Five Dynasties · Ruler and Dynastic Ancestor

Yuan Emperor of Dai 代祖元皇帝

Daizu Yuan huangdi

Attested AD 930

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Emperor of Dai as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 3 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	Yuan Emperor of Dai	代祖元皇帝	Daizu Yuan huangdi
Personal	Yuan Emperor	元皇帝	Yuan huangdi
Title	Yuan Emperor of Dai	代祖元皇帝
Temple		代祖	Daizu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:143:s0007

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 後唐長興元年九月 · Lunar Month: 9 · Western Year: AD 930
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:143:s0006

Family

Descendant of Emperor Jing (景皇帝)
Kinship Term: founding ancestor / 始封之祖

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 3 passages

既廟號太祖，百代不遷，每遇禘祫，位居東向之尊，自代祖元皇帝、高祖、太宗已下，列聖子孫，各序昭穆南北相向，合食於前。 With the temple name Grand Ancestor, his place would never be moved; at every di or collective sacrifice he held the seat of honor facing east. From the Yuan Emperor of Dai through the High Ancestor and Great Ancestor and below, successive imperial descendants were arranged in zhao-mu order north and south, sharing the feast before him.

將來禘禮，若奉高祖居東向之尊，則禘饗不及於太祖、代祖； If the upcoming di rite placed the High Ancestor in the seat of honor facing east, the di offering would not include the Grand Ancestor or the Dai ancestor;

今欲請每遇禘祫之歲，暫奉景皇帝居東向之尊，自元皇帝以下，敘列昭穆。」 We therefore propose that in every year of di or collective sacrifice, Emperor Jing temporarily hold the seat of honor facing east, with the Yuan Emperor and below arranged in zhao-mu order."