Five Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Li Congrong 李從榮

Lǐ Cóngróng

Died AD 933

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Congrong was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

AD 933 從榮伏誅
Executed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 211

Attested activity

AD 933 長興四年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 211

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mingzong (明宗)
father-son 父子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 232

Events and relationships

Armed entry Xingsheng Palace
AD 933 以兵入興聖宮 · Military · Leader
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 211

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Later Tang Annals 3: Mingzong · 3 passages

十一月壬辰，秦王從榮以兵入興聖宮，不克，伏誅。 On renchen of the eleventh month Prince of Qin Congrong marched on Xingsheng Palace, could not prevail, and was put to death.

至於從榮父子之間，不能慮患為防，而變起倉卒，卒陷之以大惡，帝亦由此飲恨而終。 Between himself and Congrong he failed to read trouble in time; the revolt broke without warning, and in the end Congrong was trapped in grave guilt. The emperor, too, carried bitterness to his grave.

若從榮之變，任圜、安重誨等之死，可謂上下相徇，而毀譽亂真之敝矣。 Congrong’s revolt, the deaths of Ren Huan and An Chonghui—these were precisely superiors and subordinates shielding one another, and praise and blame twisting what was true.