Five Dynasties · Official

Zhao Yanshou 趙延壽

Attested AD 944 - AD 947

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Yanshou was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 二月朔日
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 148
AD 944 其年三月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 127

Career and standing

Grand Chancellor and Central Capital regent 大丞相兼中京留守
AD 947 二月朔日 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 148

Events and relationships

Spared
AD 944 其年三月 · Legal · Spared
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 127

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 137Volume 137: Foreign States Biographies 1: Khitan · 2 passages

因怒其失律，自大首領已下各杖數百，唯趙延壽免焉。 Furious at the disorder, he had every chief from the highest down flogged hundreds of times. Only Zhao Yanshou was spared.

以趙延壽為大丞相，兼政事令，充樞密使兼中京留守。 He made Zhao Yanshou Grand Chancellor, Director of Affairs, Grand Councilor, and regent of the Central Capital.