Zhou Taizu (周太祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhou Taizu was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 951 周太祖以兵入京師
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 225
AD 951 周太祖入立
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 207
AD 951 周太祖兵入京師
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 242

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 207, 225, 242

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Miscellaneous Biographies 28: Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan, Yang Siquan, Yin Hui, Wang Hongzhi, Liu Shenjiao, Wang Zhou, Gao Xingzhou, Bai Zairong, An Shuqian · 3 passages

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周太祖入立，封齊王。 When Zhou Taizu seized the throne, Xingzhou was made Prince of Qi.

周太祖以兵入京師，軍士攻再榮於第，悉取其財。 When Zhou Taizu entered the capital with an army, soldiers stormed Zairong’s house and looted it bare.

周太祖兵入京師，軍士大掠，叔千家貲已盡，而軍士意其有所藏者，箠掠不已。 When Zhou Taizu’s army entered the capital, troops looted the city. Shuqian’s house was already empty, but soldiers believed he still had hoards and flogged him without cease.