Five Dynasties · Emperor of Min

Wang Jipeng 王繼鵬

Wáng Jìpéng

Attested AD 933 - AD 936

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Jipeng was an emperor of Min.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Chang	昶

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 改元通文
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 99
AD 933 to AD 934 請與文傑
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 74

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Lin (王鏻)
eldest son 長子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 74, 98
Spouse of Spring Swallow (春燕)
taken as concubine 蒸
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 91

Career and standing

emperor of Min 昶
AD 936 通文 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 99
AD 936 繼鵬既立改元通文
Emperor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 99

Places and affiliations

Polity Min 閩 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 99

Source notes

From Jipeng 繼鵬 · To Chang 昶
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 99

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 8 passages

鏻惜之不與，其子繼鵬請與之以紓難，乃以檻車送文傑軍中。 Lin was loath to surrender him. His son Jipeng urged that Wenjie be given up to avert disaster, and Wenjie was sent to the army in a prison cart.

鏻婢春燕有色，其子繼鵬蒸之，鏻已病，繼鵬因陳氏以求春燕，鏻怏怏與之。 Spring Swallow, a maid in Lin's household, was beautiful. His son Jipeng took her as a concubine. Already gravely ill, Lin yielded her to Jipeng at Empress Chen's urging, though he did so with bitter reluctance.

其次子繼韜怒，謀殺繼鵬，繼鵬懼，與皇城使李仿圖之。 His second son Jitao, enraged, plotted to kill Jipeng. Jipeng, in fear, conspired with the Imperial City Commissioner Li Fang.

明日晨朝，鏻無恙，問仿殺可殷何罪，仿懼而出，與繼鵬率皇城衛士而入。 The next morning Lin appeared at court unharmed and demanded to know what crime had justified Keyin's murder. Fang fled in terror and, with Jipeng, led the Imperial City guards into the palace.

繼鵬，鏻長子也。 Jipeng was Lin's eldest son.

既立，更名昶，改元通文，以李仿判六軍諸衛事。 On taking the throne he changed his personal name to Chang, adopted the era name Pervading Culture, and appointed Li Fang commander of the Six Armies and palace guards.

仿有弒君之罪，既立昶，而心常自疑，多養死士以為備。 Fang had murdered his sovereign. Even after Chang's enthronement he lived in constant fear and maintained a large corps of devoted fighters as insurance.

昶患之，因大享軍，伏甲擒仿殺之，梟其首於市。 Chang feared Fang's power. At a grand military feast he concealed armed men, seized Fang, and executed him, then displayed his head in the marketplace.