Five Dynasties · Imperial Ancestor

Zhou Yi Zu 義祖

Yizu

Attested AD 951 - AD 951

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhou Yi Zu as a family member, royal family member, and ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhou Yi Zu 義祖 Yizu
Descriptive kinship grandfather Yun 祖蘊
Posthumous Yi Shun Emperor 翼順皇帝
Temple Yi Zu 義祖 Yizu
Posthumous Yishun 翼順 Yishun
Temple Yizu 義祖 Yizu
Personal Yun Yun

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Family Member
  • Royal Family Member
  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 周太祖 · Western Year: AD 951
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:144:s0061
  • Source Date: Text: 廣順元年五月 · Western Year: AD 951
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0076

Family

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  • Parent of Guo Jian (郭簡)
    Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Parentage: biological · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Xi Zu (僖祖)
    Kinship Term: Yi Zu / 義祖 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
    Kinship Term: great-grandfather / 曾祖 · Parentage: biological · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal
  • Spouse of Lady Han (韓氏)
    Kinship Term: ancestress / 祖妣 · Union Category: marriage
  • Parent of Qing Zu (慶祖)
    Kinship Term: Qing Zu / 慶祖 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 144Volume 144: Treatises 6 Music 1 · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 1 passage