Five Dynasties · Ruler and Emperor

Mingzong 明宗

Attested AD 930 - AD 931

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Mingzong was a ruler and Emperor.

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Book of Later Tang 17: Mingzong Annals 7 · 9 passages
時帝以蜀路險阻,進兵艱難,潼關已西,物價甚賤,百姓挽運至利州,率一斛不得一斗,謂侍臣曰:「關西勞擾,未有成功,誰能辦吾事者! At the time, because the Shu road was perilous and the advance difficult, and west of Tong Pass prices were so low that commoners hauling supplies to Li Prefecture generally received less than one dou for each hu, Mingzong told his attendants: "West of the Pass the labor is exhausting and success has not yet come. Who can manage my affairs!