Xianzu (獻祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xianzu as a ruler. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xianzu	獻祖	Xianzu
Title	Exalted Ancestor	獻祖
Temple name	Offering Ancestor	獻祖
Posthumous name	Offering Ancestor Cultured Emperor	獻祖文皇帝
Temple name	Xianzu	獻祖	Xianzu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0089

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天成三年十二月 · Western Year: AD 928
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0092
Source Date: Text: 天成四年七月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0096
Source Date: Text: 天成四年九月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0131
Source Date: Text: 天成四年秋七月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0089
Source Date: Text: 太和之際 · Western Interval: Start: AD 827 · End: AD 835
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0092

Family

Ancestor of Taizu (太祖)
Kinship Term: ancestor / 祖 · Generation Distance: 1

Works and attributed material

Work: Chronological Records / 紀年錄 · Relation: subject-of
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0089, jiuwudaishi:040:s0100

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 4 passages

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史館上言：「所編修莊宗一朝事跡，欲名為實錄，太祖、獻祖、懿祖名為紀年錄。」 The historiography office asked to title Zhuangzong's reign Veritable Records and the three ancestors Chronological Records."

〈（《五代會要》：天成三年十二月，史館奏：「據左補闕張昭遠狀：『嘗讀國書，伏見懿祖昭烈皇帝自元和之初，獻祖文皇帝於太和之際，立功王室，陳力國朝。 (The Five Dynasties Essentials says in the twelfth month of Tiancheng 3 the historiography office cited Zhang Zhaoyuan: "Having read the state histories, I found the honored and offering ancestors had served the Tang from Yuanhe and Taihe onward.

四年七月，監修國史趙鳳奏：「奉敕修懿祖、獻祖、太祖、莊宗四帝實錄，自今年六月一日起手，旋具進呈。 In the seventh month of year 4, Zhao Feng, supervising compiler of state history, reported: "By edict we are compiling the Veritable Records of the four emperors Yizu, Xianzu, Taizu, and Zhuangzong, beginning on the first day of the sixth month of this year and to be presented as they are completed.

九月丁卯，中書奏：「據宗正寺申，懿祖永興陵、獻祖長寧陵、太祖建極陵並在代州雁門縣，皇帝追尊四廟在應州金城縣。」 On dingmao in the ninth month the Secretariat said: "The Imperial Clan Court reports Illustrious Ancestor Yongxing, Exalted Ancestor Changning, and Martial Ancestor Establishing the Utmost in Yanmen, Dai, while the four posthumous temples stand in Jincheng, Ying."