Sui and Tang · General and Royal Family Member

Zhu Youlun 朱友倫

First attested AD 901; died c. AD 903

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhu Youlun was a general and Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Death

c. AD 903 友倫擊鞠墜馬死
Cause Fell from horse playing polo
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 133

Attested activity

AD 901 to AD 903 友倫幼亦明敏…擊鞠墜馬死
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passages 125, 133

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Zhu Youning (朱友寧)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 136
Child of Zhu Cun (朱存)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 126
Kin of Taizu of Later Liang (梁太祖)
imperial nephew 皇侄
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 136

Career and standing

commander of the veteran Horse Army 元從馬軍指揮使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 126
military governor of Ningyuan 寧遠軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 131
Right Mighty Martial General 右威武將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 126
honorary Sikong and prefect of Tengzhou 檢校司空、藤州刺史
Promoted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 129
Prince of Mi 密王
AD 907 太祖即位 · Posthumously honored
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 137

Learning and skills

Subject Analects and Elementary Learning 論語、小學
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 125
Skill musical pitch 音律
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 125

Events and relationships

Drove Jin from Fanshi joined Fengxiang siege
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 130
Night ford at Neihuang
Military · Vanguard
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 127
Rescued Li Hanzhi at Luzhou
Military · Reliever · With Li Hanzhi (李罕之)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 128
Spied on Zhaozong
Political · Watcher · With Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (唐昭宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 132

References in the histories

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History

11 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 13Volume 13: The Later Liang Imperial Family · 11 passages

友倫幼亦明敏，通《論語》、小學，曉音律。 Youlun too was precocious; he knew the Analects and the Elementary Learning and understood pitch and mode.

存已死，太祖以友倫為元從馬軍指揮使，表右威武將軍。 With Cun dead, Taizu made Youlun commander of the veteran Horse Army and had him appointed Right Mighty Martial General.

燕人攻魏內黃，友倫以前鋒夜渡河，奪馬千匹。 When Yan troops struck Neihuang in Wei, Youlun led the van, forded the river by night, and took a thousand horses.

李罕之以潞州降梁，晉人攻潞，友倫以兵入潞州，取罕之以歸。 Li Hanzhi surrendered Luzhou to Liang; when Jin besieged it, Youlun marched in, lifted the siege, and escorted Hanzhi home.

太祖圍鳳翔，晉人襲梁，友倫以兵三萬至{樊石}山，晉人乃卻，友倫西會太祖於鳳翔。 While Taizu invested Fengxiang, Jin struck Liang; Youlun brought thirty thousand men to Mount Fanshi and drove them back, then marched west to Taizu at Fengxiang.

昭宗還長安，拜友倫寧遠軍節度使。 When Zhaozong went back to Chang’an, Youlun was made military governor of Ningyuan.

太祖東歸，留友倫宿衛，伺察昭宗所為。 Taizu left for the east and stationed Youlun in the palace to spy on the emperor’s every move.

友倫擊鞠墜馬死，太祖大怒，以兵七萬至河中。 Youlun died in a polo fall; Taizu flew into a rage and marched seventy thousand men on Hezhong.

宰相崔胤遣人止太祖，太祖以為友倫胤等殺之，奏請誅胤等，昭宗未從，乃遣友諒至京師，以兵圍開化坊，殺胤及京兆尹鄭元規、皇城使王建勛、飛龍使陳班、閣門使王建襲、客省使王建乂、前左僕射張浚。 Cui Yin sent envoys to halt him, but Taizu was convinced that Yin and his circle had murdered Youlun. He demanded their deaths; Zhaozong refused. Taizu then sent Youliang to the capital with troops, invested Kaihua Ward, and killed Yin, Zheng Yuangui, Metropolitan Prefect of Jingzhao, Wang Jianxun of the Imperial City, Chen Ban of the Flying Dragon Office, Wang Jianxi of the Gate Office, Wang Jianyi of the Reception Office, and the former Left Vice Director Zhang Jun.

太祖即位，已封宗室，中書上議，故皇兄存，皇侄建武軍節度使友寧、寧遠軍節度使友倫，皆當封。 After Taizu’s accession the clan was already ennobled, but the Secretariat argued that his late brother Cun and his nephews Youning of Jianwu and Youlun of Ningyuan still deserved titles.

於是追封存朗王、友寧安王、友倫密王。 Cun was posthumously made Prince of Lang, Youning Prince of An, and Youlun Prince of Mi.