Five Dynasties · Ruler

Khitan ruler 契丹主

Qìdān zhǔ

Attested AD 936

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Khitan ruler was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年冬十月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 179

Places and affiliations

Polity Liao 遼 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 179

Events and relationships

Installed Shi Jingtang as Jin emperor
AD 936 清泰三年閏月丁卯 · Political · Sovereign · With Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 195
father-and-son states agreement 約為父子之國
Relation Political father of · Person Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 195

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 4 passages

壬寅，趙德鈞奏，軍出穀口，蕃軍漸退，契丹主見駐柳林寨。 On renyin Zhao Dejun reported that the army had left the valley mouth, the barbarian army was gradually withdrawing, and the Khitan ruler was seen stationed at Willow Grove camp.

時馬猶有五千匹，戎王主以漢軍與石敬瑭，其馬及甲仗即齎驅出塞。 At the time there were still five thousand horses. The barbarian ruler gave the Han army to Shi Jingtang and immediately drove their horses and armor out of the frontier.

丁卯，戎王立石敬瑭為大晉皇帝，約為父子之國，改元為天福。 On dingmao the barbarian ruler installed Shi Jingtang as Emperor of Great Jin, with an agreement of father-and-son states, and changed the era name to Tianfu.

戎王與晉高祖南行，趙德鈞父子與諸將自團柏穀南奔，王師為蕃騎所蹙，投戈棄甲，自相騰踐，擠於岩穀者不可勝紀。 The barbarian ruler and the Jin Founder went south. Zhao Dejun father and son and the generals fled south from Tuanbai Valley. The imperial army was pressed by barbarian horsemen, cast aside spears and abandoned armor, trampled one another in flight, and those crushed in ravines and valleys were beyond counting.