Prince of Jin (晉王) | 24 Histories

Overview

Prince of Jin was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 915 to AD 923 Chanzhou capture through Longde campaigns
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 185, 202

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 5 passages

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晉王遷其家於晉陽，待之甚厚，遣細人間行誘之，彥章即斬其使以絕之。 The Jin ruler sent his family to Jinyang and treated them well, then tried to win him by secret envoys; Yanzhang killed the messenger at once.

六月，晉王親援其城，彥章之軍，重壕復壘，晉人不能入。 Month 6 the Prince of Jin came to relieve the city; Yanzhang's trenches and walls kept the Jin army out.

晉王乃於博州東岸築壘，以應鄆州。 The Prince of Jin built stockades east of Bozhou to support Yanzhou.

彥章聞之，馳軍而至，急攻其柵，自旦及午，其城將拔，會晉王以大軍來援，彥章及退。 Yanzhang rushed to attack the stockade from dawn to noon and nearly took it, but when the Prince of Jin arrived with the main army he withdrew.

七月，晉王至楊劉，彥章軍不利，遂罷彥章兵權，詔令歸闕，以段凝為招討使。 Month 7, at Yang Liu, Yanzhang lost; command was taken from him, he was recalled to court, and Duan Ning became campaign commander.