Later Zhou Taizu (周太祖)

Overview

Later Zhou Taizu was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 951 後周太祖入立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 44

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 57, passage 44

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Miscellaneous Biographies 37: Li Song, Li Lin, Jia Wei, Duan Xiyao, Zhang Yun, Wang Song, Pei Hao, Wang Renyu, Pei Yu, Wang Yan, Ma Zhongji, Zhao Yanyi · 1 passage

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崧素與翰林學士徐臺符相善，後周太祖入立，臺符告宰相馮道，請誅葛延遇，道以延遇數經赦宥，難之。 Song had long been friendly with the Hanlin academician Xu Taifu; when Later Zhou Taizu took the throne, Taifu told the chief minister Feng Dao and asked that Ge Yanyu be executed; Dao hesitated because Yanyu had been pardoned several times.