Sui and Tang · Ruler

Taizu of Later Liang 梁太祖

Attested AD 883 - AD 912

Passages: 16
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Taizu of Later Liang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 883 to AD 912 太祖大怒…太祖病少間
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passages 142, 207

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhu Youwen (朱友文)
adopted son 養子 · Adoptive parentage · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 155
Spouse of Innkeeper mother of Yougui (逆旅婦人)
chance union 野合 · Other · Ended
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 201
Spouse of Empress Zhang (張皇后)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage · Widowed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 204
Parent of Zhu Youyu (朱友裕)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 153
Parent of Zhu Yougui (朱友珪)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 201

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Lady Wang (王氏) · Direct quotation · Mode named-speech Speaker Taizu of Later Liang (梁太祖)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 207
Speech · Speaker · With Jing Xiang (敬翔) · Direct quotation · Mode named-speech Speaker Taizu of Later Liang (梁太祖)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 209

References in the histories

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History

16 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 13Volume 13: The Later Liang Imperial Family · 16 passages

都虞候朱友恭讒之太祖，以為瑾可追而友裕不追。 The chief registrar Zhu Yougong whispered to Taizu that Jin could have been run down and that Youyu had let him escape.

太祖大怒，奪其兵屬龐師古，以友裕屬吏，使者誤致書於友裕，友裕惶恐，不知所為，賴張皇后教之，得免。 Taizu raged, transferred Youyu’s command to Pang Shigu, and handed him to the law officers. A courier by mistake delivered the order to Youyu himself; in terror he knew not what to do, but Empress Zhang coached him and he escaped punishment.

太祖兼鎮護國軍，以友裕為留後。 When Taizu took Huguo as well, he left Youyu as acting governor.

太祖攻鳳翔，未下，去攻邠州。 Taizu invested Fengxiang without success and turned to attack Binzhou.

後崇本復叛，太祖遣友裕攻之，屯於永壽。 When Chongben rebelled again, Taizu sent Youyu against him; he camped at Yongshou.

幼美風姿，好學，善談論，頗能為詩，太祖養以為子。 Handsome and bookish as a youth, eloquent and able to write verse, he was adopted and raised by Taizu.

太祖領四鎮，以友文為度支鹽鐵制置使。 While Taizu governed four circuits, he made Youwen commissioner of revenue, salt, and iron.

太祖用兵四方，友文征賦聚斂以供軍實。 While Taizu campaigned everywhere, Youwen levied taxes to fill the war chest.

太祖即位，以故所領宣武、宣義、天平、護國四鎮征賦，置建昌宮總之，以友文為使，封博王。 At the founding he pooled the taxes of Xuanwu, Xuanyi, Tianping, and Huguo—the four commands he had held—under the Jianchang Palace with Youwen as director, and created him Prince of Bo.

太祖幸西都，友文留守東京。 When Taizu went west, Youwen stayed behind as guardian of the eastern capital.

庶人友珪者，太祖初鎮宣武，略地宋，亳間，與逆旅婦人野合而生也。 Yougui, later the Deposed, was born when Taizu first governed Xuanwu and raided the lands between Song and Bo, of a chance union with an innkeeper’s wife.

博王友文多材藝，太祖愛之，而年又長，太祖即位，嫡嗣未立，心嘗獨屬友文。 Youwen, Prince of Bo, was gifted in many arts and Taizu loved him; he was also the elder son. When Taizu took the throne and no heir had been named, Taizu’s heart leaned to Youwen alone.

太祖自張皇后崩，無繼室，諸子在鎮，皆邀其婦入侍。 After Empress Zhang died and Taizu took no new empress, each son posted to a command invited his wife to attend at court.

友文妻王氏有色，尤寵之。 Youwen’s wife, Lady Wang, was beautiful, and Taizu favored her above all.

太祖病久，王氏與友珪妻張氏，常專房侍疾。 During Taizu’s long illness, Lady Wang and Yougui’s wife Zhang attended him alone in his chambers.

太祖病少間，謂王氏曰：「吾知終不起，汝之東都，召友文來，吾與之決。」 When Taizu briefly rallied, he told Lady Wang: “I know I will not recover. Go to the eastern capital, summon Youwen, and I will settle matters with him.”