Emperor Mingzong (明宗)

Overview

Emperor Mingzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 明宗作鎮
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 86

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 86

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 125Volume 125 Book of Later Zhou 27: Biographies 5: Lie Chuanwu, Zhao Hui, Wang Shou'en, Kong Zhijun, Wang Jihong, Feng Hui, Gao Yunquan, Zhe Congruan, Wang Rao, Sun Fangjian · 3 passages

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少嘗為盜，攻剽閭裏，為吏所拘，械系於鎮州獄，會赦免死，配隸本軍，時明宗作鎮，致之麾下。 As a youth he had been a bandit who robbed the neighborhoods. Officials arrested him and he was shackled in the prison at Zhen prefecture. An amnesty spared his life and he was assigned to the local army. Mingzong was then military governor there and took him into his service.

晉高祖為明宗將，署為帳中小校。 When Jin Gaozu was still a general under Mingzong, he appointed Jihong a junior officer in his personal guard.

從明宗征潞州，誅楊立有功。 He followed Mingzong in the campaign against Luzhou and distinguished himself in the execution of Yang Li.