Five Dynasties · Ruler

Mingzong 明宗

Attested AD 926

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mingzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 唐明宗時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passages 27, 36, 51

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 38

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi · 4 passages

唐明宗時，為御史中丞。 Under Tang Emperor Mingzong he served as censor-in-chief.

明宗問宰相趙鳳：「進奏吏比外何官？」 Mingzong asked Chancellor Zhao Feng: "Compared with outside officials, what office are memorial-presenting clerks equivalent to?"

明宗怒曰：「乃吏卒爾，安得慢吾法官！」 Mingzong flared up: "They are nothing but clerks and runners. How dare they slight my judicial officers!"

廢帝以謂五日起居，明宗所以見群臣也，不可罷，而便殿論事，可以從容，何必延英。 Emperor Fei replied that the five-day audience was how Mingzong had met his ministers and could not be dropped, and that the side hall was already leisurely enough—there was no need for the Yanying Hall.