Martial Emperor (武皇)

Overview

Martial Emperor was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 908 武皇厭代
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 11

Attested activity

AD 906 天祐三年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 9
AD 908 武皇厭代
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 11

Family

Sibling of Li Kening (李克寧)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 11

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin/Hedong 河東 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passages 9-10

Assessments and attributes

Assessment admired Lu Zhi's talent · With Lu Zhi (盧質) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 10

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 93Volume 93 Book of Later Jin 19: Biographies 8: Lu Zhi, Li Zhuanmei, Lu Zhan, Cui Zhuo, Xue Rong, Cao Guozhen, Zhang Renyuan, Zhao Xi, Li Xia, Yin Yuyu, Zheng Yunsou · 3 passages

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天祐三年，北遊太原，時李襲吉在武皇幕府，以女妻之。 In the third year of Tianyou he went north to Taiyuan, where Li Xiji was then serving on the Martial Emperor's staff and gave him his daughter in marriage.

武皇憐其才，承制授檢校兵部郎中，充河東節度掌書記，賜緋魚袋。 The Martial Emperor admired his talent and, acting by imperial commission, appointed him acting Director in the Bureau of Military Affairs and secretarial recorder for the Hedong military commission, granting him the scarlet robe and fish tally.

武皇厭代，其弟克寧握兵柄，有嗣襲之望，質與張承業等密謀，同立莊宗為嗣，有翊贊之功。 After the Martial Emperor's death his younger brother Kening held the army and hoped to succeed him, but Zhi joined Zhang Chengye and others in a secret plot to install Zhuangzong as heir, earning merit for his loyal support.