Five Dynasties · Ruler

Mingzong 明宗

Attested AD 926

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mingzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 保證明宗·鄴都兵亂
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 137

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 137

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 63, passage 135

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 63Volume 63 Book of Later Tang 39: Biographies 15: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian · 1 passage

晚年保證明宗，欲為子孫之福，師方渡河，鄴都兵亂，全義憂憾不食，終以餓死。 In old age he backed Mingzong, hoping to secure his line; when the Yedu mutiny broke out as the army crossed the river, he grieved himself into refusing food and starved to death.