Jingtang 敬瑭

Other names

Family

• Child of Khitan Emperor (契丹主)
  father 父 · Claimed parentage · Other · AD 936 是夜
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passages 148, 178, 184

Career and standing

• Prince of Jin 晉王
  AD 936 十一年冬十月甲子 · Bestowed · Mode named-source-report Source Work Basic Annals of Taizong in the History of Liao 遼史太宗紀
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 171
• emperor of Great Jin 大晉皇帝
  AD 936 十一月丁酉 · Polity Great Jin 大晉 · From Source Date: Text: 天顯九年十一月丙戌朔十二日丁酉 · Western Year: AD 936
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passages 169, 172, 174

Places and affiliations

• Polity Great Jin 大晉 · Relation Ruled · From Source Date: Text: 天顯九年十一月丁酉 · Western Year: AD 936
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passages 169, 172, 174
• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passages 151, 179

Works and attributed material

• investiture edict 冊文
  Relation Addressee
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passages 173-174, 178
• Message · Author · With Khitan Emperor (契丹主) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 144
• Speech · Speaker · With Khitan Emperor (契丹主) · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Work Khitan State Annals 契丹國志
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 151

Events and relationships

• Besieged camp
  AD 936 明日 · Military · Commander · With Zhang Jingda (張敬達)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 156
• Declined then was invested
  AD 936 十一月 · Ritual · Recipient · At south of Jinyang 晉陽城南
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passages 168-169
• Led officials to audience
  Diplomatic · Visitor · With Khitan Emperor (契丹主) · Mode named-source-report Source Work History of Liao 遼史
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 150
• Met
  AD 936 是夜 · Diplomatic · Participant · With Khitan Emperor (契丹主) · At north gate 北門
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 147
• Received personal aid
  Diplomatic · Principal · With Khitan Emperor (契丹主)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 157
• Relation Patron of · Person He Fu (何福)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 157

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment sagely wisdom and Heaven-assisted heroism; military and civil gifts; loyal counsel and filial integrity known from birth · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Khitan Emperor (契丹主)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passages 178, 180-181
• Assessment sighed in admiration · Mode named-source-report Source Work Khitan State Annals 契丹國志
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 155
• AD 936 十一月
  Item robes and cap 衣冠 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 169
• Item knife and file 刀錯 · Relation Sent as tokens
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 157

Source notes

• Edict dates the investiture to Tianxian 9, year bingshen; Liao Annals date the princely enfeoffment to year 11, tenth month, jiazi, and the imperial investiture to the dingyou day of the eleventh month. Bingshen and the Jin founding narrative correspond to AD 936.
  Field investiture-regnal-year
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passages 171-172, 174
• served several emperors in succession and passed through many trials
  Mode quoted-speech Speaker Khitan Emperor (契丹主)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 75, passage 179