Zhu Youqian (朱友謙)

Overview

Zhu Youqian was a warlord.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 907 to AD 912 俱為太祖養子
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 134
AD 926 友謙見族
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 136

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠)
adopted son 養子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 134
Sibling of Zhu Hanbin (朱漢賓)
elder brother by adoption 兄 · Adoptive siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 134

Events and relationships

Clan exterminated
Legal · Victim
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 136

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 3 passages

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初，漢賓在梁也，與朱友謙俱為太祖養子，而友謙年長，漢賓以兄事之。 In Liang days he and Zhu Youqian were both Zhu Wen’s adopted sons; Youqian was senior, and Hanbin treated him as elder brother.

其後梁亡，漢賓數寓書友謙，友謙不答，漢賓銜之。 After Liang fell Hanbin wrote again and again. Youqian never answered. Hanbin brooded on the slight.

其後友謙見族，人皆以為漢賓有力。 When Youqian’s clan was wiped out, many said Hanbin had helped drive the blade.