Five Dynasties · Ruler and General

Emperor

Attested AD 918 - AD 926

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Emperor was a ruler and General.

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 75Volume 75 Book of Later Jin 1: Gaozu Annals 1 · 13 passages
二十年十月,從明宗觀梁人之楊村寨,部曲皆不擐甲,俄而敵出不意,以兵掩明宗,刃將及背,帝挾戰戟而進,一擊而兇酋落馬者數輩,明宗遂解其難。 In the tenth month of the twentieth year, while following Mingzong to observe the Liang at Yangcun stockade, the troops were all without armor when the enemy suddenly came out and enveloped Mingzong. Blades were about to reach his back when the Emperor advanced with a battle halberd in hand. With one strike he knocked several enemy chieftains from their horses, and Mingzong was saved from danger.
既而平汴水,滅梁室,成莊宗一統,集明宗大勛,帝與唐末帝功居最,莊宗朝官未顯者,以帝不好矜伐故也,唯明宗心知之。 Thereafter they pacified the Bian region and destroyed the Liang dynasty, completing Zhuangzong's unification and securing Mingzong's greatest achievements. The Emperor and Tang's Last Emperor ranked highest in merit, yet he was not prominent among Zhuangzong's court officials because he did not like boasting of his deeds. Only Mingzong knew it in his heart.