Five Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang 莊宗

Attested AD 923

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 天祐二十年…莊宗建號
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 80, passage 228

Career and standing

Proclaimed reign
AD 923 同光元年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 80, passage 228

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 80, passage 228

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 80Volume 80 Book of Later Jin 6: Gaozu Annals 6 · 1 passage

臣謹按，天祐二十年，歲在癸未，其年莊宗建號，改同光元年，至清泰三年，歲丙申，其年晉祖即位，改元天福元年，自未至申，凡十四載矣，故讖書云「天十四載石進」者，言自天祐滅後十四載石氏興於晉也，豈不明乎！ This chronicler respectfully observes: Tianyou 20 fell in guiwei, the year Zhuangzong proclaimed his reign and renamed the era Tongguang 1. By Qingtai 3, in bingshen, the Jin founder took the throne and proclaimed Tianfu 1. From wei to shen was exactly fourteen years. Thus the prophecy "Heaven's fourteenth year, Stone advances" means that fourteen years after Tianyou's end the Shi clan rose in Jin—is that not plain!