Five Dynasties · Great-Great-Grandfather of Liu Zhiyuan; Temple Wenzu

Han Wen Zu 漢文祖

Han Wenzu

Attested AD 947 - AD 947

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Han Wen Zu as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Han Wen Zu 漢文祖 Han Wenzu
Posthumous Emperor Ming Yuan 明元皇帝
Title Han Wen Zu 漢文祖 Han Wenzu
Posthumous Mingyuan 明元 Míngyuán
Personal Tuan Tuān
Temple Wen Zu 文祖 Wenzu
Temple Wenzu 文祖 Wénzǔ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天福十二年閏七月;追尊祖考 · Western Year: AD 947
  • Source Date: Text: 漢高祖受命之年 · Western Year: AD 947
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:144:s0050

Family

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  • Ancestor of Gaozu of Han (漢高祖)
    Kinship Term: great-great-grandfather / 高祖 · Generation Distance: 4 · Line: paternal
  • Parent of De Zu (德祖)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: De Zu / 德祖 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
  • Spouse of Lady Li (Mingzhen) (李氏)
    Kinship Term: great-great-grandmother / 祖妣 · Union Category: marriage

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 144Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 1 passage