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Overview Hidden Emperor was a ruler.
Identity Historical · Male
Life and dates Death AD 950 明旦，隱帝遇弒
Assassinated
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Defeated at northern suburb
AD 950 隱帝敗於北郊 · Military · Defeated · At Northern Suburb 北郊
Intimate carousing and kite flying
Sent troops against Guo Wei
AD 950 威舉兵反 · Military
· Commander in chief
· At Chanyuan
澶淵 · With Guo Wei (郭威) Assessments and attributes Assessment repented-after-killing-Yang-Bin-and-others · Mode historian-judgmentReferences in the histories
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 30 Volume 30 Later Han Biographies 10: Su Fengji, Shi Hongzhao, Yang Bin, Wang Zhang, Liu Zhu, Li Ye, Nie Wenjin, Hou Zan, Guo Yunming · 13 passages
隱帝即位，業以皇太后故，益用事，無顧憚。
The Hidden Emperor’s reign let Ye rule through the dowager, without restraint.
隱帝召司天趙延乂問禳除之法，延乂對曰：「臣職天象日時，察其變動，以考順逆吉兇而已，禳除之事，非臣所知也。
The emperor called Zhao Yanyi of the Astronomy Bureau and asked how to expiate the omens. Yanyi said: “I read heaven’s changes and judge fortune and ruin—that is my charge. Expiation is not mine to know.
而帝方與業及聶文進、後贊、郭允明等狎昵，多為廋語相誚戲，放紙鳶於宮中。
The emperor meanwhile caroused with Ye, Nie Wenjin, Hou Zan, and Guo Yunming—veiled jests, mockery, paper kites in the palace.
太后數以災異戒帝，不聽。
The dowager warned him with every omen; he would not hear.
威舉兵反，隱帝遣左神武統軍袁泬、侍衛馬軍都指揮使閻晉卿等率兵拒威於澶淵。
Guo Wei rebelled. The emperor sent Yuan Xue and Yan Jinqing against him at Chanyuan.
兵未出，威已至滑州，帝大懼，謂大臣曰：「昨太草草耳。」
Before the army moved, Guo Wei was already at Huazhou. The emperor was terrified and told his ministers: “Yesterday we moved too rashly.”
業請出府庫以賚軍，宰相蘇禹珪以為未可，業拜禹珪於帝前曰：「相公且為官家勿惜府庫。」
Ye asked to open the vaults and pay the troops. Su Yu Gui hesitated; Ye bowed to him before the throne: “Chancellor, for the emperor’s sake—do not hoard the treasury.”
周兵至京師，隱帝敗於北郊，太后懼，使謂文進善衛帝，對曰：「臣在此，百郭威何害！」
Zhou troops reached the capital; the Hidden Emperor fell at the Northern Suburb. The empress dowager was terrified and asked Wenjin to guard the emperor. He replied: “While I stand here, what harm are a hundred Guo Weis?”
慕容彥超敗走，帝宿於七里，文進夜與其徒飲酒，歌呼自若。
Murong Yanchao broke and fled. The emperor slept at Qili. Wenjin spent the night drinking with his men, singing and shouting as if the world were still whole.
明旦，隱帝遇弒，文進亦自殺。
At dawn the Hidden Emperor was murdered. Wenjin took his own life.
高祖即位，拜飛龍使，隱帝尤愛幸之。
At enthronement Zan became Dragon Flight Commissioner; the Hidden Emperor doted on him above all others.
邠等死，隱帝悔之，贊與允明等番休侍帝，不欲左右言已短。
Bin and the rest were dead; the Hidden Emperor repented. Zan and Yunming rotated attendance at his side so no courtier could whisper against them.
隱帝兵敗北郊，贊奔兗州，慕容彥超執送京師，梟首於市。
The Hidden Emperor lost at the Northern Suburb. Zan fled to Yan; Murong Yanchao captured him, sent him to the capital, and had his head hung in the market.