Zhu Shouyin (朱守殷)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhu Shouyin as an envoy, military officer, official, and rebel. This record brings together 18 passages from 7 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhu Shouyin	朱守殷	Zhu Shouyin
Childhood name	Huier	會兒	Huier
Given	Shouyin	守殷	Shouyin
Given	Shouyin	守殷	Shǒuyīn
Personal name	Zhu Shouyin	朱守殷	Zhu Shouyin
Personal	Zhu Shouyin	朱守殷	Zhū Shǒuyīn
Personal name	Zhu Shouyin	朱守殷	Zhū Shǒuyīn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:031:s0092, jiuwudaishi:054:s0170, jiuwudaishi:069:s0007, jiuwudaishi:074:s0065
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:029:s0058, xinwudaishi:032:s0034
Value: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:066:s0132

Roles

Envoy
Military Officer
Official
Rebel
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide after killing clan
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0086

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
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Source Date: Text: 天成中 · Western Year: AD 927
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:054:s0170
Source Date: Text: 天成初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 930
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:074:s0079
Source Date: Text: 明宗幸汴平朱守殷 · Western Year: AD 927
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:066:s0132
Source Date: Text: 明宗时 · Western Year: AD 927
Explicit · xinwudaishi:029:s0058
Source Date: Text: 莊宗為行軍司馬時 · Western Year: AD 910
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:069:s0007
Source Date: Text: 龍德三年夏 · Western Year: AD 923
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Family

Kinship Role: clan · Count: 0 · Negated: false · Note: killed his entire clan before suicide
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0086

Career and standing

Label: commander of the Long-Direct Guard / 長直軍使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0067
Label: Metropolitan Governor of Henan / 河南尹 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0079
Label: military governor of Zhenwu / 振武節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0074
Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0079
Label: Zhenwu military commissioner / 振武節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同光二年 · Western Year: AD 924
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:031:s0092
Label: commander of Twin Forts / 守夾寨 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:032:s0034
Label: military governor of Bian / 汴州節度使 · Action: transferred
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0079
Label: corpse flogged and head displayed / 鞭屍梟首 · Action: suffered
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0088

Places and affiliations

Polity: Later Tang / 後唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0067

Events and relationships

Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: held-Bianzhou · Place: Bianzhou / 汴州
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0170
Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: rebelled
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0085
Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Place: Bianzhou / 汴州
Explicit · xinwudaishi:029:s0058
Relation: client-of · Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0066, jiuwudaishi:074:s0068
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Jing Jin (景進)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:074:s0075

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:054:s0170, xinwudaishi:032:s0034

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 31Volume 31 Book of Later Tang 7: Zhuangzong Annals 5 · 1 passage

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以蕃漢馬步都虞候兼東京馬步軍都指揮使、檢校太保朱守殷為振武節度使，加檢校太傅。 and Zhu Shouyin became Zhenwu commissioner and Grand Mentor.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 54Volume 54 Book of Later Tang 30: Biographies 6: Wang Rong, Wang Zhaohui, Wang Chuzhi · 1 passage

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會朱守殷據汴州反，鎮州節度使王建立與安重誨不協，心懷怨嫉。 It happened that Zhu Shouyin held Bianzhou in rebellion. Wang Jianli, military governor of Zhenzhou, was at odds with An Chonghui and harbored resentment.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8: an Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun · 1 passage

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明宗幸汴，平朱守殷，改侍衛馬軍都指揮使，領江西節度使。 At Bian he pacified Zhu Shouyin and became Horse Army commander and Jiangxi commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang · 1 passage

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莊宗為行軍司馬，廣延髦俊，素知憲名，令朱守殷齎書幣延之。 When Zhuangzong served as acting commander on campaign, he widely gathered eminent talents and, knowing Xian's reputation by name, had Zhu Shouyin bring letters and gifts to invite him.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 74Volume 74 Book of Later Tang 50: Biographies 126: Kang Yanxiao, Zhu Shouyin, Yang Li, Dou Tingwan, Zhang Qianzhao, Yang Yanwen · 12 passages

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朱守殷，小字會兒。 Zhu Shouyin, whose childhood name was Huier.

莊宗就學，以廝養之役給事左右。 While Zhuangzong was still a student, Shouyin served him as a groom in his household.

及莊宗即位，為長直軍使，雖列戎行，不聞戰攻。 When Zhuangzong became emperor, Shouyin was made commander of the Long-Direct Guard. He held military rank but was never known for seeing combat.

守殷守德勝寨，為梁將王彥章所攻，守殷無備，遂陷南寨。 Shouyin held Desheng Stockade when the Liang general Wang Yanzhang attacked. Caught unprepared, he lost the southern stockade.

明宗在鄆州，密請以覆軍之罪罪之，莊宗私於腹心，忍而不問。 Mingzong, then at Yan Prefecture, privately urged that Shouyin be punished for losing the army. Zhuangzong, speaking only with his closest confidants, let the matter pass.

及郭從謙犯興教門，步軍始亂，中使急召騎士，守殷按甲不進，莊宗獨領宦官斫射，屢退，而騎軍終不至。 When Guo Congqian stormed Xingjiao Gate the infantry broke first. Palace envoys urgently summoned the cavalry, but Shouyin held his men back. Zhuangzong fought on alone with his eunuchs, was driven back again and again, and the horsemen never came.

莊宗既崩，守殷擁眾方在北邙，憩於茂林之下。 When Zhuangzong died, Shouyin was camped with his troops on North Mang, resting in a wooded grove.

守殷乃生雲夢之疑，遂殺都校馬彥超、副使宋敬。 Shouyin grew suspicious — like the king of Chu who dreamed of Yunmeng — and killed the chief commander Ma Yanchao and the deputy Song Jing.

〈（《歐陽史》：守殷將叛，召都指揮使馬彥超與計事，彥超不從，守殷殺之。 (According to Ouyang Xiu's New History of the Five Dynasties: When Shouyin was plotting rebellion, he summoned the chief commander Ma Yanchao to consult him. Yanchao refused, and Shouyin killed him.

守殷驅市人閉壁以叛，明宗途次京水，聞之，親統禁軍，倍程直抵其壘，長圍夾攻，縋城甚眾。 Shouyin forced the townspeople to shut the gates and rebel. Mingzong was at Jingshui on the road; hearing the news, he led the palace guard himself, marched at double speed to the rebel stronghold, invested it on all sides, and many defenders fled down ropes from the walls.

守殷力屈，盡殺其族，引頸令左右盡其命。 When his strength gave out, Shouyin killed every member of his clan, bared his neck, and told his attendants to finish him.