Zhou Taizu 周太祖

Other names

Career and standing

• military affairs commissioner 樞密使
  AD 948 to AD 950 漢隱帝朝 · Held
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passages 191, 207
• Taizu 太祖
  AD 954 二月甲子 · Temple name · Posthumously bestowed
  Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 187
• Sagely, Divine, Reverent, Solemn, Civil and Martial, Filial Emperor 聖神恭肅文武孝皇帝
  AD 954 二月甲子 · Posthumously bestowed
  Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 187
• false accusation, seizure, impeachment, and execution 誣告、收付御史府、劾而誅之
  AD 950 高祖之入京師 · Ordered · With Zhao Tongzi (趙童子) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties 五代史補
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 202
• punishment for gambling 抵罪
  Suffered
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 209
• AD 948 to AD 954 周太祖昔在初潛
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 225

Places and affiliations

• AD 948 to AD 954 周太祖昔在初潛
  Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Ruled
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passages 225, 229
• AD 948 to AD 950 漢隱帝朝
  Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 207
• AD 954 四月乙巳
  At Song Mound 嵩陵 · Relation Buried at
  Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 188
• AD 948 to AD 950 漢隱帝朝
  At Ye Terrace 鄴臺 · Relation Garrisoned
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 222
• AD 948 to AD 949 高祖征李守貞
  At Puban 蒲阪 · Relation Pacified
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 222

Learning and skills

• Skill dice gambling 蒱博 · Level habitual-in-youth
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 209

Works and attributed material

• Veritable Records of Zhou Taizu 周祖實錄
  AD 954 to AD 959 周世宗朝 · Relation Subject of
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 221
• Speech · Speaker · With Feng Dao (馮道) · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Work Omitted Texts of the History of the Five Dynasties 五代史闕文
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 214
• Speech · Speaker · With Zhou Shizong (周世宗) · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Work Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties 五代史補
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 201
• Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Work Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties 五代史補
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passages 194, 204-205

Events and relationships

• Acclaimed by three armies
  AD 948 to AD 950 漢隱帝朝 · Political · Acclaimed leader · Mode named-source-report Source Work Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties 五代史補
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 195
• Ascended the throne
  AD 948 to AD 954 周太祖昔在初潛 · Political · Ruler
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 225
• Asked Feng Dao to invest Duke of Xiangyin as Han heir
  AD 950 請道詣徐州冊湘陰公為漢嗣 · Political · Requester · With Feng Dao (馮道) · At Xuzhou 徐州 · Mode named-source-report Source Work Omitted Texts of the History of the Five Dynasties 五代史闕文
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 219
• Asked strategy for attacking Pu
  AD 948 to AD 949 高祖征李守貞 · Consultation · Visitor · With Feng Dao (馮道) · At Feng Dao's private residence 私第 · Mode named-source-report Source Work Omitted Texts of the History of the Five Dynasties 五代史闕文
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passages 207-208
• Bowed to Feng Dao expecting acclamation
  AD 950 高祖之入京師 · Ritual · Bowed · With Feng Dao (馮道) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Omitted Texts of the History of the Five Dynasties 五代史闕文
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passages 217-218
• Campaigned against
  AD 948 to AD 949 高祖征李守貞 · Military · Commander · With Li Shouzhen (李守貞)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passages 204, 207

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment could not control powerful magnates; wounded by suspicion and harshness; brief allotted years had their causes · Mode commentator-judgment
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 230
• Assessment diligence and frugality admirable to the end · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 228
• Assessment gathering armies against the capital was not without moral shame · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 224
• Assessment little praise in early obscurity; later showed commander's merit and heroic stature · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 222
• Assessment merit too high to reward put the Guo clan in peril · Mode hearsay
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passages 192-193
• Assessment reign brief but foundation ample · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 229

Source notes

• Value historical
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 113, passage 187