Mingzong of Tang (唐明宗)

Overview

Mingzong of Tang was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 933 唐明宗廟諱
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 192

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 192

Source notes

his temple taboo caused posterity to transmit Zheng Yunsou's courtesy name rather than personal name Ao
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 192

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 93Volume 93 Book of Later Jin 19: Biographies 8: Lu Zhi, Li Zhuanmei, Lu Zhan, Cui Zhuo, Xue Rong, Cao Guozhen, Zhang Renyuan, Zhao Xi, Li Xia, Yin Yuyu, Zheng Yunsou · 1 passage

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鄭雲叟，本名遨，雲叟其字也，以唐明宗廟諱，故世傳其字焉，本南燕人也。 Zheng Yunsou, whose original personal name was Ao and whose courtesy name was Yunsou, was originally a man of Southern Yan. Because of the temple taboo on Mingzong of Tang, posterity transmitted his courtesy name.