Taizu (太祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

Taizu was a ruler and Warlord.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 901 to AD 902 太祖大恐
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 25

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Li Cunxin (李存信)
adopted son 義兒 · Adoptive parentage · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 25
Spouse of Consort Liu (劉太妃)
grand consort 太妃
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 25

Career and standing

Jin Taizu 太祖
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 25

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 25

Events and relationships

Planned flight then stayed
Political · Ruler · At Taiyuan 太原
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 25

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies of Righteous Sons 16: Li Sizhao, Li Siben, Li Si'en, Li Cunxin, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxian · 1 passage

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太祖大恐，謀走雲州，李存信等勸太祖奔於契丹，嗣昭力爭以為不可，賴劉太妃亦言之，乃止。 Taizu panicked and planned escape to Yunzhou; Cunxin and others urged flight to the Khitan; Sizhao protested that it was impossible, and Consort Liu said the same, so he stopped.