Last Emperor (末帝) | 24 Histories

Overview

Last Emperor was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 915 to AD 916 末帝以書責鄩；數促鄩
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 67, 78
AD 920 朱友謙叛，末帝以鄩為河東道招討使
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 90

Career and standing

military governor of Yicheng 義成軍節度使
AD 916 末帝以為義成軍節度使 · Appointed · With Liu Xun (劉鄩)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 86

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 67

Works and attributed material

AD 915 to AD 916 末帝以書責鄩
Letter · Author · Direct quotation · Addressed to Liu Xun (劉鄩)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 67-68
AD 915 to AD 916 末帝大怒，誚鄩曰
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Liu Xun (劉鄩)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 71-72

Events and relationships

Urged to fight
AD 915 to AD 916 末帝又數促鄩，使出戰 · Military · Ruler · With Liu Xun (劉鄩)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 78

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 22Volume 22 Later Liang Biographies 2: Kang Huaiying, Liu Xun, Niu Cunjie, Zhang Guiba, Wang Zhongshi, Xu Huaiyu · 8 passages

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久之，末帝以書責鄩曰：「閫外之事全付將軍，河朔諸州一旦淪沒。 Months later the Last Emperor wrote in rebuke: “I gave you full command beyond the pass, and Hebei fell in a day.

末帝復遣問鄩必勝之策，鄩曰：「臣無奇術，請人給米十斛，米盡則敵破矣！」 The Last Emperor asked again for a sure plan. Xun said: “I have no trick—only give every man ten hu of grain. When the grain is gone, the enemy breaks.”

末帝大怒，誚鄩曰：「將軍蓄米，將療饑乎？ The Last Emperor raged: “Are you stockpiling rice to feed yourselves?

鄩召諸將謀曰：「主上深居禁中，與白面兒謀，必敗人事。 Xun called his officers and said: “The emperor sits in the inner palace taking counsel from soft-faced courtiers—he will ruin this war.

是時，莊宗在魏，數以勁兵壓鄩營，鄩不肯出，而末帝又數促鄩，使出戰。 Zhuangzong at Wei kept sending crack troops against Xun’s lines; Xun would not budge, but the Last Emperor kept ordering him out.

鄩果報末帝曰：「晉王西歸，魏無備，可擊。」 Xun reported to the Last Emperor: “Zhuangzong has gone west; Wei is bare—we can hit it.”

末帝以為義成軍節度使。 The Last Emperor made him military governor of Yicheng.

朱友謙叛，陷同州，末帝以鄩為河東道招討使，行次陜州，鄩為書以招友謙，友謙不報，留月余待之。 When Zhu Youqian rebelled and seized Tongzhou, the Last Emperor sent Xun as Hedong-route pacification commissioner. At Shaan he wrote to win Youqian over; Youqian never answered, and Xun waited more than a month.