Mingzong (明宗) | 24 Histories

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Mingzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 933 source
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 192

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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 · 2 passages

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明宗崩，居儉以故事為禮儀使，居儉以祖諱蠡，辭不受，宰相馮道即徙居儉為秘書監。 When Mingzong died, Jujian should by precedent have become commissioner of rites, but he declined because his grandfather's taboo name was Li. Chancellor Feng Dao immediately reassigned him to director of the Palace Library.

棁居喪哀毀，服除，唐明宗以為監察御史，不拜，逾年再命，乃拜。 Zhuo mourned so deeply that he was nearly wasted away. When mourning ended, Mingzong appointed him attending censor, but he declined. More than a year later a second appointment came, and he accepted.