Five Dynasties · Ruler

Guo Wei 郭威

Guō Wēi

Died AD 954

Passages
205
Chapters
20
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Guo Wei as a general, military officer, official, and rebel. This record brings together 205 passages from 20 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Guo Wei 郭威 Guō Wēi
Title attendant-in-chief 侍中
Title Attendant-in-chief 侍中
Title commissioner of military affairs 樞密使
Temple Emperor Taizu 太祖 Taizu
Title Emperor Taizu of Zhou 周太祖
Temple Emperor Taizu of Zhou 周太祖 Zhou Taizu
Title founding emperor
Temple name Gaozu 高祖 Gāozǔ
Surname Guo Guo
Nickname Guo Que'er 郭雀兒 Guo Que'er
Personal name Guo Wei 郭威 Guō Wēi
Personal name Guo Wei
Personal Guo Wei 郭威 Guo Wei
Temple High Ancestor 高祖
Title High Ancestor 高祖
Title Later Zhou's Taizu 周太祖 Zhōu Tàizǔ
Alternate name Lord Guo 郭公 Guō gōng
Title Sagely, Bright, Martial, Civil, Benevolent, and Virtuous Emperor 聖明文武仁德皇帝
Posthumous Sagely, Divine, Martial, Civil, Reverent, Filial Emperor 神圣文武恭肃孝皇帝
Posthumous Sheng Shen Gong Su Wen Wu Xiao Emperor 聖神恭肅文武孝皇帝
Temple Taizu 太祖 Taizu
Temple name Taizu 太祖 Taizu
Temple Taizu 太祖 Tàizǔ
Temple name Taizu 太祖 Tàizǔ
Temple name Taizu 太祖
Title Taizu of Zhou 周太祖
Temple Taizu of Zhou 周太祖
Temple name Taizu of Zhou 周太祖 Zhōu Tàizǔ
Title the emperor
Title the late emperor 先帝
Title the Sagely, Divine, Reverent, Solemn, Civil, Martial, Filial Emperor 聖神恭肅文武孝皇帝
Personal name Wei Wēi
Given Wei Wēi
Given Wei Wei
Alternate name Zhou founder 周祖
Alternate name Zhou ruler 周主
Temple Zhou Taizu 周太祖 Zhōu Tàizǔ
Temple name Zhou Taizu 周太祖 Zhōu Tàizǔ
Title Zhou Taizu 周太祖 Zhou Taizu
Title Zhou Taizu 周太祖 Zhōu Tàizǔ
Title Zhou Taizu 周太祖
Title Zhou's ruler 周主
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Sex
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  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler
  • Soldier
  • Warlord

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  • Ancestor of Cheng (誠)
    Kinship Term: imperial grandson / 皇孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Intermediary Person Ids: Emperor Shizong (世宗) · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
  • Ancestor of Zongyi (宗誼)
    Kinship Term: imperial grandson / 皇孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Intermediary Person Ids: Emperor Shizong (世宗) · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
  • Ancestor of Yan (諴)
    Kinship Term: imperial grandson / 皇孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Intermediary Person Ids: Emperor Shizong (世宗) · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
  • Parent of Empress Xuanyi Fu (宣懿皇后符氏)
    Kinship Term: adoptive father / 養父 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adoptive-father · Object Role: adoptive-daughter
    Kinship Term: acknowledged as father / 拜…為父 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: adoptive father / 養父 · Parentage: adoptive
  • Parent of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
    Kinship Term: adopted son / 養子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: raised as son / 養為己子 · Parentage: adoptive
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: uncertain · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: uncertain · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: made him his son / 以为子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: raised as his own son / 養為己子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adoptive-father · Object Role: adoptive-son
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Later Empress Fu (後符後)
    Kinship Term: adoptive father / 養父 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adoptive-father · Object Role: adoptive-daughter
  • Parent of Daughter of Zhou Taizu (周太祖之女)
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
    Kinship Term: daughter / 女 · Parentage: biological
  • Spouse of Empress Shenmu Chai (柴氏)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: empress/wife / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: empress/wife / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Relationship State: widowed
    Kinship Term: wed / 适 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: empress / 后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: primary-marriage
  • Parent of Tong (侗)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 2
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 2
  • Parent of Xin (信)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 3
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 3
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 3
  • Child of Guo Jian (郭簡)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Princess Yongning (永寧公主)
    Kinship Term: fifth daughter / 第五女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
    Kinship Term: fifth daughter / 第五女 · Parentage: biological
  • Parent of Princess Shou'an (壽安公主)
    Kinship Term: fourth daughter / 第四女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter
    Kinship Term: fourth daughter / 第四女 · Parentage: biological
  • Spouse of Honored Consort Zhang (貴妃張氏)
    Kinship Term: honored consort / 貴妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: consort
    Union Category: marriage · Kinship Term: successor consort / 繼室
    Kinship Term: successor wife / 繼室 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Union Type: successor marriage after Yang
    Kinship Term: honored consort / 貴妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband
    Kinship Term: successor consort / 繼室 · Union Category: marriage
    Kinship Term: successor wife / 繼室 · Union Category: primary-marriage
  • Kin of Shouyuan (守願)
    Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
    Kinship Term: imperial nephew / 皇侄 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle
    Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle
  • Spouse of Virtuous Consort Dong (德妃董氏)
    Kinship Term: took as wife / 聘 · Union Category: marriage
    Union Category: marriage
    Kinship Term: Lady / 夫人 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband
    Kinship Term: wife/consort / 聘/妃 · Union Category: marriage
    Union Category: marriage
  • Child of Lady Wang (王氏)
    Kinship Term: mother / 妣 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Kin of Xun (遜)
    Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle
    Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
  • Kin of Fengchao (奉超)
    Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
    Kinship Term: nephew / 侄 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle
  • Parent of Shizong (世宗)
    Kinship Term: Shizong / 世宗 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
  • Kin of Shizong (世宗)
    Kinship Term: succeeded the Guo house / 承郭氏之後
  • Spouse of Lady of Cultivated Virtue Yang (淑妃楊氏)
    Kinship Term: successor wife / 繼室 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Union Type: successor marriage after Chai
    Union Category: marriage
    Kinship Term: successor wife / 繼室 · Union Category: primary-marriage
    Union Category: marriage
  • Child of Qing Zu (慶祖)
    Kinship Term: Taizu / 太祖 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Princess Le'an (樂安公主)
    Kinship Term: third daughter / 第三女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter · Object Birth Order: 3
    Kinship Term: third daughter / 第三女 · Parentage: biological · Object Birth Order: 3
  • Kin of Chang Si (常思)
    Kinship Term: uncle / 叔 · Parentage: claimed · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle · Relationship State: formed
    Kinship Term: uncle / 叔 · Parentage: claimed · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
  • Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2 · Detail: sons killed with Consort Zhang / 諸子
  • Kinship Role: household-kin · Note: family members in the capital executed (plural household; exact count unstated) · Count: 2
  • Kinship Role: empress-and-consorts · Count: 4 · Detail: one empress and three imperial consorts / 一后三妃
  • Kinship Role: consorts · Count: 4 · Label: one empress and three consorts / 一後三妃
  • Kinship Role: wife-and-children · Statement: killed by Later Han in the capital · Negated: false · Quantity: unspecified

