Five Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Mingzong 明宗

Mingzong

Attested AD 926

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Mingzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 明宗聞其穢，即令自殺
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 51

Career and standing

Ordered suicide
AD 926 明宗聞其穢，即令自殺 · With Empress Shenminjing Liu (劉氏)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 51

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 49, passage 51

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49Volume 49 Book of Later Tang 25: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

劉氏以囊盛金合犀帶四，欲於太原造寺為尼，沿路復通皇弟存渥，同簀而寢，明宗聞其穢，即令自殺。 Lady Liu, carrying a bag with four gold boxes and rhinoceros-horn belts, planned to build a temple at Taiyuan and become a nun. Along the way she again took up with the emperor's younger brother Cunwo and slept with him under one mat. When Mingzong heard of her debauchery, he ordered her to kill herself.