Overview
Mingzong was a ruler.
Life and dates
Age
- oldStatement self-described as oldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 11
Attested activity
- AD 933 長興四年二月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 8
- AD 933 長興四年春正月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 1
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Princess Meng (福慶長公主孟氏)long princess 長公主Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 5
- Parent of Li Congrong (李從榮)son 子Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 3
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 1
Works and attributed material
- Speech · SpeakerDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passages 9-11, 13, 26-28
Events and relationships
- Fought hundreds of battles along river dikesAD 908 to AD 926 佐先朝定天下 · Military · ParticipantDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 26
- Received new year court congratulationsAD 933 長興四年春正月 · Ritual · Principal · At Bright Hall 明堂殿Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 1
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment lamented failure to reunify the realm despite abundant cavalry · Mode self-report Speaker Mingzong (明宗)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passages 10-11
References in the histories
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