Sui and Tang · Liang Founder (Taizu)

Zhu Wen 朱溫

Attested AD 901 - AD 907

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhu Wen was a Liang Founder (Taizu).

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Temple name	Liang Taizu	梁太祖	Liáng Tàizǔ

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 901 天復元年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 38
AD 907 梁太祖即位
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 51

Career and standing

Became emperor of Liang
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 51

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Miscellaneous Biographies 20: Li Maozhen, Han Jian, Li Renfu, Han Xun, Yang Chongben, Gao Wanxing, Wen Tao · 3 passages

其後，昭宗為宦者所廢，既反正，宰相崔胤欲借梁兵誅諸宦者，陰與梁太祖謀之。 Later eunuchs deposed Zhaozong; after his restoration Chancellor Cui Yin sought Liang’s blades to destroy them and conspired in secret with Liang Taizu Zhu Wen.

天復元年，胤召梁太祖以西，梁軍至同州，全誨等懼，與繼筠劫昭宗幸鳳翔。 In Tianfu 1 (901) Yin called Zhu Wen west. Liang reached Tongzhou. Quanhui and his party, terrified, joined Jiyun and dragged Zhaozong to Fengxiang.

及梁太祖即位，諸侯之強者皆相次稱帝，獨茂貞不能，但稱岐王，開府置官屬，以妻為皇后，鳴梢羽扇視朝，出入擬天子而已。 When Zhu Wen became emperor, the great warlords one by one took imperial titles. Maozhen alone could not. He called himself Prince of Qi, opened a court, named ministers, crowned his wife, kept court with watch-drums and feather fans, and aped the Son of Heaven in little else.