Mingzong (唐明宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Mingzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 933 唐明宗時
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 87

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Emperor Min (湣帝)
beloved son 愛子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 102
Parent of Daughter of Mingzong
daughter 女
daughter 女 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 102

Places and affiliations

AD 926 to AD 933 唐明宗時
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 87

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 87

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Miscellaneous Biographies 28: Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan, Yang Siquan, Yin Hui, Wang Hongzhi, Liu Shenjiao, Wang Zhou, Gao Xingzhou, Bai Zairong, An Shuqian · 2 passages

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唐明宗時，為合階二州刺史、右千牛衛將軍、衛州刺史。 Under Mingzong he was prefect of He and Jie, general of the Right Thousand-Ox Guard, and prefect of Wei.

弓箭庫使沙守榮、奔弘進前謂高祖曰：「主上，明宗愛子，公，愛婿也，公於此時不能報國，而反問大臣、國寶所在，公亦助賊反邪？」 Bow-and-arrow depot commissioner Sha Shourong and Ben Hongjin came forward and said to Gaozu: “The sovereign is Mingzong’s beloved son; you, sir, are his beloved son-in-law. At such a time you cannot repay the state yet ask where the ministers and the state treasures are—do you aid the rebels?”