Overview
The translated histories identify Li Conghou as an official, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 57 passages from 17 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Li Conghou | 李從厚 | Li Conghou |
| Personal name | Conghou | 從厚 | Conghou |
| Given | Conghou | 從厚 | Conghou |
| Temple name | Emperor Min | 閔帝 | Mindi |
| Temple | Emperor Min | 閔帝 | Mǐn dì |
| Temple name | Emperor Min | 閔帝 | |
| Title | Emperor Min | 閔帝 | |
| Title | Emperor Min | 閔帝 | Mǐndì |
| Temple | Emperor Min | 閔帝 | Mindi |
| Title | Emperor Min | 閔帝 | Mǐn Dì |
| Temple | Emperor Min | 閔帝 | Min di |
| Personal | Emperor Min | 閔皇帝 | Min huangdi |
| Temple name | Emperor Min | 愍皇帝 | Min huangdi |
| Posthumous name | Emperor Min | 愍皇帝 | Min Huangdi |
| Title | Emperor Min | 湣帝 | |
| Title | Emperor Min of Later Tang | 唐閔帝 | |
| Posthumous | Emperor Min of Later Tang | 後唐閔帝 | |
| Personal name | Li Conghou | 李從厚 | Li Conghou |
| Personal | Li Conghou | 從厚 | |
| Personal | Li Conghou | 李從厚 | |
| Posthumous name | Min | 愍 | Min |
| Alternate name | Min Emperor | 愍帝 | Mindi |
| Title | Min Emperor | 愍帝 | Mindi |
| Title | Min Emperor | 湣帝 | Mindi |
| Title | Min-di | 愍帝 | |
| Title | Mindi | 閔帝 | Mindi |
| Alternate name | Mindi | 湣帝 | Mindi |
| Title | Mindi | 愍帝 | Mindi |
| Posthumous | Mindi | 愍帝 | Mǐndì |
| Posthumous name | Mindi (Emperor Min) | 愍帝 | Mindi |
| Title | Prince | 皇子 | |
| Title | Prince of E | 鄂王 | E wang |
| Title | Prince of E | 鄂王 | E Wang |
| Title | Prince of Song | 宋王 | Song wang |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:074:s0119, jiuwudaishi:139:s0179, jiuwudaishi:143:s0007, xinwudaishi:012:s0165, xinwudaishi:038:s0104
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:042:s0099, jiuwudaishi:066:s0094
- Value: maleExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0170
Roles
- Official
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應順元年四月九日 · Western Year: AD 934 · Manner: assassinated / 遇害Explicit · jiuwudaishi:139:s0179
- Manner: murdered / 弒 · Place: Weizhou context / 衛州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 戊寅 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0126, xinwudaishi:007:s0044
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 晉天福四年十一月 · Lunar Month: 11 · Western Year: AD 939Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:143:s0172
- Source Date: Text: 五代之亂,至此七君,而不得其死者五,明宗 · Western Year: AD 942Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:009:s0197
- Source Date: Text: 唐閔帝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 933 · End: AD 934Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0038
- Source Date: Text: 天成二年 · Western Year: AD 927Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0110
- Source Date: Text: 天成四年夏四月 · Western Year: AD 929Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0041
- Source Date: Text: 天福四年墓與廟 · Western Year: AD 939Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0112, xinwudaishi:008:s0185, xinwudaishi:008:s0186, xinwudaishi:008:s0128
- Source Date: Text: 应顺 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0165
- Source Date: Text: 後湣帝奔於衛州 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:038:s0104
- Source Date: Text: 愍帝出奔;衞州 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:010:s0006, xinwudaishi:010:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 愍帝即位 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0170, xinwudaishi:016:s0018
- Source Date: Text: 應順元年 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0001
- Source Date: Text: 應順元年四月九日 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit · jiuwudaishi:139:s0179
- Source Date: Text: 應順元年閏正月丙寅 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit · jiuwudaishi:141:s0083
- Source Date: Text: 戊寅 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0126
- Source Date: Text: 清泰元年 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:051:s0202, jiuwudaishi:051:s0207
- Source Date: Text: 清泰元年出奔 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0173
- Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0099
- Source Date: Text: 閔帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:072:s0136
- Source Date: Text: 閔帝在位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 933 · End: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:066:s0094
- Source Date: Text: 閔帝詔 · Western Interval: Start: AD 933 · End: AD 934Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:074:s0119
Family
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- Child of Li Siyuan (李嗣源)Kinship Term: fifth son / 第五子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 5 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Kinship Term: Emperor Min / 閔帝 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son - Spouse of Consort of Li Conghou (從厚妃)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband
- Child of Mingzong (明宗)Kinship Term: imperial son / 皇子 · Parentage: biological
- Kin of Li Siyuan (李嗣源)Kinship Term: main branch / 本枝 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: one family / 一家 · Subject Role: kinsman · Object Role: kinsman - Parent of Li Chongzhe (李重哲)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Career and standing
