Emperor Zhaozong (昭宗)

Overview

Emperor Zhaozong was a ruler.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 888 to AD 904 昭宗
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 19, 21
AD 903 自岐還長安
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 19

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 19

Works and attributed material

If you will not come, send Jing Xiang
Speech · Speaker · With Taizu of Later Liang (太祖)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 23

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Later Liang Biographies 1: Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Cunjing, Fu Daozhao, Liu Han, Kou Yangqing · 4 passages

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太祖奉昭宗自岐還長安，昭宗召翔與李振升延喜樓勞之，拜翔太府卿。 When Taizu brought Emperor Zhaozong from Qi back to Chang’an, Zhaozong summoned Xiang and Li Zhen to Ascending Bliss Tower to honor them and made Xiang Grand Treasurer.

初，太祖常侍殿上，昭宗意衛兵有能擒之者，乃佯為鞋結解，以顧太祖，太祖跪而結之，而左右無敢動者，太祖流汗浹背，由此稀復進見。 Early on Taizu often waited on Zhaozong in the hall; the emperor guessed the guards could grab him, so he pretended a shoe lace had loosened and looked at Taizu; Taizu knelt to tie it while no one on either side stirred; sweat ran down his back; after that he seldom came before the throne again.

昭宗遷洛陽，宴崇勛殿，酒半起，使人召太祖入內殿，將有所托。 When Zhaozong moved to Luoyang he feasted in the Hall of Honored Merit; mid-banquet he rose and summoned Taizu to the inner hall to entrust him with a charge.

昭宗曰：「卿不欲來，可使敬翔來。」 Zhaozong said: “If you won’t come, send Jing Xiang.”