Zhao Guangfeng (趙光逢)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Guangfeng as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 15 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Guangfeng	趙光逢	Zhao Guangfeng
Title	Duke of Qi	齊國公	Qi Guogong
Given	Guangfeng	光逢	Guangfeng
Nickname	Jade Measuring Rod	玉界尺	Yu Jiechǐ
Courtesy	Yanji	延吉	Yanji
Personal name	Zhao Guangfeng	赵光逢	Zhao Guangfeng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Sex: male
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Roles

Official
Scholar
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 唐天成中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 930
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Source Date: Text: 开平三年 · Western Year: AD 909
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Source Date: Text: 明年三月 · Western Year: AD 907
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Source Date: Text: 昭宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 888 · End: AD 904
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Source Date: Text: 末帝即位 · Western Year: AD 913
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Source Date: Text: 贞明二年八月 · Western Year: AD 916
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Source Date: Text: 贞明元年三月 · Western Year: AD 915
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Source Date: Text: 贞明四年夏四月 · Western Year: AD 918
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Source Date: Text: 開平三年九月 · Western Year: AD 909
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Source Date: Text: 開平四年九月 · Western Year: AD 910
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Source Date: Text: 開平四年十一月 · Western Year: AD 910
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Family

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Child of Zhao Yin (趙隱)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Label: Grand Preceptor / 太保 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐天成中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 930
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Label: minister of works, vice director of the Chancellery, co-equal grand councilor / 司空兼门下侍郎、同中书门下平章事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明二年八月丁酉 · Western Year: AD 916
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Label: Grand Master of Splendid Happiness / 太常卿 · Action: appointed
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Label: Minister of Works / 司空 · Action: appointed
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Label: sole issuer of Gate Office travel permits / 專判出給司門過所 · Action: appointed
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Label: vice director of the Secretariat and grand councilor / 中書侍郎、平章事 · Action: appointed
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Label: Vice Minister of Personnel / 吏部侍郎 · Action: appointed
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Label: Zhongshu shilang / co-equal grand councilor / 中书侍郎同中书门下平章事 · Action: appointed
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Label: Censor-in-Chief / 御史中丞 · Action: held
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Label: chief minister / 宰臣 · Action: held
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Label: Director of Ceremonies / 太常卿 · Action: held
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Label: Hanlin Academician in charge / 翰林學士承旨 · Action: held
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Label: Minister of Ceremonies / 太常卿 · Action: held
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Label: retired grand guardian of the heir apparent / 太子太保致仕 · Action: held
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Label: Vice Director of the Secretariat and Concurrent Palace Attendant / 中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事 · Action: held
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Label: Grand Tutor / 太傅 · Action: posthumously-granted
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Label: Minister of Education / 司徒 · Action: retired-as
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Title: Duke of Qi / 齊國公 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐天成中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 930
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Title: Duke of Qi / 齊國公 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 唐天成中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 930
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Status: dismissed · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明元年三月丁卯 · Western Year: AD 915
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Status: dismissed · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明四年夏四月己巳 · Western Year: AD 918
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Status: retirement · Action: entered
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Places and affiliations

Label: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
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Polity: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
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Polity: Later Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
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Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
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Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Relation: resided-at
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Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: deputy-gold-treasure-commissioner · Action: presented-treasures · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四月甲子 · Western Year: AD 907
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Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: sacrificed-at-Mount-Song · Place: Mount Song / 嵩嶽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平四年九月 · Western Year: AD 910
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: upright and mild; Jade Measuring Rod · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Book of Later Liang 5: Taizu Annals 5 · 2 passages

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辛亥，侍中韓建罷守太保，左僕射、同平章事楊涉罷守本官，乙太常卿趙光逢為中書侍郎、平章事，翰林學士奉旨、工部侍郎、知制誥杜曉為尚書戶部侍郎、平章事。 On xinhai Han Jian stepped down as chief minister to Grand Guardian; Yang She, left vice director and co-grand councilor, returned to his former post; Zhao Guangfeng, Minister of Ceremonies, became vice director of the Secretariat and grand councilor; Du Xiao, drafting Hanlin academician and vice minister of works, became vice director of the Revenue Ministry and grand councilor.

辛丑，以久雨，命宰臣薛貽矩抃定鼎門，趙光逢祠嵩嶽。 On xinchou, with rain unending, he sent Xue Yiju to worship at Dingding Gate and Zhao Guangfeng to Mount Song.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Book of Later Liang 6: Taizu Annals 6 · 1 passage

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如有出外須執憑由者，其司門過所，先須經中書門下點檢，宜委宰臣趙光逢專判出給，俾由顯重，冀絕奸源。 Anyone leaving the capital with papers must have Gate Office permits checked first by the Secretariat-Chancellery; chief minister Zhao Guangfeng alone should issue them, so the trail is weighty and treachery choked at the source.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

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太常卿赵光逢为中书侍郎、翰林学士承旨工部侍郎杜晓为户部侍郎：同中书门下平章事。 Zhao Guangfeng, Director of Ceremonies, and Du Xiao of the Hanlin became vice chancellors and co-equal grand councilors.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Later Liang Annals 3: Later Emperors · 3 passages

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三月丁卯，赵光逢罢。 In the third month, on the day dingmao, Zhao Guangfeng was removed from office.

八月丁酉，太子太保致仕赵光逢为司空兼门下侍郎、同中书门下平章事。 In the eighth month, on the day dingyou, the retired grand guardian of the heir apparent Zhao Guangfeng became minister of works, vice director of the Chancellery, and co-equal grand councilor.

己巳，赵光逢罢。 On the day jisi Zhao Guangfeng was removed from office.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun · 8 passages

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御史大夫薛貽矩為押金寶使，尚書左丞趙光逢為副。 Xue Yiju escorting the gold treasures, Zhao Guangfeng deputy.

王袞冕南面，臣文蔚、臣循奉冊升殿，進讀已，臣涉、臣策奉傳國璽，臣貽矩、臣光逢奉金寶，以次升，進讀已，降，率文武百官北面舞蹈再拜賀。 The king faced south in full regalia; Wenwei and Xun read the register; She and Ce bore the transmission seal; Yiju and Guangfeng bore the gold treasures; then all civil and military officials faced north, danced, and bowed twice in congratulation.

趙光逢 Zhao Guangfeng

趙光逢字延吉，父隱，唐左僕射。 Zhao Guangfeng, courtesy name Yanji, was the son of Yin, Left Vice Director under Tang.

光逢在唐以文行知名，時人稱其方直溫潤，謂之「玉界尺」。 In Tang, Guangfeng was known for learning and conduct; people called him upright and mild, nicknaming him the "Jade Measuring Rod."

柳璨為相，與光逢有舊恩，起光逢為吏部侍郎、太常卿。 When Liu Can became chief minister, he recalled Guangfeng, with whom he had old ties, as Vice Minister of Personnel and Grand Master of Splendid Happiness.

末帝即位，起為司空、同中書門下平章事，復以司徒致仕。 When the Last Emperor took the throne, he recalled Guangfeng as Minister of Works and Palace Attendant, then retired him again as Minister of Education.

唐天成中，即其家拜太保，封齊國公，卒，贈太傅。 In the Tiancheng era he was made Grand Preceptor at home, enfeoffed as Duke of Qi, died, and was posthumously made Grand Tutor.