Five Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang 後唐莊宗

Zhuangzong

Died AD 926

Passages
492
Chapters
53
Histories
4

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang as a general, musician, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 492 passages from 53 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang 後唐莊宗 Zhuangzong
Given name Cunxu 存勖
Title Emperor
Title Emperor Tongguang 同光帝 Tongguang Di
Title Emperor Zhuangzong 唐莊宗 Zhuangzong
Temple Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuāngzōng
Temple name Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗
Title Emperor Zhuangzong 唐莊宗 Tang Zhuangzong
Title Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗
Temple name Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuangzong
Temple name Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuāngzōng
Title Emperor Zhuangzong 唐莊宗
Title Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuangzong
Temple Emperor Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuangzong
Title Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang 後唐莊宗 Zhuangzong
Temple Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang 唐莊宗 Táng Zhuāngzōng
Title Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang 唐莊宗
Temple Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang 唐莊宗 Tang Zhuangzong
Temple name Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang 唐莊宗
Title Great King 大王
Posthumous Guang Sheng Shen Min Filial Emperor 光聖神閔孝皇帝
Title heir 嗣王
Title King
Personal Li Cunxu 李存勗
Personal name Li Cunxu Li Cunxu
Personal name Li Cunxu 李存勗 Li Cunxu
Personal name Li Cunxu 李存勖
Personal name Li Cunxu 李存勖 Li Cunxu
Nickname Li Tianxia 李天下 Li Tianxia
Title Our Emperor 吾皇
Title Prince of Jin 晉王
Title Prince of Jin 晋王 Jinwang
Title Prince of Jin 晉王 Jìn Wáng
Title Prince of Jin 晉王 Jin Wang
Title Son of Heaven 天子
Title Son of Heaven 天子 Tianzi
Title Tang emperor 唐帝
Title Tang Emperor Zhuangzong 唐莊宗 Tang Zhuangzong
Temple name Tang Zhuangzong 唐莊宗
Title Tang Zhuangzong 唐莊宗 Tang Zhuangzong
Title Tang Zhuangzong 唐莊宗
Temple name Tang's Emperor Zhuangzong 唐莊宗
Title Tang’s Zhuangzong 唐莊宗
Kinship reference the boy 小兒
Alternate Yaci 亞次 Yaci
Childhood name Yazi 亞子
Childhood Yazi 亞子 Yazi
Childhood name Yazi 亞子 Yazi
Regnal Zhaowen Ruiwu Zhide Guangxiao Emperor 昭文睿武至德光孝皇帝
Temple Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuangzong
Temple Zhuangzong 莊宗
Temple name Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuangzong
Temple Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuāngzōng
Temple name Zhuangzong 莊宗
Title Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuangzong
Temple Zhuangzong 庄宗
Temple name Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuāngzōng
Personal Zhuangzong 莊宗 Zhuangzong
Title Zhuangzong of Later Tang 後唐莊宗
Title Zhuangzong of Later Tang 唐莊宗

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Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Musician
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler
  • Warlord

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Family

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  • Spouse of Lady Xia (夏氏)
    Kinship Term: consort / 后 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: ended
  • Child of Empress Dowager Zhenjian (貞簡太后)
    Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
    Kinship Term: empress dowager / mother / 太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: empress dowager / 太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Child of Empress Dowager (皇太后)
    Kinship Term: Empress Dowager / 太后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Empress of Zhuangzong (莊宗之后)
    Kinship Term: empress / 後 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
  • Spouse of Empress Liu (劉皇后)
    Kinship Term: empress / 後 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: formed
  • Child of Prince of Jin (晉王)
    Kinship Term: father and son / 父子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Li Cunyi (李存乂)
    Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
    Kinship Term: fifth younger brother / 第五弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 5 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
  • Sibling of Li Cunwo (李存渥)
    Kinship Term: fourth younger brother / 第四弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 4 · Shared Parentage: full
  • Descendant of Grand Ancestor (太祖)
    Kinship Term: Grand Ancestor / 太祖 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Li Jiji (李繼岌)
    Kinship Term: Hege / 和哥 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: Li Jiji / 繼岌 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 兒 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
    Kinship Term: Hege / 和哥 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Descendant of Honored Ancestor (懿祖)
    Kinship Term: Honored Ancestor / 懿祖 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Son of Zhuangzong by the palace lady (宮人所生皇子)
    Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Sibling of Li Cunji (李存紀)
    Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Role: younger-brother · Object Role: elder-brother
    Kinship Term: seventh younger brother / 第七弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 7 · Shared Parentage: full
    Kinship Term: uterine younger brother / 同母弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
  • Child of Mother of Zhuangzong (莊宗母)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son · Line: maternal
  • Child of Emperor Wu (武皇)
    Kinship Term: son / 吾兒 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: my son / 吾兒 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Descendant of Offered Ancestor (獻祖)
    Kinship Term: Offered Ancestor / 獻祖 · Line: paternal
  • Kin of Tang Taizu (唐太祖)
    Kinship Term: one family / 一家 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: kinsman
  • Sibling of Li Cunba (李存霸)
    Kinship Term: second younger brother / 第二弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 2 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
    Kinship Term: uterine younger brother / 同母弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
  • Sibling of Li Cunque (李存確)
    Kinship Term: sixth younger brother / 第六弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 6 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
  • Child of Li Keyong (李克用)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Li Jiyao (李繼嶢)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Li Jitong (李繼潼)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Li Jisong (李繼嵩)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Li Jichan (李繼蟾)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
  • Sibling of Li Cunmei (李存美)
    Kinship Term: third younger brother / 第三弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Subject Birth Order: 3 · Shared Parentage: paternal-half
  • Sibling of Li Cunju (李存矩)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: uncertain

