Prince of Xiang (襄王)

Overview

Prince of Xiang was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 886 光啟二年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 55, passage 153

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 55Volume 55 Book of Later Tang 31: Biographies 7: Kang Junli, Xue Zhiqin, Shi Jiantang, Li Chengsi, Shi Yan, Gai Yu, Yi Guang, Li Chengxun, Shi Jingrong · 1 passage

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太祖燔偽詔，械其使，馳檄喻諸鎮曰：「今月二十日，得襄王偽詔及朱玫文字，云：『田令孜脅遷鑾駕，播越梁、洋，行至半塗，六軍變擾，遂至蒼黃而晏駕，不知弑逆者何人。 The Founder burned the false edict, put the envoy in fetters, and sent a rapid proclamation to the commands: "On the twentieth of this month I received the false edict of the Prince of Xiang and documents from Zhu Mei stating: 'Tian Lingzi coerced the removal of the imperial carriage into exile in Liang and Yang. Halfway on the road the Six Armies mutinied, and the emperor died in sudden confusion. No one knows who murdered him.