Sui and Tang · Ruler

Son of Heaven 天子

Tianzi

Attested AD 906

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Son of Heaven was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 906 天祐三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 47, 54

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 1 passage

是時，天子播遷，中原多故，仁恭嘯傲薊門，誌意盈滿，師道士王若訥，祈長生羽化之道。 The emperor was then driven from the capital and the central plains were in turmoil. Rengong swaggered at the Ji Gate, his ambition swollen to bursting. He took the Daoist Wang Ruone as teacher, seeking the path to long life and ascension as an immortal.