Emperor Zhuangzong (莊宗)

Overview

Emperor Zhuangzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 911 劉守光之僭號
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 190
AD 908 莊宗初嗣晉王位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 200
AD 923 莊宗即位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 176

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Daughter of Yi Guang (伊廣女)
chaste consort 淑妃 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 186

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin / Later Tang 晉 / 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 176, 200

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Book of Later Tang 31: Biographies 7: Kang Junli, Xue Zhiqin, Shi Jiantang, Li Chengsi, Shi Yan, Gai Yu, Yi Guang, Li Chengxun, Shi Jingrong · 5 passages

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莊宗即位，追贈太師。 When Emperor Zhuangzong took the throne he posthumously honored Yu as Grand Preceptor.

有女為莊宗淑妃。 He had a daughter who became the chaste consort of Emperor Zhuangzong.

劉守光之僭號也，莊宗遣承勳往使，問其釁端。 When Liu Shouguang declared himself emperor, Emperor Zhuangzong sent Chengxun as envoy to ask the cause of his rebellion.

承勳曰：「燕君能臣我王，則我臣之； Chengxun said, "If the Yan ruler will submit to my prince, then I will submit to him.

莊宗初嗣晉王位，李克寧陰構異圖，將害莊宗，事發有日矣，克寧密引敬鎔，以邪謀諭之。 When Emperor Zhuangzong first succeeded to the Jin throne, Li Kening secretly plotted against him and was on the verge of acting. Kening secretly summoned Jingrong and tried to win him to the conspiracy.