Five Dynasties · Ruler

Li Conghou 李從厚

Died AD 934

Passages
57
Chapters
17
Histories
2

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
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 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

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
  • Manner: murdered / 弒 · Place: Weizhou context / 衛州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 戊寅 · Western Year: AD 934

Attested activity

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 928
  • Label: governor of Henan / 河南尹 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天成二年 · Western Year: AD 927
  • 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 931
  • Label: Beijing regent / 北京留守 · Action: appointed
  • Label: acting Minister over the Masses / 檢校司徒 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天成二年 · Western Year: AD 927
  • Label: Tianxiong / 天雄 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 931
  • Label: Hedong command / 河東 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 929
  • Label: Chengde command / 成德 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興元年 · Western Year: AD 930
  • 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 939
  • Label: Emperor Min / 愍皇帝 · Action: posthumously titled · Authority Person Id: Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖)
  • Title: Prince of E / 鄂王 · Action: demoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 癸酉 · Western Year: AD 934
  • Title: Prince of Song / 宋王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興元年 · Western Year: AD 930
  • Title: Prince of Song / 宋王 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
  • Status: flight · Action: fled after Congke's revolt
  • 嘗降為鄂王
  • Title: emperor / 愍帝 · Action: acceded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年,愍帝即位 · Western Year: AD 933
  • Action: succeeded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 閔帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 933
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二月癸卯朔 · Western Year: AD 933
  • Role: emperor · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 愍帝即位 · Western Year: AD 933
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:016:s0018

Places and affiliations

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 934
  • Kind: political · Role: orderer · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Lady Kang (康氏) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乙卯 · Western Year: AD 933
  • Kind: political · Role: orderer · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Lady Wang (王氏) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 933
  • Kind: omen · Role: witness · Action: kite-fell-dead-before-him · Place: Xingjiao Gate / 興教門
  • Kind: legal · Role: authority · Action: ordered-killing-of · Other Person Id: Li Chongji (李重吉) · Place: Songzhou / 宋州

Assessments and attributes

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 Wudaishi
  • Historicity: historical

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 3 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8: an Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun · 12 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 4 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 74Volume 74 Book of Later Tang 50: Biographies 126: Kang Yanxiao, Zhu Shouyin, Yang Li, Dou Tingwan, Zhang Qianzhao, Yang Yanwen · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 87Volume 87 Book of Later Jin 13: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 139Volume 139: Treatises 1 Astronomy · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 141Volume 141: Treatises 3 Five Elements · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 4 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Later Tang Annals 4: Deposed Emperors · 14 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 6 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9Volume 9 Later Jin Annals 2: the Emperor That Fled · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 2 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Later Zhou Annals 3: Shizong, Emperor Gong · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16: Family of the Tang Deposed Emperor · 3 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 38Volume 38 Biographies 18: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan · 1 passage