Mingzong (明宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Mingzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 926 明宗代崇韜
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 78
AD 926 明宗即位
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 79

Career and standing

AD 926 明宗即位
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 79

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 79

Events and relationships

Agreed that Shi Gui and Yan Zhi should attend in the hall for consultation
Court · Ruler · With Shi Gui (史圭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 80
Replaced Guo Chongtao in the region and retained Shi Gui in his former post
Political · Successor · With Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 78
Relation Successor of · Person Guo Chongtao (郭崇韜)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 92, passage 78

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 92Volume 92 Book of Later Jin 18: Biographies 7: Yao Yi, Lu Qi, Liang Wenju, Shi Gui, Pei Hao, Wu Chengfan, Lu Dao, Zheng Taoguang, Wang Quan, Han Yun, Li Yi · 5 passages

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郭崇韜領其地，辟為從事，及明宗代崇韜，以舊職縻之。 Guo Chongtao governed the region and recruited him as an aide. When Mingzong replaced Chongtao he retained Gui in the same post.

明宗即位，入為文昌正郎，安重誨薦為河南少尹，判府事，尋命為樞密院直學士。 When Mingzong came to the throne Gui entered court as regular gentleman of Wenchang. An Chonghui recommended him as vice prefect of Henan with charge of prefectural affairs, and soon he was made direct academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs.

時圭以受知於重誨，重誨奏令圭與同列閻至俱升殿侍立，以備顧問，明宗可之。 Gui had won Chonghui's confidence. Chonghui memorialized that Gui and his colleague Yan Zhi should both attend in the hall to stand ready for consultation, and Mingzong agreed.

圭敏於吏事，重誨本不知書，為事剛愎，每於明宗前可否重務，圭恬然終日，不能剖正其事。 Gui was quick in administrative matters, but Chonghui was unlearned and headstrong. Whenever Chonghui approved or rejected weighty matters before Mingzong, Gui would sit placidly all day without correcting him.

始圭在明宗時為右丞，權判銓事，道在中書，嘗以堂判衡銓司所註官，圭怒，力爭之，道亦微有不足之色，至是圭首為道所舉，方愧其度量遠不及也。 Earlier, when Gui was Right Vice Director under Mingzong with charge of selection affairs, Dao in the Secretariat had once used a chief minister's ruling to overturn the Selection Bureau's appointments. Gui had been furious and fought him hard; Dao too had shown displeasure. Now Gui was the first person Dao recommended, and he was ashamed to find how far Dao's magnanimity surpassed his own.