Sui and Tang · Ruler

Taizu 太祖

Tàizǔ

Attested AD 878 - AD 890

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Taizu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 878 太祖起兵雲中
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 101
AD 883 to AD 890 太祖鎮雁門
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 108

Family

Sibling of Li Kening (李克寧)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 94, 97-98
Sibling of Li Kexiu (李克修)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 94, 97-98
Sibling of Li Kegong (李克恭)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 94, 97-98
Sibling of Li Kerang (李克讓)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 94, 97-98

Kinship Role younger brothers · Count 4
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 94, 97-98
Kinship Role grandsons · Count 5
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 97
Kinship Role sons · Count 8
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 97

Origins and identity

Ethnicity borderland / non-Han origin 夷狄
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 96
From the Zhuye they took the surname Li, became Jin, then Tang 自朱邪得姓而為李氏，得國而為晉，得天下而為唐
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 95

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 95, 110
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 105
At Yanmen 雁門 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 108
At Yunzhong 雲中 · Relation Raised troops at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 101

Events and relationships

Attacked
Military · Commander · With Meng Fangli (孟方立)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 112
Beat
Punishment · Agent · With Li Kexiu (李克修)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 112
Killed
Military · Commander · With Duan Wenchu (段文楚) · At Yunzhong 雲中
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 101

Source notes

Three generations then the recorded line became extinct 三世而絕
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 97

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14: Taizu of Later Tang's Family · 8 passages

太祖四弟 Taizu’s four younger brothers

其可見者，曰太祖四弟、八子、五孫，三世而絕。 What survives in the record: four brothers, eight sons, five grandsons—three generations, then nothing.

太祖四弟，曰克讓、克修、克恭、克寧，皆不知其父母名號。 The four were Kerang, Kexiu, Kegong, and Kening; their parents’ names are lost.

其後太祖起兵雲中，殺唐守將段文楚。 Later Taizu rose in Yunzhong and killed the Tang commander Duan Wenchu.

唐發兵討太祖，遣王處存以兵圍親仁坊，捕宿衛子克讓。 Tang marched on him; Wang Chucun besieged Qinren Ward to seize Kerang.

明年，太祖復歸唐，克讓還宿衛京師。 Next year Taizu submitted again and Kerang returned to court.

太祖鎮雁門，以為奉誠軍使。 When Taizu held Yanmen, he was made commissioner of Fengcheng.

其後，太祖自將擊方立，還軍過潞，克修性儉嗇，供饋甚薄，太祖大怒，詬而擊笞之。 When Taizu passed through Lu after attacking Fangli, Kexiu’s meager hospitality enraged him; he cursed and beat him with a staff.