Zhou Taizu (周太祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhou Taizu was a ruler and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 949 to AD 950 周太祖鎮鄴至定京師
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passages 41, 52

Career and standing

Privy Council commissioner 樞密使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 41

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 41
At Ye 鄴 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 41

Events and relationships

Imperial army defeated at Liuzi Slope
Military · Victor · At Liuzi Slope 劉子陂
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 49
Raised troops
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 47
Reached northern suburbs
Military · Commander · At northern suburbs 北郊
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 49
Secured capital
Military · Victor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 52

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 30, passage 41

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 30Volume 30 Later Han Biographies 10: Su Fengji, Shi Hongzhao, Yang Bin, Wang Zhang, Liu Zhu, Li Ye, Nie Wenjin, Hou Zan, Guo Yunming · 4 passages

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周太祖鎮鄴，不落樞密使，逢吉以謂樞密之任，方鎮帶之非便，與史弘肇爭，於是卒如弘肇議。 Zhou Taizu held Ye and kept the Privy Council. Fengji argued a frontier governor should not carry that post and fought Shi Hongzhao over it—in the end Hongzhao won.

方命草麻，聞周太祖起兵，乃止。 He was just drafting the appointment edict when word came that Zhou Taizu had risen in arms—and everything halted.

周太祖至北郊，官軍敗於劉子陂。 Zhou Taizu reached the northern suburbs; the imperial army broke at Liuzi Slope.

周太祖定京師，梟其首，適當李崧被刑之所。 When Zhou Taizu took the capital, Fengji’s head was hung on a pole—exactly where Li Song had died.