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 104Volume 104 Book of Later Jin 6: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 7 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 105Volume 105 Book of Later Jin 7: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 15 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 119Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 · 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 120Volume 120 Book of Later Zhou 22: Emperor Gong Annals · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 121Volume 121 Book of Later Zhou 23: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 34 passages
廣順三年夏,遇疾,醫藥之際,屬太祖兗海之征,車駕將行,妃奏曰:「正當暑毒,勞陛下省巡,明發宵征,須人供侍,司簿已下典事者,各已處分從行。」 In summer of Guangshun 3 she fell ill. While physicians attended her, the Emperor was about to set out on the Yanhai campaign. She memorialized: "This is the season of summer heat, yet Your Majesty will tour the provinces, marching at dawn and through the night—you will need attendants. I have already assigned the clerks and other officers in charge to accompany you."
漢乾祐中,守貞叛於河中,太祖以兵攻之,及城陷,崇訓自刃其弟妹,次將及後,後時匿於屏處,以帷箔自蔽,崇訓倉黃求後不及,遂自刎,後因獲免。 During the Han Qianyou era Li Shouzhen rebelled at Hezhong and the Emperor besieged him. When the city fell, Chongxun killed his younger siblings and was about to kill her next; she had hidden behind a screen, shielded by curtains. He searched for her in panic but could not find her in time and cut his own throat, and she escaped.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 122Volume 122 Book of Later Zhou 24: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 9 passages
原本過於簡略,疑有刪節,今據《歐陽史·家人傳》云:初,帝舉兵於魏,漢以兵圍帝第,時張貴妃與諸子青哥、意哥,侄守筠、奉超、定哥皆被誅。 The base text is so terse that passages may have been cut; the following is drawn from Ouyang Xiu's family biographies. When the future Taizu first took up arms in Wei, the Later Han besieged his household. The honored consort Zhang, the boys Qingge and Yige, and the nephews Shoujun, Fengchao, and Dingge were all put to death.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 144Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 · 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 145Volume 145: Treatises 7 Music 2 · 2 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 147Volume 147: Treatises 9 Punishment and Law · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizong · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Muzong 1 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 14 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 44 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Later Zhou Annals 3: Shizong, Emperor Gong · 10 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16: Family of the Tang Deposed Emperor · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18Volume 18: The Later Han Imperial Family · 18 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 19Volume 19: Taizu of Later Zhou's Family · 19 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20: Shizong of Later Zhou's Family · 12 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Later Zhou Biographies 11: Wang Pu, Zheng Renhui, Hu Zai · 6 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49Volume 49 Miscellaneous Biographies 29: Di Guangye, Feng Hui, Huang Fuhui, Tang Jingsi, Wang Jin, Chang Si, Sun Fangjian · 6 passages