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Guo Wei
周太祖
Guo Wei
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Guo
郭
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Guo Wei
Guo Wei
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Lord Guo
郭公
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Sparrow Guo
郭雀兒
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Taizu
太祖
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Zhou Taizu
周太祖
Zhou Taizu
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70 Volume 70: Hereditary House of Eastern Han · 14 passages
隱帝少，政在大臣，周太祖為樞密使，新討三叛，立大功，而與旻素有隙，旻頗不自安，謂判官鄭珙曰：「主上幼弱，政在權臣，而吾與郭公不葉，時事如何？」
Yin was still a child, so state affairs were in the hands of the senior ministers. Guo Wei, lately appointed chief of the privy council, had just crushed the three major rebellions and won towering credit—yet he and Min had old grievances. Min grew increasingly uneasy and asked his staff officer Zheng Gong, "The Son of Heaven is young, and power sits with the men at court. Guo and I have never been on good terms—how do you read the situation?"
三年，周太祖起魏，隱帝遇弒，旻乃謀舉兵。
In the third year Guo Wei rebelled in Wei; the young emperor was assassinated; Min now planned to take the field.
周太祖之自魏入也，反狀已白，而漢大臣不即推尊之，故未敢即立，乃白漢太后，立旻子赟為漢嗣，遣宰相馮道迎赟於徐州。
When Guo marched out of Wei toward Luoyang, his treason was plain, but the Han court still would not proclaim him emperor, so he hesitated to take the throne outright. He had the empress dowager name Yun, Min's son, as heir and sent Feng Dao to fetch him from Xuzhou.
當是時，人皆知太祖之非實意也，旻獨喜曰：「吾兒為帝矣，何患！」
All who watched knew Guo's pledge was hollow, yet Min alone rejoiced: "My son is emperor—what danger remains?"
周太祖少賤，黥其頸上為飛雀，世謂之郭雀兒。
Guo Wei had begun life in the lowest ranks; a tattoo of a flying sparrow on his neck earned him the nickname Sparrow Guo.
太祖見旻使者，具道所以立赟之意，因自指其頸以示使者曰：「自古豈有雕青天子？
Receiving Min's messenger, he laid out at length why Yun should reign and, tapping his tattooed neck, asked, "When in history has a Son of Heaven borne a convict's mark?
太原少尹李驤曰：「郭公舉兵犯順，其勢不能為漢臣，必不為劉氏立後。」
Li Xiang, deputy governor of Taiyuan, warned, "Guo has taken up arms against his sovereign; he cannot remain Han's minister and will never install a Liu heir."
已而周太祖果代漢，降封赟湘陰公。
Soon Guo replaced the Han dynasty and reduced Yun to Duke of Xiangyin.
旻遣牙將李鋋奉書周太祖，求赟歸太原，而赟已死。
Min sent an aide, Li Qian, petitioning for Yun's return to Taiyuan—but Yun was already dead.
周太祖崩，旻聞之喜，遣使乞兵於契丹。
When Guo Wei died Min rejoiced and asked the Khitans for troops.
初，旻常謂張元徽等曰：「吾以高祖之業，赟之冤，義不為郭公屈爾，期與公等勉力以復家國之仇。
Min had told Yuanhui and others, "Gaozu's realm and Yun's blood forbid me to bend to Guo—we must regain our patrimony.
周太祖討李守貞於河中，無為詣軍門上謁，詢以當世之務，太祖奇之。
During Guo's siege of Li Shouzhen at Hezhong, Youwei appeared at camp and debated policy; Guo was impressed.
或謂太祖曰：「公為漢大臣，握重兵居外，而延縱橫之士，非所以防微慮遠之道也。」
An aide warned, "A Han minister with armies abroad who hosts roaming strategists invites suspicion."
由是太祖不納。
Guo declined him.