Five Dynasties · Ruler

Shi Jingtang 石敬瑭

Shí Jìngtáng

Attested AD 936

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shi Jingtang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年冬十月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 194

Career and standing

Jin Founder / Gaozu 晉高祖
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 196
Emperor of Great Jin 大晉皇帝
AD 936 清泰三年閏月丁卯 · Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Era Name Tianfu 天福
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 195

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 194

Events and relationships

Installed by Khitan as Jin emperor
Political · Enthroned
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 195
father-and-son states 父子之國
Relation Political son of · Person Khitan ruler (契丹主)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 195

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 3 passages

時馬猶有五千匹，戎王主以漢軍與石敬瑭，其馬及甲仗即齎驅出塞。 At the time there were still five thousand horses. The barbarian ruler gave the Han army to Shi Jingtang and immediately drove their horses and armor out of the frontier.

丁卯，戎王立石敬瑭為大晉皇帝，約為父子之國，改元為天福。 On dingmao the barbarian ruler installed Shi Jingtang as Emperor of Great Jin, with an agreement of father-and-son states, and changed the era name to Tianfu.

戎王與晉高祖南行，趙德鈞父子與諸將自團柏穀南奔，王師為蕃騎所蹙，投戈棄甲，自相騰踐，擠於岩穀者不可勝紀。 The barbarian ruler and the Jin Founder went south. Zhao Dejun father and son and the generals fled south from Tuanbai Valley. The imperial army was pressed by barbarian horsemen, cast aside spears and abandoned armor, trampled one another in flight, and those crushed in ravines and valleys were beyond counting.