Overview
The translated histories identify Youzhen as a military officer, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 72 passages from 20 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Youzhen | 友貞 | Youzhen |
| Title | Emperor Jun | 均帝 | |
| Title | Former Lord | 故君 | |
| Changed name | Huang | 鍠 | Huang |
| Title | Last Emperor | 末帝 | Modi |
| Title | Last Emperor | 末帝 | Mòdì |
| Title | Last Emperor | 末帝 | |
| Title | Last Emperor of Liang | 梁末帝 | |
| Title | last Liang emperor | 梁末帝 | |
| Title | last Liang emperor | 末帝 | |
| Title | Last Liang Emperor | 梁末帝 | |
| Title | Lesser Emperor | 少帝 | Shàodì |
| Title | Liang ruler | 梁主 | |
| Title | Prince Jun | 均王 | |
| Title | Prince of Jun | 均王 | |
| Title | Prince of Jun | 均王 | Jūn Wáng |
| Title | Prince of Jun | 均王 | Junwang |
| Title | the Last Emperor | 末帝 | Modi |
| Title | the last Liang emperor | 梁末帝 | |
| Title | The last Liang emperor | 梁末帝 | |
| Title | Young Emperor | 少帝 | Shaodi |
| Given name | Youzhen | 友贞 | Youzhen |
| Changed name | Zhen | 瑱 | Zhen |
| Surname | Zhu | 朱 | Zhu |
| Personal | Zhu Youzhen | 朱友貞 | Zhū Yǒuzhēn |
| Personal name | Zhu Youzhen | 朱友貞 | Zhu Youzhen |
| Personal | Zhu Youzhen | 朱友貞 | Zhu Youzhen |
| Personal name | Zhu Youzhen | 朱友贞 | Zhu Youzhen |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:007:s0115, jiuwudaishi:007:s0131, jiuwudaishi:020:s0064, jiuwudaishi:020:s0169, jiuwudaishi:065:s0052, jiuwudaishi:070:s0095, jiuwudaishi:073:s0075, jiuwudaishi:074:s0157, jiuwudaishi:139:s0011, jiuwudaishi:146:s0007, xinwudaishi:003:s0002, xinwudaishi:010:s0137, xinwudaishi:012:s0052, xinwudaishi:044:s0150
- Sex: male
Roles
- Military Officer
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: head-stored-then-released-for-burial · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 晉天福三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0048
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 龙德三年冬十月戊寅 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0083
Age
- Years: 36 · Reckoning: suiExplicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0085
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾化五年九月二十四日 · Regnal Year: 5 · Month: 9 · Day: 24 · Western Year: AD 915Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 晉天福三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 938Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0048
- Source Date: Text: AD 913-923 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0052
- Source Date: Text: from the overthrow of Yougui through the Zhenming campaigns · Western Interval: Start: AD 913 · End: AD 918Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:023:s0028, xinwudaishi:023:s0131
- Source Date: Text: 乾化三年 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:003:s0087, xinwudaishi:003:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 乾化三年 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0137
- Source Date: Text: 乾化二年 · Western Year: AD 912Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:007:s0115
- Source Date: Text: 乾化二年六月 · Western Year: AD 912Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:003:s0005, xinwudaishi:003:s0002
- Source Date: Text: 五代 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 960Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0052
- Source Date: Text: 同光中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 923 · End: AD 926Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:070:s0095
- Source Date: Text: 寵德三年 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit · jiuwudaishi:139:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 末帝即位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 913 · End: AD 923Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 末帝即位 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · jiuwudaishi:012:s0094
- Source Date: Text: 末帝即位 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:020:s0064, xinwudaishi:035:s0143
- Source Date: Text: 末帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · jiuwudaishi:020:s0169
- Source Date: Text: 末帝與莊宗對壘於河上 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit · jiuwudaishi:146:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 梁亡 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:044:s0110
- Source Date: Text: 梁末帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 913 · End: AD 923Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:074:s0157
- Source Date: Text: 梁末帝朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 913 · End: AD 923Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:068:s0099
- Source Date: Text: 梁龍德末 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:062:s0109
- Source Date: Text: 莊宗入汴 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:073:s0075, jiuwudaishi:073:s0084
- Source Date: Text: 貞明三年 · Western Year: AD 917Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:069:s0025, xinwudaishi:069:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 貞明元年 · Western Year: AD 915Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 貞明四年 · Western Year: AD 918Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:023:s0107, xinwudaishi:023:s0108
- Source Date: Text: 贞明元年 · Western Year: AD 915Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:003:s0024, xinwudaishi:003:s0031, xinwudaishi:003:s0033
- Source Date: Text: 龍德三年夏 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 龙德三年冬十月 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:003:s0083, xinwudaishi:003:s0085
Family
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- Spouse of Virtue Consort Zhang (德妃張氏)Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: consort
Kinship Term: consort / 妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband - Parent of Princess Shouchun (壽春公主)Kinship Term: eldest daughter / 長女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter · Object Birth Order: 1
Kinship Term: eldest daughter / 長女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1 - Child of Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: third son / 第三子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 3 · Line: paternal
Kinship Term: next son / 次 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 4
