Overview
Tianzuo was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
Life and dates
Attested activity
Places and affiliations
- Polity Id liao · Polity Liao 遼 · Relation Ruled
- At Jia Mountain 夾山 · Relation Sojourned
- At south of the desert 漠南 · Relation Active in
Events and relationships
Hastened to Mage army
AD 1124 四年春正月 · Travel
· Sovereign
· With Mage (馬哥)
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment military power has revived again south of the desert · Mode quoted-speech
References in the histories
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History of Liao, Chapter 29Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Tianzuo 3 · 8 passages
四年春正月，上趨都統馬哥軍。
In the fourth year, in the first spring month Tianzuo hastened to commander-in-chief Mage's army.
皆曰：「聞天祚兵勢復振，出沒漠南。
All said, "We hear Tianzuo's military power has revived again, appearing and disappearing south of the desert.
公若仗義勤王，奉迎天祚，以圖中興，先責左企弓等叛降之罪而誅之，盡歸燕民，使復其業，而以平州歸宋，則宋無不接納，平州遂為藩鎮矣。
If you by righteousness aid the king and welcome Tianzuo to plan restoration, first charge Zuo Qigong and others with the crime of surrendering in rebellion and execute them, fully return Yan people and let them resume their livelihoods, and then offer Ping Prefecture to Song, then Song will have none who do not receive us; Ping Prefecture will thereupon be a frontier defense.
乃遣張謙率五百餘騎，傳留守令，召宰相左企弓、曹勇義、樞密使虞仲文、參知政事康公弼至灤河西岸，遣議事官趙秘校往數其十罪，<七>曰：「天祚播遷夾山，不即奉迎，一也；
Thereupon he sent Zhang Qian with more than five hundred horsemen, carrying the military governor's order, to summon Chancellor Zuo Qigong, Cao Yongyi, Privy Commissioner Yu Zhongwen, and Assistant Director of State Affairs Kang Gongbi to the west bank of the Luan River. He then sent Secretary Collator Zhao to enumerate their ten crimes: "Tianzuo was driven to Jia Mountain, yet you did not immediately go to welcome him: that is the first offense;
詆訐君父，降封湘陰，三也；
you slandered the lord and father and demoted him to Xiangyin—three;
天祚遣知閤王有慶來議事而殺之，四也；
Tianzuo sent Wang Youqing, Manager of the Palace Gates, to discuss affairs, and you killed him: that is the fourth offense;
檄書始至，有迎秦拒湘之議，五也；
when the proclamation first arrived you had a plan to welcome Qin and resist Xiang—five;
仍稱保大三年，畫天祚象，朝夕謁，事必告而後行，稱遼官秩。
They still styled the year Baoda third year, painted Tianzuo's image, morning and evening paid respects; affairs had to be reported before acting; they styled Liao official ranks.