Emperor Zhuangzong (莊宗)

Overview

Emperor Zhuangzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 明宗/莊宗
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 73

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 73

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 · 1 passage

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同光末，鎮昭義，時莊宗用唐朝故事，以黃門為監軍，皆恃恩暴橫，節將不能制。 Near the end of the Tongguang reign he governed Zhaoyi. Emperor Zhuangzong had revived the Tang practice of appointing eunuchs as army supervisors, and they all abused imperial favor to act with violence and arrogance while the military governors could not restrain them.