Five Dynasties · Captive and False Crown Prince

Li Jitao 李繼陶

Died AD 929

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Jitao as a named individual, rebel, and royal family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Li Jitao 李繼陶 Li Jitao
Childhood name Dede 得得 Dede
Given Jitao 繼陶 Jitao
Surname Li 李 Li
Personal name Li Jitao 李繼陶 Li Jitao
Title Zhuangzong's crown prince 莊宗太子

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Rebel
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: executed
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0008
  • Cause: execution · Manner: executed by envoy · Place: Xingzhou / 邢州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 行至邢州，遣使戮焉 · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0185

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 城陷，晏球獲之…行至邢州，遣使戮焉 · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:054:s0185
  • Source Date: Text: 天成初 · Western Year: AD 926
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0181
  • Source Date: Text: 天成四年二月 · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0008
  • Source Date: Text: 莊宗初略地河朔 · Western Interval: Start: AD 912 · End: AD 923
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:054:s0180

Family

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  • Child of Duan Huai (段佪)
    Kinship Term: raise as a son / 養之為兒 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: adoptive-father · Object Role: adoptive-son · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天成初 · Western Year: AD 926

Career and standing

  • Status: false-crown-prince · Action: designated · Label: Zhuangzong's crown prince / 莊宗太子 · Negated: false · Provenance: Mode: allegation · Source Person Id: Wang Du (王都)
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0183
  • Status: false-heir · Label: false heir / 偽太子
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0008
  • Label: sent under detention to court / 拘送於闕下 · Action: detained-and-sent · Authority Person Id: Wang Yanqiu (王晏球) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 城陷，晏球獲之，拘送於闕下 · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0185
  • Label: execution / 戮 · Action: executed · Place: Xingzhou / 邢州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 行至邢州，遣使戮焉 · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0185

Places and affiliations

  • Place: Hebei region / 河朔 · Relation: captured-in · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 莊宗初略地河朔 · Western Interval: Start: AD 912 · End: AD 923
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0180
  • Place: Xingzhou / 邢州 · Relation: died-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 行至邢州，遣使戮焉 · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0185
  • Place: palace / 宮中 · Relation: raised-in
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0180

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: known to be a fraud and cursed by the people · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0184

Source notes

  • To: Dede / 得得 · Reason: raised in the palace after capture / 收養於宮中
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0180

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
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 54Volume 54 Book of Later Tang 30: Biographies 6: Wang Rong, Wang Zhaohui, Wang Chuzhi · 3 passages
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