Mingzong (明宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Mingzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 其一是為明宗
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 6

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Taizu (太祖)
adopted son 養子 · Adoptive parentage · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 6

fellow adopted sons 義兒
Kinship Role adoptive-siblings · Count 8
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 6

Career and standing

Mingzong 明宗
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 6
Held
Adopted son
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 6
Mingzong 明宗
AD 926 其一是為明宗 · Polity Later Tang 唐
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 6

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 6

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies of Righteous Sons 16: Li Sizhao, Li Siben, Li Si'en, Li Cunxin, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxian · 1 passage

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太祖養子多矣，其可紀者九人，其一是為明宗，其次曰嗣昭、嗣本、嗣恩、存信、存孝、存進、存璋、存賢。 Taizu took many adopted sons; nine merit record—one became Mingzong; the others: Sizhao, Siben, Si'en, Cunxin, Cunxiao, Cunjin, Cunzhang, Cunxian.