Five Dynasties · Imperial Ancestor

Xi Zu 僖祖

Xizu

Attested AD 951 - AD 951

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Xi Zu as a family member, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xi Zu 僖祖 Xizu
Personal Chen Chen
Descriptive kinship great-grandfather Chen 曾祖諶
Posthumous Ming Xian Emperor 明憲皇帝
Posthumous Mingxian 明憲 Mingxian
Temple Xi Zu 僖祖 Xizu
Temple Xizu 僖祖 Xizu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 周太祖 · Western Year: AD 951
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:144:s0060
  • Source Date: Text: 廣順元年五月 · Western Year: AD 951
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0076

Family

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  • Parent of Zhou Yi Zu (義祖)
    Kinship Term: Yi Zu / 義祖 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Parentage: biological · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Guo Jing (郭璟)
    Kinship Term: great-great-grandfather / 高祖 · Parentage: biological · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Lady Shen (申氏)
    Kinship Term: ancestress / 祖妣 · Union Category: marriage
  • Child of Zhou Xin Zu (周信祖)
    Kinship Term: Xi Zu / 僖祖 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 144Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 1 passage