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Emperor Zhuangzong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 5 passages
及莊宗有柏鄉之捷，守光謀攻易、定，諷動鎮人，欲為河朔元帥。
After Emperor Zhuangzong's victory at Baixiang, Shouguang plotted to attack Yi and Ding, stirred up the men of Zhending, and sought to become commander-in-chief of Hebei.
莊宗乃與鎮州節度使王镕、易定節度使王處直、昭義節度使李嗣昭、振武節度使周德威、天德軍節度使宋瑤，同遣使奉冊，推守光為尚父，以稔其惡。
Emperor Zhuangzong then joined Wang Rong of Zhenzhou, Wang Chuzhi of Yiding, Li Sizhao of Zhaoyi, Zhou Dewei of Zhenwu, and Song Yao of Tiande in sending envoys to invest Shouguang as Imperial Father—a stratagem to ripen his folly.
守光不悟，謂藩鎮畏己，仍以諸鎮狀送梁祖，言：「臣被晉王等推臣為尚父，堅辭不獲，又難推違。
Shouguang failed to see through the ruse and thought the governors feared him. He forwarded their petitions to the Liang founder, writing, "Your subject was pressed by the Prince of Jin and others to accept the title Imperial Father; I declined firmly but could not refuse without giving offense.
莊宗聞之大笑，監軍張承業曰：「惡不積不足以滅身，老氏所謂『將欲取之，必先與之』。
Emperor Zhuangzong laughed aloud when he heard. Overseer Zhang Chengye said, "Evil must pile high before it destroys a man—as Laozi said, 'To take, one must first give.'
十月，莊宗令太原少尹李承勛往使。
In the tenth month Emperor Zhuangzong sent Li Chengxun of Taiyuan as envoy.