Five Dynasties · Ruler

Liang Founder 梁祖

Liang Zu

Attested AD 907 - AD 912

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liang Founder was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 912 朱友珪弑逆
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 167
AD 907 梁祖建號
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 165

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yougui (友珪)
adopted son 假子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 167
Kin of Zhu Youqian (朱友謙)
grace exceeding father and son 恩逾父子 · Claimed parentage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 167

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 165

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 165

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 63Volume 63 Book of Later Tang 39: Biographies 15: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian · 2 passages

梁祖建號，移授河中節度使、檢校太尉，累拜中書令，封冀王。 When the Liang Founder took the throne, he was made military governor of Hezhong and Acting Grand Commandant, later Minister of the Central Secretariat and Prince of Ji.

友珪征之，友謙辭以北面侵軼，謂賓友曰：「友珪是先帝假子，敢行大逆，餘位列維城，恩逾父子，論功校德，何讓伊人，詎以平生附托之恩，屈身於逆豎之手！」 When Yougui marched against him, Youqian pleaded northern incursions and told his staff, "Yougui is only the late emperor's adopted son yet dares regicide; I rank among the empire's bulwarks and have been honored beyond father and son—in merit and virtue I yield to no one. Shall lifelong trust make me bow to a usurper?"