Han Gaozu (漢高祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Han Gaozu as a ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Han Gaozu	漢高祖	Han Gaozu
Temple	Gaozu	高祖	Gaozu
Title	Han Gaozu	漢高祖	Han Gaozu
Personal	Liu Zhiyuan		Liu Zhiyuan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:010:s0138

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 即位改元…黜開運之號 · Western Year: AD 947
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Source Date: Text: 方出帝時…居太原 · Western Year: AD 947
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Source Date: Text: 開運四年…天福十二年 · Western Year: AD 947
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Career and standing

Action: founded-dynasty · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 漢高祖建國…復稱天福十二年 · Western Year: AD 947
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Action: took-throne-and-changed-era · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 即位改元 · Western Year: AD 947
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Later Han / 漢 · Relation: founded
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Polity: Later Jin / 晉 · Relation: served-under
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Place: Taiyuan / 太原 · Relation: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0140

Works and attributed material

Kind: action · Role: actor · Statement: silent-subject continuation of Han Gaozu’s conduct toward Jin and the Outgoing Emperor
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0141, xinwudaishi:010:s0142, xinwudaishi:010:s0143, xinwudaishi:010:s0144

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: abolished-kaiyun-title · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 黜開運之號 · Western Year: AD 947
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Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: discarded-kaiyun-4-and-revived-tianfu-12 · Other Person Id: Outgoing Emperor (出帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 黜晉出帝開運四年，復稱天福十二年 · Western Year: AD 947
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Kind: military · Role: non-participant · Action: failed-to-aid-jin-against-khitan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 及契丹滅晉 · Western Year: AD 947
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: feigned-pursuit-then-turned-back-at-tumen · Other Person Id: Outgoing Emperor (出帝) · Place: Tumen Pass / 土門 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 出帝已北遷 · Western Year: AD 947
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Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: resented-jin-while-holding-taiyuan · Other Person Id: Outgoing Emperor (出帝) · Place: Taiyuan / 太原 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 方出帝時 · Western Year: AD 947
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Relation: subject-of · Person Id: Outgoing Emperor (出帝) · Negated: true · Statement: no longer held any bond of ruler and subject toward the Outgoing Emperor
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: discarded Kaiyun and revived Tianfu from private love and hate · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Assessment: welcomed disaster for gain; settled mind revealed by abolishing Kaiyun · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0143, xinwudaishi:010:s0144, xinwudaishi:010:s0145

Source notes

Historicity: historical
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References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 2 passages

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至漢高祖建國，黜晉出帝開運四年，復稱天福十二年者，何哉？ When Han Gaozu founded the dynasty, cast aside the Outgoing Emperor’s Kaiyun 4, and revived Tianfu 12—what was that for?

方出帝時，漢高祖居太原，常憤憤下視晉，而晉亦陽優禮之，幸而未見其隙。 Under the Outgoing Emperor, Liu Zhiyuan at Taiyuan often looked on Jin with smoldering anger, while Jin feigned courtesy toward him and, by luck, never caught him out.