Jiang Xuanhui (蔣玄暉)

Overview

Jiang Xuanhui was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 905 遣殷弒太后於積善宮
Executed · Agent Person Id Zhu Wen (朱溫)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151

Attested activity

AD 905 哀帝方卜郊
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 149
AD 905 遣殷弒太后於積善宮
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 151

Career and standing

military commissioner of the privy council 樞密使
AD 905 哀帝方卜郊 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 149

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 149

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Miscellaneous Biographies 23: Shi Shucong, Li Yanwei, Li Zhen, Pei Di, Wei Zhen, Kong Xun, Sun Dezhao, Wang Jingrao, Jiang Yin · 3 passages

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是時，哀帝方卜郊，殷與樞密使蔣玄暉等有隙，因譖之太祖，言玄暉等教天子卜郊祈天，且待諸侯助祭者以謀興復，太祖大怒，哀帝為改卜郊。 Emperor Ai was fixing a date for the suburban sacrifice. Yin hated Jiang Xuanhui and the other commissioners and told Taizu they had coached the emperor to pray for heaven’s favor and were waiting for the feudal lords who would attend the rites so Tang could rise again. Taizu raged, and the sacrifice was put off.

是時，太祖將有篡弒之謀，何太后嘗泣涕叩頭為玄暉等言：「梁王禪位後，願全唐家子母。」 Taizu was already moving to usurp the throne. Empress Dowager He once wept and pressed her forehead to the floor before Xuanhui and his circle: “When the Prince of Liang takes the Mandate, let the Tang mother and son live.”

殷乃誣玄暉嘗私侍太后，太祖斬玄暉及張廷範、柳璨等，遣殷弒太后於積善宮。 Yin then claimed Xuanhui had bedded the empress dowager. Taizu killed Xuanhui, Zhang Tingfan, Liu Can, and the rest, and sent Yin to murder the empress dowager at Jishan Palace.