- Label: military governor of Xuanwu / 宣武軍節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 928Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0111
- Label: governor of Henan / 河南尹 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天成二年 · Western Year: AD 927Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0110
- Label: Xingtang intendant; formerly Zhenzhou military commissioner / 興唐尹、鎮州節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0099
- Label: Beijing regent / 北京留守 · Action: appointedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0041
- Label: acting Minister over the Masses / 檢校司徒 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天成二年 · Western Year: AD 927Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0110
- Label: Tianxiong / 天雄 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 931Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0114
- Label: Hedong command / 河東 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 929Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0112
- Label: Chengde command / 成德 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興元年 · Western Year: AD 930Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0113
- Label: temple established in the Western Capital / 立廟於西京 · Action: commemorated · Authority Person Id: Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福四年冬十一月乙亥 · Western Year: AD 939Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0128
- Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0185
- Title: Prince of E / 鄂王 · Action: demoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 癸酉 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0048
- Title: Prince of Song / 宋王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興元年 · Western Year: AD 930Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0113
- Title: Prince of Song / 宋王 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0099
- Status: flight · Action: fled after Congke's revoltExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0173
- 嘗降為鄂王Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0186
- Title: emperor / 愍帝 · Action: acceded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年,愍帝即位 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0170
- Action: succeeded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 閔帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0136
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二月癸卯朔 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0117
- Role: emperor · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 愍帝即位 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:016:s0018
Places and affiliations
- Label: Later Tang / 唐 · Relation: ruledExplicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0108, xinwudaishi:007:s0117
- Label: Later Tang / 後唐 · Relation: ruledExplicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0202
- Polity: Later Tang / 唐 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:139:s0179
- Polity: Later Tang / 後唐 · Relation: ruledExplicit · jiuwudaishi:141:s0083
- Place: Huiling / 徽陵 · Relation: burial-placeExplicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0106
- Place: Weizhou / 衛州 · Relation: fled-toExplicit · xinwudaishi:038:s0104
- Place: Zhide Palace / 至德宮 · Relation: visitedExplicit · jiuwudaishi:141:s0083
Events and relationships
- Kind: omen · Role: victim · Action: assassinated when white rainbow pierced the sun · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 應順元年四月九日 · Western Year: AD 934Explicit · jiuwudaishi:139:s0179
- Kind: political · Role: orderer · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Lady Kang (康氏) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乙卯 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0123
- Kind: political · Role: orderer · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Lady Wang (王氏) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 933Explicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0121
- Kind: omen · Role: witness · Action: kite-fell-dead-before-him · Place: Xingjiao Gate / 興教門Explicit · jiuwudaishi:141:s0083
- Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: ordered-killing-of · Other Person Id: Li Chongji (李重吉) · Place: Songzhou / 宋州Explicit · xinwudaishi:016:s0020
Assessments and attributes
- Kind: physical-description · Statement: broad and solid in build; quiet; fond of ritual; resembled MingzongExplicit · xinwudaishi:007:s0109
- Item: tomb in the precinct of Mingzong's Huiling / 明宗徽陵域中墓 · Relation: buried-inExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0112, xinwudaishi:008:s0185
Source notes
- Field: posthumous-title date · Statement: Old History and Veritable Records lacked the month and day of the memorial and investiture document. · Provenance: Mode: source-criticism · Source Work: Xin WudaishiExplicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0187
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · jiuwudaishi:139:s0179
References in the histories
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