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History of Jin, Chapter 131Volume 131 Biographies 69: Huan Zhe, Liang Chong, Song Gui, Pan Shouheng, Fang Ji, Liu Wansu, Zhang Congzheng, Li Qingsi, Ji Tianxi, Zhang Yuansu, Ma Guizhong, Wu Zhen Son: Kang, Li Mao, Hu Dexin · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Book of Later Liang 6: Taizu Annals 6 · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 13 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Book of Later Liang 12: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Book of Later Tang 7: Zhuangzong Annals 5 · 23 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 · 6 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Book of Later Tang 26: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 9 passages
史臣曰:昔武皇發跡於陰山,莊宗肇基於河朔,雖奄有天下,而享國日淺,眷言枝屬,空秀棣華,固未及推帝堯敦敘之恩,廣成王封建之義。 The historiographer writes: The Martial Emperor rose from the Yin Mountains and Emperor Zhuangzong founded his rule in Hebei. Though they briefly held the realm, their dynasties were short-lived. Their kinsmen bloomed like catalpa blossoms yet bore no fruit—they never attained Emperor Yao's generous ordering of kin or broadly extended King Cheng's principles of enfeoffment.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 30 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao · 43 passages
宦官曰:「今大內樓觀,不及舊時長安卿相之家,舊日大明、興慶兩宮,樓觀百數,皆雕楹畫栱,幹雲蔽日,今官家納涼無可禦者。」 The eunuchs said, "The towers and halls of today's inner palace cannot compare even with the mansions of Chang'an officials in the old days. The Daming and Xingqing palaces once had hundreds of towers, all with carved pillars and painted brackets soaring to the clouds and blotting out the sun. His Majesty now has nowhere fit to escape the heat."
初,崇韜與李紹宏同為內職,及莊宗即位,崇韜以紹宏素在己上,舊人難製,即奏澤潞監軍張居翰同掌樞密,以紹宏為宣徽使。 Earlier, Guo Chongtao and Li Shaohong had both served in the inner administration. After Zhuangzong's accession, Guo Chongtao—finding that Li Shaohong had always outranked him and that an old associate was difficult to manage—petitioned to have Zhang Juhán, military commissioner of Ze and Lu, share control of Military Affairs, while appointing Li Shaohong Commissioner of the Palace Secretariat.
莊宗令內官李廷安、李從襲、呂知柔為都統府紀綱,見崇韜幕府繁重,將吏輻輳,降人爭先賂遺,都統府唯大將省謁,牙門索然,由是大為詬恥。 Emperor Zhuangzong appointed the eunuchs Li Ting'an, Li Congxi, and Lü Zhirou as disciplinarians of the overall command headquarters. They saw Guo Chongtao's headquarters thronged with officers and clerks, with surrendered men vying to offer bribes, while the prince's own headquarters received only the chief generals on formal visits and its gate stood empty. They were deeply shamed.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 6 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65 Book of Later Tang 41: Biographies 17: Li Jianji, Shi Junli, Gao Xinggui, Zhang Tingyu, Wang Sitong, Suo Zitong · 16 passages
建及有膽氣,慷慨不群,臨陣鞠旅,意氣橫壯,自莊宗至魏州,建及都總內外衙銀槍效節帳前親軍,善於撫禦,所得賞賜,皆分給部下,絕甘分少,頗洽軍情。 Jianji was bold and high-spirited, generous and unlike ordinary men. On the battlefield his bearing was formidable. From Zhuangzong's arrival in Weizhou onward he commanded the silver-spear Xiaojie guard of the inner and outer gates and knew how to win soldiers' hearts. Every reward he shared with his men, refusing the choicest portion and taking the least—so he held the army's loyalty.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8: an Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 8 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang · 17 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22: Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda · 31 passages
