Five Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Mo 末帝

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Attested AD 936

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Mo was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 69, 71-72, 74-75, 79

Family

Kin of Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
close kinsman 近親
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 69

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 69

Works and attributed material

reply rejecting Shi Jingtang memorial
Edict · Issuer · With Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 79-84
Hearing you say this clears the anger pent up in my breast.
Speech · Speaker · With Xue Wenyu (薛文遇)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 74
Shi Lang is my close kinsman...
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 69

Events and relationships

Considered transferring Shi Jingtang to Yunzhou
Political · Sovereign · With Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 71
Ordered execution of An Shenxin families
AD 936 清泰三年五月 · Legal · Sovereign
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 87
Summoned Xue Wenyu about Taiyuan
Political · Sovereign · With Xue Wenyu (薛文遇)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 72

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 5 passages

初，帝疑河東有異志，與近臣語及其事，帝曰：「石郎與朕近親，在不疑之地，流言毀譽，朕心自明，萬一失歡，如何和解？」 Earlier the Emperor had suspected that Hedong harbored disloyal intent. Speaking with close ministers about the matter, he said: "Shi Lang is my close kinsman, one in whom I ought to place unquestioning trust. Rumor may slander or praise him, but my own mind is clear. If by chance we should fall out, how could we ever be reconciled?"

會薛文遇獨宿於禁中，帝召之，諭以太原之事。 It happened that Xue Wenyü was lodging alone within the palace precincts. The Emperor summoned him and spoke to him about the Taiyuan affair.

帝喜曰：「聞卿此言，豁吾憤氣。」 The Emperor was pleased and said: "Hearing you say this clears the anger pent up in my breast."

先是，有人言國家明年合得一賢佐主謀，平定天下，帝意亦疑賢佐者屬在文遇，即令手書除目，子夜下學士院草制。 Earlier someone had said that the next year the state would gain a worthy counselor to direct strategy and pacify the realm. The Emperor also suspected that this worthy counselor was meant to be Wenyü. He immediately wrote out the appointment list himself and at midnight sent it to the Hanlin Academy to draft the edict.

帝覽奏不悅，手攘抵地，召馬裔孫草詔報曰：「父有社稷，傳之於子； The Emperor, reading the memorial, was displeased. He struck the ground with his hand and summoned Ma Yisun to draft a reply edict: "A father holds the realm and passes it to his son;