Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)

Overview

Shi Jingtang was a ruler and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Temple name	Gaozu	高祖	Gāozǔ

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 晉高祖即位
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 120
AD 934 潞王從珂反於鳳翔
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 88-89

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Emperor Min (湣帝)
kin 戚屬
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 92
Spouse of Daughter of Mingzong
wife 妻
son-in-law 婿 · Marriage
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 102

Career and standing

military commissioner of the Chengde army 成德軍節度使
AD 934 潞王從珂反於鳳翔 · Held
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 89
AD 936 晉高祖即位
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 120

Places and affiliations

AD 936 to AD 942 晉高祖即位
Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 120-121
AD 934 將朝於京師
At capital 京師 · Relation Traveling to
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 89

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Min (湣帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 91
Speech · Speaker · With Wang Hongzhi (王弘贄) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 92
Speech · Addressee · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 102
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 94, 96

Events and relationships

Galloped ahead to consult
AD 934 潞王從珂反於鳳翔 · Political · Consultant · With Wang Hongzhi (王弘贄)
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 92
Killed emperor escort and departed
AD 934 高祖因盡殺帝從兵 · Military · Commander · With Emperor Min (湣帝)
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 104
Met fleeing emperor
AD 934 至衛州東七八里 · Political · Recipient of appeal · With Emperor Min (湣帝)
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 89-90
Nearly stabbed
AD 934 潞王從珂反於鳳翔 · Military · Target · With Sha Shourong (沙守榮)
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 103
Reported Hongzhi words
AD 934 潞王從珂反於鳳翔 · Political · Reporter · With Emperor Min (湣帝)
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 101
Split then remerged three fiscal bureaus
AD 936 to AD 937 晉高祖分戶部、度支、鹽鐵為三使 · Administrative · Reformer
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 121

Show 2 more source-backed claims

Relation Commander of · Person Chen Hui (陳暉)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 103
Relation Son in law of · Person Mingzong (唐明宗) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Sha Shourong (沙守榮)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 102

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 89

References in the histories

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History

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Miscellaneous Biographies 28: Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan, Yang Siquan, Yin Hui, Wang Hongzhi, Liu Shenjiao, Wang Zhou, Gao Xingzhou, Bai Zairong, An Shuqian · 10 passages

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湣帝懼，夜以百餘騎出奔，至衛州東七八里，遇晉高祖將朝於京師，騶呵前導者不避，湣帝遣左右叱之，對曰：「成德軍節度使石敬瑭也。」 Emperor Min was terrified. At night he fled with a little over a hundred horse. Seven or eight li east of Wei he met Jin Gaozu bound for court. The outriders clearing the road would not give way; the emperor sent men to shout them down. They answered: “Shi Jingtang, commissioner of Chengde.”

湣帝即下馬慟哭，謂敬瑭曰：「潞王反，康義誠等皆叛我，我無所依，長公主教我逆爾於路。」 The emperor dismounted at once and wept. He told Jingtang: “Prince of Lu has rebelled. Kang Yicheng and the rest have betrayed me. I have nowhere to turn. The Grand Princess bade me meet you on the road.”

高祖曰：「衛州刺史王弘贄，宿將也，且多知時事，請就圖之。」 Gaozu said: “Wang Hongzhi of Wei is an old soldier and knows the times—let us consult him.”

即從高祖上謁於驛舍。 He then followed Gaozu to attend the emperor at the relay house.

高祖且以弘贄語白湣帝。 Gaozu then told the Lamented Emperor what Hongzhi had said.

弓箭庫使沙守榮、奔弘進前謂高祖曰：「主上，明宗愛子，公，愛婿也，公於此時不能報國，而反問大臣、國寶所在，公亦助賊反邪？」 Bow-and-arrow depot commissioner Sha Shourong and Ben Hongjin came forward and said to Gaozu: “The sovereign is Mingzong’s beloved son; you, sir, are his beloved son-in-law. At such a time you cannot repay the state yet ask where the ministers and the state treasures are—do you aid the rebels?”

乃抽佩刀刺高祖，高祖親將陳暉捍之，守榮與暉戰死，弘進亦自刎。 They drew their girdle daggers to stab Gaozu. His personal guard Chen Hui parried; Shourong and Hui died fighting, and Hongjin cut his own throat.

高祖因盡殺帝從兵，獨留帝於驛而去。 Gaozu then killed all the emperor’s escort troops, left the emperor alone at the post station, and went away.

晉高祖即位，楊光遠討範延光於魏州，審交復為供軍使。 When Jin’s Gaozu took the throne Yang Guangyuan campaigned against Fan Yanguang at Weizhou. Shenjiao was again supply commissioner.

是時，晉高祖分戶部、度支、鹽鐵為三使，歲餘，三司益煩弊，乃復合為一，拜審交三司使。 Jin’s Gaozu had split Household, Revenue, and Salt-Iron into three bureaus. After a year the three grew more tangled; they were merged again and Shenjiao was made Three-Bureaus commissioner.