莊宗得三四騎而旋,中野為汴軍數百騎攢槊攻之,事將不測,行欽識其幟,急馳一騎,奮劍斷二矛,斬一級,汴軍乃解圍,翼莊宗還宮。 Zhuangzong got away with only three or four riders. In the open field several hundred Bian horsemen closed on him with leveled spears, and the outcome hung by a thread. Xingqin recognized their banners, spurred forward alone, slashed two spears apart with his sword, and cut down one man. The Bian troops broke off, and he escorted Zhuangzong back to camp.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 18 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 47 passages
莊宗歲時還晉陽宮省太后,須錢蒱博、給伶官,嘗置酒於泉府,莊宗酣飲,命興聖宮使李繼岌為承業起舞,既竟,承業出寶帶幣馬奉之。 Each year when Zhuangzong returned to the Jinyang palace to visit the empress dowager, he needed money for gambling and to pay the entertainers. Once he held a feast at the treasury. Zhuangzong drank heavily and ordered Li Jiya, commissioner of the Xingsheng Palace, to dance for Chengye. When the dance was done, Chengye presented a precious belt, coins, and a horse as gifts.
〈(《通鑒考異》引秦再思《洛中記異》云:承業諫帝曰:「大王何不待誅克梁孽,更平吳、蜀,俾天下一家,且先求唐氏子孫立之,後更以天下讓有功者,何人輒敢當之! (The 《Examination of Discrepancies in the Zizhi Tongjian》 cites Qin Zaisi's 《Records of Strange Events in Luoyang》: Chengye remonstrated with the emperor, saying, "Why does Your Highness not wait until the Liang rebels are destroyed and Wu and Shu are pacified, so that the realm becomes one family? First find a descendant of the Tang house and install him, then later yield the realm to the man of merit — who would dare take it!
〈(《五代史闕文》:莊宗將即位於魏州,承業自太原至,謂莊宗曰:「吾王世奉唐家,最為忠孝,自貞觀以來,王室有難,未嘗不從。 From the 《Lost Writings on the History of the Five Dynasties》: When Zhuangzong was about to take the throne at Weizhou, Chengye came from Taiyuan and said to Zhuangzong, "Our princely house has served the Tang with utmost loyalty and filial piety. Since the Zhenguan era, whenever the royal house faced crisis, we have never failed to respond.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 73Volume 73 Book of Later Tang 49: Biographies 25: Mao Zhang, Nie Yu, Wen Tao, Duan Ning, Kong Qian, Li Ye · 12 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 74Volume 74 Book of Later Tang 50: Biographies 126: Kang Yanxiao, Zhu Shouyin, Yang Li, Dou Tingwan, Zhang Qianzhao, Yang Yanwen · 15 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 87Volume 87 Book of Later Jin 13: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 121Volume 121 Book of Later Zhou 23: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 4 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 127Volume 127 Book of Later Zhou 29: Biographies 7: Lu Wenji, Ma Yisun, He Ning, Su Yugui, Jing Fan · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 130Volume 130 Book of Later Zhou 32: Biographies 10: Wang Jun, Murong Yanchao, Yan Honglu, Cui Zhoudu · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 138Volume 138: Foreign States Biographies 2: Tubo, Huihu, Goryeo, Bohai Tungusic Tribes, Heishui Tungusic Tribes, Silla, Tangut, Kunming Tribes, Yutian, Champa, Zangkeman · 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 139Volume 139: Treatises 1 Astronomy · 4 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 141Volume 141: Treatises 3 Five Elements · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 6 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 144Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 · 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 146Volume 146: Treatises 8 Finance and Economics · 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 147Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 6: Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, Zhang Li · 2 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Later Liang Annals 3: Later Emperors · 2 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 9 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9Volume 9 Later Jin Annals 2: the Emperor That Fled · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Later Zhou Annals 3: Shizong, Emperor Gong · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16: Family of the Tang Deposed Emperor · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19: Taizu of Later Zhou's Family · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 3 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 22 passages
