Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖)

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Gaozu of Jin was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 936 晉高祖入立
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 116
AD 936 to AD 942 晉高祖時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 142

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 2 passages

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晉高祖入立，復獻五萬緡，求為真刺史。 When Jin’s Gaozu rose he paid another fifty thousand strings for a real prefecture, not an acting one.

晉高祖時，贈太子少傅，謚曰貞惠。 Jin’s Gaozu posthumously made him Junior Mentor of the Heir with the posthumous name Zhenhui—Loyal and Kind.