Overview
Gaozu was an emperor of Later Jin.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 936 先帝受命Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 192
- AD 936 to AD 942 高祖Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 173, 177
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Ancestor of Yanbao (延寶)grandsons 諸孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generationsDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 177 - Ancestor of Yanxu (延煦)grandsons 諸孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generationsDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 177 - Parent of Chonggao (重杲)youngest son 幼子 · paternal lineDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 173
Origins and identity
- Ethnicity barbarian origin of the Jin house 夷狄Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 215
- Lineage Jin house 晉氏Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 211, 215
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passages 192, 215
Works and attributed material
- Ordered seal madeCommission · AuthorizerDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 192
Events and relationships
- Received the MandateAD 936 先帝受命 · Political · Recipient of mandateDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 192
- Relation Claimed son of · Person Yelü Deguang (耶律德光) · took Yelü Deguang as fatherDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 215
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment won the realm by usurpation and rose from barbarians · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 215
- Item jade seal 玉璽 · Relation Commissioned · ordered jade craftsmen to make this sealDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 192
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 17, passage 173
References in the histories
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