Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (唐莊宗)

Overview

Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 唐莊宗
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 124, passage 99

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 124Volume 124 Book of Later Zhou 26: Biographies 4: Wang Yin, He Fejin, Liu Ci, Wang Jin, Shi Yanchao, Shi Yi, Wang Lingwen, Zhou Mi, Li Huaizong, Bai Wenke, Bai Yanyu, Tang Jinsi · 3 passages

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父建瑭，事唐莊宗為先鋒都校，《唐書》有傳。 His father Jiantang had served Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang as vanguard colonel and has a biography in the 《Tang History》.

莊宗之伐鎮陽，時建瑭為流矢所中而卒，懿時年甫弱冠，莊宗以其父歿於王事，召拜昭德軍使，俄遷先鋒左右廂都校，俾嗣其家聲。 When Emperor Zhuangzong campaigned against Zhenyang, Jiantang was struck by a stray arrow and killed. Yi was then barely twenty. Zhuangzong, honoring his father's death in the state's service, summoned him and appointed him commissioner of the Zhaode army, and soon made him colonel of the left and right wings of the vanguard so that he might carry on his family's martial renown.

令溫少以武勇稱，初隸唐莊宗麾下，稍遷廳直軍校。 Lingwen won early fame for his martial courage. He first served under Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang and was gradually promoted to a hall guard officer.