嚴對曰:「前年天子建大號於鄴宮,自鄆趨汴,定天下不旬日,而梁之降兵猶三十萬,東漸於海,西極甘涼,北懾幽陵,南逾閩嶺,四方萬里,莫不臣妾。 Yan answered: “Two years ago the Son of Heaven took the great title at Ye. From Yunzhou he drove on to Bian and settled the realm in less than ten days—and Liang’s surrendered troops still numbered three hundred thousand. East to the sea, west to Gan and Liang, north to You and Ling, south beyond Min Ridge: for ten thousand li in every direction, all bowed as subjects.
初,莊宗遣嚴以名馬入蜀,市珍奇以充後宮,而蜀法嚴禁以奇貨出劍門,其非奇物而出者,名曰「入草物」,由是嚴無所得而還,惟得金二百兩、地衣、毛布之類。 Zhuangzong had first sent Yan into Shu with fine horses to buy treasures for the inner palace. Shu forbade precious goods from passing Sword Gate; anything ordinary enough to leave was called “grass-bound goods.” Yan came back with almost nothing—two hundred taels of gold, moss cloth, hair-felt, and little else.
初,嚴與知祥同事莊宗,時知祥為中門使,嚴嘗有過,莊宗怒甚,命斬之,知祥戒行刑者少緩,入白莊宗曰:「嚴小過,不宜以喜怒殺人,恐失士大夫心。」 Long ago Yan and Zhixiang had served Zhuangzong together. Zhixiang was then middle gate attendant. Yan once offended, and Zhuangzong in fury ordered his head. Zhixiang told the executioners to hold, went in, and said: “Yan’s fault is small. A ruler should not kill in heat and lose the scholar-officials’ hearts.”
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 32Volume 32 Biographies of Martyrs to Virtue 12: Wang Yanzhang · 10 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun · 6 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Biographies 17: · 44 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 18: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan · 27 passages
莊宗乃置酒庫中,酒酣,使子繼岌為承業起舞,舞罷,承業出寶帶、幣、馬為贈,莊宗指錢積呼繼岌小字以語承業曰:「和哥乏錢,可與錢一積,何用帶、馬為也?」 Zhuangzong held a banquet in the vault. Wine deep, he made his son Jiji dance for Chengye; when the boy finished, Chengye offered a jeweled belt, silks, and a horse. Zhuangzong pointed at the coin stacks and, calling Jiji by his pet name, said to Chengye: “Hege needs money—give him that whole pile. Why offer belt and horse?”
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 15 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49Volume 49 Miscellaneous Biographies 29: Di Guangye, Feng Hui, Huang Fuhui, Tang Jingsi, Wang Jin, Chang Si, Sun Fangjian · 7 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Miscellaneous Biographies 30: Wang Jun, Wang Yin, Liu Ci, Wang Huan, Zhe Congruan · 3 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 7 passages
梁亡,唐莊宗入洛,下詔慰諭季興,司空薰等皆勸季興入朝京師,梁震以為不可,曰:「梁、唐世為仇敵,夾河血戰垂二十年,今主上新滅梁,而大王梁室故臣,握強兵,居重鎮,以身入朝,行為虜爾。」 When Liang fell, Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang entered Luoyang and sent an edict of reassurance to Jixing. Sikong Xun and others urged him to attend court in the capital, but Liang Zhen objected: "Liang and Tang were hereditary foes who fought bloody battles along the Yellow River for nearly twenty years. Your new sovereign has just destroyed Liang. You are a former Liang minister who still commands a strong army and holds a strategic post. If you go to court in person, you will walk straight into captivity."
莊宗果欲留之,郭崇韜諫曰:「唐新滅梁得天下,方以大信示人,今四方諸侯相繼入貢,不過遣子弟將吏,而季興以身述職,為諸侯率,宜加恩禮,以諷動來者。 Zhuangzong did intend to detain him, but Guo Chongtao remonstrated: "Tang has just overthrown Liang and won the realm. We are trying to show the world that we govern by trust. The regional lords are sending tribute one after another, but only through sons, officers, or deputies. Jixing has come in person to report for duty and has set an example for them all. We should honor him generously to encourage others to follow.
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71: Timeline for the Hereditary Houses of the Ten Kingdoms · 1 passage