Five Dynasties · Later Tang Emperor

Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗

Zhuangzong

Attested AD 923 - AD 924

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Zhuangzong was a Later Tang Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 924 破梁至同光二年
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 40, passages 57, 60

Events and relationships

Destroyed Liang
Military · Victor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 57

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Miscellaneous Biographies 20: Li Maozhen, Han Jian, Li Renfu, Han Xun, Yang Chongben, Gao Wanxing, Wen Tao · 4 passages

莊宗已破梁，茂貞稱岐王，上箋以季父行自處。 Once Zhuangzong destroyed Liang, Maozhen still called himself Prince of Qi and addressed Tang as a junior kinsman to an elder uncle.

及聞入洛，乃上表稱臣，遣其子從嚴來朝。 Hearing that Zhuangzong had entered Luoyang, he submitted as a subject and sent his son Congyan to court.

莊宗以其耆老，甚尊禮之，改封秦王，詔書不名。 Zhuangzong, honoring his age, changed his title to Prince of Qin and wrote edicts without naming him.

蜀平，繼岌遣從嚴部送王衍，行至鳳翔，監軍使柴重厚拒而不納，從嚴遂東至華州，聞莊宗之難乃西歸。 When Shu fell, Jiye put Congyan in charge of escorting Wang Yan. At Fengxiang, Military Supervisor Chai Zhonghou shut the gates on him. Congyan went east to Hua, then turned west on news of Zhuangzong’s peril.