Five Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗

Zhuangzong

Attested AD 923 - AD 923

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Zhuangzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 自莊宗至洛陽
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 107
AD 923 莊宗平梁
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 88

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Liu (劉皇后)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 109
Sibling of Li Cunji (李存紀)
imperial brother 皇弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 89
Parent of Li Jiji (繼岌)
imperial son 皇子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 89

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 88

Events and relationships

Comforted and feasted
Audience · Ruler · With Zhang Quanyi (張全義)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 89
Relation Ordered to treat as elder brother · Person Zhang Quanyi (張全義) · With Li Jiji (繼岌), Li Cunji (李存紀)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 89

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 63Volume 63 Book of Later Tang 39: Biographies 15: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian · 7 passages

莊宗平梁，全義自洛赴覲，泥首待罪。 When Emperor Zhuangzong conquered Liang, Quanyi came from Luoyang to court, prostrating himself to await judgment.

莊宗撫慰久之，以其年老，令人掖而升殿，宴賜盡歡，詔皇子繼岌、皇弟存紀等皆兄事之。 The emperor comforted him at length, had attendants help the old man up the hall, feasted him generously, and ordered his son Jiji, his younger brother Cunji, and the others to treat him as an elder brother.

至是，全義乃奏曰：「請陛下便幸洛陽，臣已有郊禮之備。」 Now Quanyi memorialized, "I beg Your Majesty to come to Luoyang at once; I have already prepared everything for the suburban sacrifice."

自莊宗至洛陽，趨向者皆由徑以希恩寵，全義不改素履，盡誠而已。 When Emperor Zhuangzong reached Luoyang, courtiers scrambled for favor by every shortcut; Quanyi kept his old ways and offered only straightforward loyalty.

劉皇后嘗從莊宗幸其第，奏云：「妾孩幼遇亂，失父母，欲拜全義為義父。」 Empress Liu once accompanied Zhuangzong to his house and said, "In childhood I was orphaned by the wars and wish to take Quanyi as my adoptive father."

莊宗敦逼再三，不獲已，乃受劉後之拜。 Zhuangzong pressed him repeatedly until he could not refuse and accepted the Empress's bow.

又嘗怒河南縣令羅貫，因憑劉後譖於莊宗，俾貫非罪而死，露屍於府門，冤枉之聲，聞於遠近，斯亦良玉之微瑕也。 He also took offense at Luo Guan, magistrate of Henan County, and through Empress Liu's slander had him executed without cause and his body left at the prefecture gate; the cry of injustice spread far and wide—a small stain on an otherwise fine reputation.