Martial Sovereign (武皇)

Overview

Martial Sovereign was a ruler and Warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 903 to AD 904 三年十二月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 14, 18-19

Places and affiliations

Polity Hedong 河東 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 14, 17

Events and relationships

Accepted Ding Hui, granted him a mansion in Taiyuan, and ranked him above the other generals
AD 903 to AD 904 三年十二月 · Political · Patron · With Ding Hui (丁會)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 19
Received Ding Hui's surrender of Luzhou
AD 903 to AD 904 三年十二月 · Political · Recipient · With Ding Hui (丁會) · At Luzhou 潞州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 14, 17
AD 903 to AD 904 三年十二月
Relation Patron of · Person Ding Hui (丁會)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 19

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 14

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 59Volume 59 Book of Later Tang 35: Biographies 11: Ding Hui, Yan Bao, Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Wang Zan, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhang Wen, Li Shaowen · 3 passages

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三年十二月，王師攻會，居旬日，會以潞州歸於武皇。 In the twelfth month of the third year the imperial army besieged him; within ten days Ding Hui surrendered Luzhou to the Martial Sovereign.

引見，會泣曰：「臣非不能守潞，但以汴王篡弱唐祚，猜嫌舊將，臣雖蒙保薦之恩，而不忍相從，今所謂吐盜父之食以見王也。」 When he was received in audience Ding Hui wept and said, "It is not that I could not hold Luzhou. The Prince of Bian has usurped and enfeebled the Tang house and now suspects every old commander. Though I owed him the grace of preservation, I could not bear to follow him further. What I do now is what they call vomiting out a robber father's food to show oneself before the true king."

武皇納之，賜甲第於太原，位在諸將上。 The Martial Sovereign welcomed him, granted him a great mansion in Taiyuan, and ranked him above the other generals.