Five Dynasties · Favorite clerk of Wang Lin

Gui Shouming 歸守明

Guī Shǒumíng

First attested AD 933; died AD 935

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gui Shouming was a Favorite clerk of Wang Lin.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Nickname	Lord Gui	歸郎

Life and dates

Death

AD 935 是歲十月
Killed by Li Fang
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 96

Attested activity

AD 933 to AD 935 歸郎見倖至被殺
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 88, 96

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 4 passages

初，鏻有嬖吏歸守明者，以色見倖，號歸郎，鏻後得風疾，陳氏與歸郎奸。 Lin once kept a favorite clerk named Gui Shouming, who won his affection by his beauty and was nicknamed Lord Gui. After Lin fell ill with paralysis, Empress Chen and Lord Gui became lovers.

又有百工院使李可殷，因歸郎以通陳氏。 Li Keyin, commissioner of the Hundred Crafts Bureau, also gained access to the empress through Lord Gui.

鏻命錦工作九龍帳，國人歌曰：「誰謂九龍帳，惟貯一歸郎！」 Lin ordered the brocade workshops to weave a Nine Dragons canopy. The people sang, "They call it the Nine Dragons canopy, but it holds only Lord Gui!"

繼韜及陳後、歸郎皆為仿所殺。 Jitao, Empress Chen, and Lord Gui were all killed by Fang.