Five Dynasties · Ruler

Late Emperor 先帝

Xian Di

Attested AD 936 - AD 942

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Late Emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 to AD 942 先帝慈儉之規
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 61

Family

Ancestor of Emperor Shao (帝)
late emperor 先帝 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 48, 61

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 61

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 83Volume 83 Book of Later Jin 9: Emperor Shao 3 · 1 passage

所宜去無用之資，罷不急之務，棄華取實，惜費省功，一則符先帝慈儉之規，一則慕前王樸素之德。 We should cut useless spending, drop nonessential tasks, choose substance over display, and practice thrift—honoring the late emperor's kindness and frugality and emulating the plain virtue of kings of old.