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son - Spouse of Consort Guo (郭氏)Kinship Term: second consort / 次妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: consort
Kinship Term: second consort / 次妃 · Union Category: secondary-marriage · Subject Role: consort · Object Role: husband - Parent of Princess Shouchang (壽昌公主)Kinship Term: second daughter / 第二女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: daughter · Object Birth Order: 2
Kinship Term: second daughter / 第二女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: daughter · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2 - Kin of Zhao Yan (趙岩)Kinship Term: son-in-law / 婿 · Subject Role: son-in-law · Object Role: father-in-law
- Child of Taizu of Liang (太祖)Kinship Term: son / 均王 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: son / 均王 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: eastern-capital regent / 东京留守 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化二年六月 · Western Year: AD 912Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0006, xinwudaishi:003:s0005
- Label: Kaifeng prefect / 开封尹 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化二年六月 · Western Year: AD 912Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0006, xinwudaishi:003:s0005
- Label: commander of all horse and foot troops at the eastern capital / 东京马步军都指挥使 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0004
- Label: commissioner of the Left Heavenly Revival Army / 左天兴军使 · Action: appointedExplicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0004
- Label: Eastern Capital Horse and Foot Commander / 東都馬步都指揮使 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0115
- Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0025
- Title: Prince of Jun / 均王 · Action: enfeoffedExplicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0004
- Title: Prince Jun / 均王 · Action: heldExplicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0033
- Title: Prince of Jun / 均王 · Action: heldExplicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0115
- Label: execution of You Gui / 誅友珪 · Action: ordered · Other Person Id: Zhu Yougui (朱友圭) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0137
- Action: acceded as emperor after overthrowing Zhu Yougui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 末帝即位 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:023:s0036, xinwudaishi:023:s0117
- Action: succeeded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 末帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · jiuwudaishi:020:s0169
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化三年 · Western Year: AD 913 · Place: Eastern Capital / 東都Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0087
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 末帝即位 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · xinwudaishi:035:s0143
Places and affiliations
- Label: Later Liang / 後梁 · Relation: ruledExplicit · jiuwudaishi:020:s0169
- Label: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: ruledExplicit · jiuwudaishi:073:s0075
- Polity: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:139:s0011
- Polity: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: ruled
- Polity: Later Liang · Relation: ruledExplicit · jiuwudaishi:065:s0052
- Polity Name: Later Liang · Relation: served-or-associatedStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:020:s0064
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: authority · Action: abolished-fengli-and-restored-qianhua-3 · Other Person Id: Zhu Yougui (朱友圭) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年…復稱乾化三年 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0137
- Kind: political · Role: executor · Action: killed-Youwen · Other Person Id: Zhu Youwen (朱友文) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化二年六月 · Western Year: AD 912Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0131, jiuwudaishi:007:s0135
- Kind: administrative · Role: sovereign · Action: ordered-Taizu-veritable-recordExplicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0152
- Kind: political · Role: plotter · Action: overthrew-usurper · Other Person Id: Zhu Yougui (朱友圭) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化三年 · Western Year: AD 913
- Kind: political · Role: plotter · Action: planned and completed the overthrow and killing of Zhu Yougui with Yuan Xiangxian · Other Person Ids: Zhu Yougui (朱友圭), Yuan Xiangxian (袁象先)
- Kind: court · Role: emperor · Action: received congratulations upon Yang Shihou's death · Other Person Id: Yang Shihou (楊師厚)Explicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0118
- Kind: military · Role: appointer · Action: sent-Dong-Zhang-against-Zezhou · Other Person Id: Dong Zhang (董璋)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0109
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: stalemated-across-Yellow-River · Other Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗) · Place: Yellow River / 河 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 末帝與莊宗對壘於河上 · Western Year: AD 923Explicit · jiuwudaishi:146:s0007
- Kind: political · Role: sovereign · Action: succeeded-to-throne · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 末帝嗣位 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · jiuwudaishi:020:s0169
- Relation: successor-concerning · Person Id: Zhu Yougui (朱友圭) · Statement: executed You Gui and abolished his Fengli eraExplicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0137
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Kou Yanqing (寇彥卿)Explicit · jiuwudaishi:020:s0169
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: became increasingly jealous and afraid of Yang Shihou · Other Person Id: Yang Shihou (楊師厚) · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0117
- Assessment: handsome, reserved, taciturn, favored Confucian scholars · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0003
Source notes
- Historicity: historical
- To: Huang / 鍠 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化三年三月丁未 · Western Year: AD 913Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0018
- To: Zhen / 瑱 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明元年 · Western Year: AD 915Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0033
References in the histories
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