Old Man of Everlasting Joy 長樂老

Family

• Kin of Cui Yan (崔衍)
  affinal kin · Through Eldest daughter of Feng Dao (長女), Cui Xuan (絢)
  Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 181
• Kin of Cui Xuan (絢)
  son-in-law 女夫 · Through Eldest daughter of Feng Dao (長女)
  Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 181
• Kin of Nephew of Feng Dao (猶子)
  brother's son 猶子
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 199
• Parent of Eldest daughter of Feng Dao (長女)
  eldest daughter 長女
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 181
• Parent of Feng Ping (平)
  eldest son 長子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 175
• Parent of Feng Yi (義)
  fifth son 第五子
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 179
• Parent of Fourth son of Feng Dao (第四子)
  fourth son 第四子
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 178
• Spouse of Lady of Shu (蜀國夫人)
  later married 後娶 · Marriage
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 174
• Spouse of Daughter of Chu Fen (褚濆女)
  married 娶 · Marriage · Widowed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 174
• Parent of Feng Ji (吉)
  second son 次子
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 176
• Parent of Feng Zheng (正)
  sixth son 第六子
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 180
• Parent of Feng Ke (可)
  third son 第三子
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 177

• two grandsons died young
  Kinship Role grandsons · Count 2
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 183
• three daughters died young
  Kinship Role daughters · Count 3
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 182
• three sons can carry on his work
  Kinship Role sons · Count 3
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 197
• Kinship Role grandsons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 199
• Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 199

Career and standing

• Palace Attendant 侍中
  AD 943 八年 · Held concurrently
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 186
• Palace Attendant 侍中
  AD 940 晉天福五年 · Held concurrently
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 185
• Grand Commandant 太尉
  AD 943 八年 · Held
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 186
• Grand Mentor 司徒
  AD 940 晉天福五年 · Held
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 185

Places and affiliations

• AD 950 乾祐三年朱明月
  Polity Later Han 漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 204
• AD 931 唐長興二年
  Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 184
• AD 940 晉天福五年
  Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passages 185-186
• At Jingcheng, Yingzhou 瀛州景城
  Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 184
• AD 931 唐長興二年
  At Jingcheng County, Yingzhou 瀛州景城縣 · Relation Estate at
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 184
• At Luonan estate, Lingtai Lane, Sanzhou Township, Luoyang County, Henan Prefecture 洛南莊河南府洛陽縣三州鄉靈臺裏 · Relation Residence
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 185

Learning and skills

• Belief three non-deceptions of earth, men, and Heaven 三不欺 · Relation Adherent of
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 188
• Skill daily washing and thrice-daily self-examination 日五盥，日三省 · Level practiced
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 198

Works and attributed material

• essays and poems 文章篇詠
  Relation Author · many lost; remainder gathered in a family collection
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 196
• family collection of essays and poems 家集
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 196
• Preface of the Old Man of Everlasting Joy 長樂老序
  Preface · Author · Direct quotation · Mode self-report Speaker Old Man of Everlasting Joy (長樂老)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passages 174-204

Events and relationships

• Captured among barbarians and returned to China
  Captivity · Captive · At among the barbarians then China 蕃／中華
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 189
• Forbade pearls jade spirit way stele and posthumous title
  Burial instruction · Testator
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passages 191-194
• Served from guest aide to chief counselor and military governor
  Career · Official
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 195
• Township and lane renamed
  AD 943 八年 · Honorific renaming · Honoree · At Shangxiang Township and Zhongtai Lane 上相鄉中臺裏 · Outcome Taiwei Township and Shizhong Lane
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 186
• Township and lane renamed
  AD 931 唐長興二年 · Honorific renaming · Honoree · At Laisu Township and Chaohan Lane, Jingcheng 景城縣莊來蘇鄉朝漢裏 · Outcome Yuanfu Township and Xiaoxing Lane
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 184
• Township and lane renamed
  AD 940 晉天福五年 · Honorific renaming · Honoree · At Sanzhou Township and Lingtai Lane 三州鄉靈臺裏 · Outcome Shangxiang Township and Zhongtai Lane
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 185

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment could not unify the ruler's realm; ashamed of offices held · Mode self-report Speaker Old Man of Everlasting Joy (長樂老)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 201
• Assessment filial at home and loyal to the state; no improper speech; no unrighteous goods · Mode self-report Speaker Old Man of Everlasting Joy (長樂老)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 187
• Assessment old and self-content · Mode self-report Speaker Old Man of Everlasting Joy (長樂老)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passages 202-203
• Item estates, residence, and many books 莊、宅、群書 · Relation Possessed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 197

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 204
• Heaven pardoned him; through repeated hardships he gained blessings; return from barbarian captivity was Heaven's aid, not human planning
  Mode self-report Speaker Old Man of Everlasting Joy (長樂老)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 189
• as son, younger brother, subject, teacher, husband, and father he already had more than enough in his person
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 199