Founder of Later Han (漢祖)

Overview

Founder of Later Han was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 漢祖雖思拯溺
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 252

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 252

Events and relationships

Sought to rescue
AD 947 晉之季 · Political · Ruler · wished to save the drowning realm but had not yet marched south
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 252

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 125Volume 125 Book of Later Zhou 27: Biographies 5: Lie Chuanwu, Zhao Hui, Wang Shou'en, Kong Zhijun, Wang Jihong, Feng Hui, Gao Yunquan, Zhe Congruan, Wang Rao, Sun Fangjian · 1 passage

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史臣曰：昔晉之季也，敵騎長驅，中原無主，漢祖雖思拯溺，未果圖南。 The historian writes: In the last days of Later Jin, enemy horsemen swept deep into the heartland and the Central Plains had no master. Though the Han founder wished to rescue the realm, he had not yet succeeded in marching south.