Taizu of Later Liang (梁太祖)

Overview

Taizu of Later Liang was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 907 to AD 912 太祖已貴…開平元年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passages 60, 89

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 88
Sibling of Zhu Quanyu (朱全昱)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 87
Sibling of Zhu Cun (朱存)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 87
Spouse of Honored Consort Chen (陳昭儀)
honored consort 昭儀 · Concubinage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passages 59-60
Spouse of Honored Lady Li (李昭容)
honored lady 昭容 · Concubinage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passages 64, 66
Child of Mother of Taizu (太祖母)
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 96
Parent of Zhu Youyu (朱友裕)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 88
Parent of Zhu Yougui (朱友珪)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 88
Parent of Zhu Youzhang (朱友璋)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 88
Parent of Last Emperor of Later Liang (梁末帝)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 88
Parent of Zhu Youyong (朱友雍)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 88
Parent of Zhu Youhui (朱友徽)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 88
Parent of Zhu Youzi (朱友孜)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 88

Kinship Role elder brothers · Count 2
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 87
Kinship Role sons · Count 8
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 88
Kinship Role concubines · Quantity hundreds
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 60

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 89

References in the histories

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 13Volume 13: The Later Liang Imperial Family · 9 passages

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太祖已貴，嬪妾數百，而昭儀專寵。 Though Taizu kept hundreds of women once he was great, the Honored Consort alone held his heart.

太祖嘗疾，昭儀與尼數十人晝夜為佛法，未嘗少懈，太祖以為愛己，尤寵之。 When Taizu fell ill she and dozens of nuns kept Buddhist observances night and day without rest; he took it as devotion to him and doted on her the more.

太祖病，晝寢方寐，忽棟折，獨李氏侍側，遽牽太祖衣，太祖驚走，棟折寢上，太祖德之，拜昭容。 Once, as Taizu dozed in illness, a roof beam snapped; only Lady Li was beside him. She seized his robe; he scrambled clear as the timber crashed on the couch. Grateful, he created her Honored Lady.

末帝德妃張氏，其父歸霸，事太祖為梁功臣。 The Last Emperor’s Virtuous Consort Zhang was daughter of Guiba, a Liang minister who had served Taizu with distinction.

太祖兄子 Sons of Taizu’s elder brothers

太祖二兄：曰全昱，曰存。 Taizu had two elder brothers: Quanyu and Cun.

廣王全昱，太祖即位封。 Quanyu, Prince of Guang, was created when Taizu took the throne.

太祖與仲兄存俱亡為盜，全昱獨與其母猶寄食劉崇家。 Taizu and the middle brother Cun had both turned bandit; Quanyu alone stayed with their mother, still laboring in Liu Chong’s house.

太祖已貴，乃與其母俱歸宣武，領嶺南西道節度使。 When Taizu prospered, mother and son came to Xuanwu; Quanyu held the Lingnan West military governorship.