Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Tianzuo 天祚

Attested AD 1122 - AD 1122

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tianzuo was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1122 八月戊戌
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 96
AD 1122 六月
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passages 72-73
AD 1122 十一月乙丑
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 100
AD 1122 十二月
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 104

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Prince of Qin Ding (秦王定)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passages 79, 85

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Polity Liao 遼 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 72
AD 1122 十一月乙丑
At Luokun Sui 落昆髓 · Relation Encamped at
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 100
AD 1122 十二月
At four tribal xiangwen households 四部族詳穩之家 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 104

Events and relationships

Fought and was defeated
AD 1122 八月戊戌 · Military · Commander · At Stone Carriage Post 石輦驛
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 96
Issued proclamations to gather troops
AD 1122 六月 · Military · Sovereign
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 72
Sent to inquire and demand supplies
AD 1122 六月 · Diplomatic · Sovereign · With Chun (淳)
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 73

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Liao 29, passage 72

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 29Volume 29 Annals 29: Emperor Tianzuo 3 · 9 passages

六月，淳寢疾，聞上傳檄天德、雲內、朔、武、應、蔚等州，合諸蕃精兵五萬騎，約以八月入燕； In the sixth month Chun lay ill; hearing Tianzuo had issued proclamations to Tiande, Yunnei, Shuo, Wu, Ying, Yu, and other prefectures, gathering tribal elite troops of fifty thousand horsemen, planning in the eighth month to enter Yan;

而李處溫、蕭幹等有迎秦拒湘之說，集蕃漢百官議之。 Li Chuwen, Xiao Gan, and their allies instead proposed welcoming Qin while resisting Xiang, and convened the Khitan and Han officials to debate the plan.

處溫等問故，寧曰：「天祚果能以諸蕃兵大舉奪燕，則是天數未盡，豈能拒之？ Chuwen and the others asked why. Ning replied, "If Tianzuo can truly bring the tribal armies in force to retake Yan, then Heaven's mandate is not yet exhausted. How could we resist him?

否則，秦、湘，父子也，拒則皆拒。 Otherwise, Qin and Xiang are father and son; to resist one is to resist both.

天祚果來，吾有死耳，復何面目相見耶！」 If Tianzuo truly comes, I have death only—what face could I have to meet him!"

奉遺命，迎立天祚次子秦王定為帝。 Following his testamentary command, they welcomed Tianzuo's second son Prince of Qin Ding as emperor.

八月戊戌，親遇金軍，戰于石輦驛，<五>敗績，都統蕭特末及其撒古被執。 On the wuxu day of the eighth month, Tianzuo personally encountered the Jin army at Stone Carriage Post and suffered a defeat. Commander-in-Chief Xiao Temu and Sagun were captured.

十一月乙丑，聞金兵至奉聖州，遂率衛兵屯于落昆髓。 On yichou day of the eleventh month, hearing Jin troops had reached Fengsheng Prefecture, Tianzuo thereupon led guard troops to encamp at Luokun Sui.

十二月，知金主撫定南京，上遂由掃里關出居四部族詳穩之家。 In the twelfth month, learning the Jin lord had pacified Nanjing, Tianzuo thereupon went out Saoli Pass to dwell in the four tribal departments' xiangwen households.