 · 15 passages
是日，王師迫魏州，帝舍於狄公祠西。
That day the royal army closed on Wei; the Emperor lodged west of the Di Gong shrine.
周翰閉壁自固，帝軍攻之，其城幾陷。
Zhouhan held the walls; the assault nearly took the city.
帝歎曰：「予為兒童時，從先王渡河，今其忘矣。
The Emperor sighed, "As a boy I crossed this river with the late king—that is forgotten now.
癸亥，帝觀河於黎陽。
On guihai he viewed the river at Liyang.
壬申，帝下令班師。
On renshen the Emperor ordered withdrawal.
帝至趙州，王鎔迎謁。
At Zhao, Wang Rong came out to welcome him.
壬午，帝發趙州，歸晉陽，留周德威戍趙州。
On rengwu he left Zhao for Jinyang and left Dewei to hold the city.
乙未，帝至晉陽宮，召監軍張承業諸將等議幽州之事，乃遣牙將戴漢超齎墨製並六鎮書，推劉守光為尚書令、尚父；
On yiwei he reached Jinyang, called Zhang Chengye and his generals to discuss Yan, and sent Dai Hanchao with an ink edict and letters from six circuits making Liu Shouguang Minister Director and August Father;
〈（《通鑒考異》引《莊宗實錄》云：三月己丑，鎮州遣押衙劉光業至，言劉守光凶淫縱毒，欲自尊大，請稔其惡以咎之，推為尚父。
(The 《Zizhi Tongjian》 “Examination of Variants” cites the 《Veritable Record of Zhuangzong》: On jichou in the third month Zhen sent Liu Guangye to say Shouguang was brutal and lustful, sought to exalt himself, and asked that he be made August Father to ripen his guilt.
上令押衙戴漢超持墨製及六鎮書如幽州，其辭曰：「天祐八年三月二十七日，天德軍節度使宋瑤、振武節度使周德威、昭義節度使李嗣昭、易定節度使王處直、鎮州節度使王鎔、河東節度使尚書令晉王謹奉冊進盧龍橫海等軍節度、檢校大尉、中書令、燕王為尚書令、尚父。」
He ordered Dai Hanchao to Youzhou with the ink edict and six-circuit letters reading: "On the twenty-seventh day of the third month of Tianyou 8, Song Yao of Tiande, Zhou Dewei of Zhenwu, Li Sizhao of Zhaoyi, Wang Chuzhi of Yiding, Wang Rong of Zhen, and the Jin Prince, Minister Director and military commissioner of Hedong, reverently advance Liu Shouguang, commissioner of the Lulong and Henghai armies, honorary Grand Marshal, Grand Councilor, and Prince of Yan, to Minister Director and August Father."
是月，梁祖遣都招討使楊師厚將兵三萬屯邢州，帝令李嗣昭出師掠相、衛而還。
That month the Liang Founder sent Yang Shihou, overall campaign commander, with thirty thousand men to camp at Xingzhou; the emperor ordered Li Sizhao to strike Xiang and Wei and withdraw.
秋七月，帝會王鎔於承天軍。
In the seventh month of autumn the emperor met Wang Rong at Chengtian Army.
鎔，武皇之友也，帝奉之盡敬，捧卮酒為壽，鎔亦捧酒酬帝。
Rong was Wuhuang's friend; the emperor treated him with full courtesy, lifted a cup to toast his years, and Rong raised wine in reply.
九月庚子，梁祖將親軍自洛渡河而北，至相州，聞帝軍未出，乃止。
On gengzi in the ninth month the Liang Founder led his personal army from Luoyang north across the Yellow River to Xiangzhou; learning the emperor's forces had not moved, he stopped.
十月，幽州劉守光殺帝之行人李承勳，忿其不行朝禮也。
In the tenth month Liu Shouguang of Youzhou killed the emperor's envoy Li Chengxun, furious that he would not observe court ceremony.