Five Dynasties · General and Imperial Ancestor

Exalted Ancestor 獻祖

Xianzu

Attested AD 915 - AD 937

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Exalted Ancestor as a general and ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Exalted Ancestor 獻祖 Xianzu
Temple name Exalted Ancestor 獻祖 Xianzu
Posthumous name Filial Origin 孝元 Xiaoyuan
Transliterated name Niezhji 臬捩雞 Nielieji
Temple name Offering Ancestor 獻祖 Xianzu
Changed name Shaoyong 紹雍 Shaoyong
Personal name Shaoyong (Niezhji) 紹雍(臬捩雞) Shaoyong (Nielieji)

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Emperor Xiaoping (睿祖孝平皇帝)
    Kinship Term: ancestral succession / 祖/考 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Ancestor of Zhuangzong (莊宗)
    Kinship Term: Exalted Ancestor / 獻祖 · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: Exalted Ancestor / 獻祖 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖)
    Kinship Term: father / 父/考 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Lady He (何氏)
    Kinship Term: mother / 妣 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: prefect of Mingzhou / 洺州刺史 · Action: attained
  • Label: posthumous imperial honor / 謚孝元、廟號獻祖 · Action: posthumously honored · Authority Person Id: Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福二年五月丁丑 · Western Year: AD 937

Places and affiliations

  • Label: Later Tang ancestral line / 後唐 · Relation: ancestral-ruler-of
    Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:040:s0164

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 4 passages