Liang Last Emperor (末帝)

Overview

Liang Last Emperor was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 913 to AD 923 末帝時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 158

Assessments and attributes

Assessment lost and confused · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 158

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 3 passages

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是時，末帝昏亂，小人趙巖、張漢傑等用事，凝依附巖等為奸。 The Last Emperor was lost; Zhao Yan, Zhang Hanjie, and their kind ruled. Ning rode their coattails into treachery.

凝因納金巖等，求代彥章，末帝惑巖等言，卒以凝為招討使，軍於王村。 Ning bought Yan with gold and asked to replace Yanzhang. The Last Emperor listened; Ning became pacification commissioner at Wangcun.

末帝時，為晉州觀察留後，凡八年，日與晉人交戰。 Under the Last Emperor he held Jinzhou as observation commissioner for eight years, battling Jin every day.