Overview
Emperor Xizong of Tang was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Events and relationships
Imposed truce and enfeoffed Keyong
Refused campaign against Quanzhong then fled to Xingyuan
AD 885 光启元年 · Political · Sovereign
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 4Volume 4 Later Tang Annals 1: Zhuangzong 1 · 7 passages
僖宗和解之，用破巢功，封克用陇西郡王。
Xizong imposed a truce. For crushing Huang Chao, Keyong was made Prince of Longxi.
重荣使人绐克用曰：「天子诏重荣，俟克用至，与处存共诛之。」
Chongrong sent an agent to trick Keyong: “The emperor has instructed me that once you arrive, Chucun and I are to kill you together.”
克用信之，八上表请讨全忠，僖宗不许，克用大怒。
Keyong believed him, petitioned eight times to attack Quanzhong, and raged when Xizong refused.
重荣既不肯徙，僖宗遣邠州朱玫、凤翔李昌符讨之。
When Chongrong refused to move, Xizong dispatched Zhu Mei of Bin and Li Changfu of Fengxiang against him.
天子出居于兴元，克用退屯河中。
The emperor fled to Xingyuan; Keyong pulled back to Hezhong.
朱玫亦反以兵追天子，不及，得襄王煴，迫之称帝，屯于凤翔。
Zhu Mei rebelled in turn, chased the emperor without catching him, seized Prince of Xiang Li Yun, and proclaimed him emperor at Fengxiang.
僖宗念独克用可以破玫而不能使也，当破黄巢长安时，天下兵马都监杨复恭与克用善，乃遣谏议大夫刘崇望以诏书召克用，且道复恭意，使进兵讨玫等。
Xizong knew only Keyong could crush Mei—and also knew he would not move without persuasion. During the campaign against Huang Chao, Chief Overseer Yang Fugong had befriended him. The court now sent Liu Chongwang with an edict recalling Keyong, repeating Fugong’s appeal, and commanding him to march against Mei.