Zhu Youzhen 朱友貞

Other names

Family

• Sibling of Zhu Yougui (朱友珪)
  elder brother 兄 · Paternal half siblings
  Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 1, 8, 244
• Child of Taizu of Later Liang (太祖)
  fourth son 第四子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 244
• Child of Empress Yuanzhen (元貞皇后張氏)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 245
• Sibling of Zhu Youwen (朱友文)
  Prince of Bo 博王 · Uncertain siblings
  Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 1, 244

Career and standing

• acting prefect of Kaifeng 行開封府尹
  AD 912 友珪即位 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 2
• Eastern Capital custodian 東京留守
  AD 912 友珪即位 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 2
• honorary Minister of Education 檢校司徒
  AD 912 友珪即位 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 2
• aide of Henan Prefecture 河南府參軍
  AD 900 唐光化三年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 248
• Eastern Capital horse-and-foot commander 東京馬步軍都指揮使
  AD 910 開平四年夏 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 251
• honorary Minister of Works 檢校司空
  AD 910 開平四年夏 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 251

Places and affiliations

• Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation Ruled
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 243, 249
• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Lived under
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 246, 248
• At Eastern Capital 東京
  Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 246
• At Eastern Capital 東京 · Relation Born at
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 246

Works and attributed material

• Speech · Speaker · With Yang Shihou (楊師厚)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 7-8
• Speech · Speaker
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 23-25

Events and relationships

• Incited troops
  AD 913 友珪改元之二月十五日 · Military · Leader
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 17, 22, 25, 27
• Plotted against
  AD 912 to AD 913 乾化二年至改元二月 · Political · Conspirator · With Zhu Yougui (朱友珪)
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 4-5, 27

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment deep, steady, sparing of speech; esteemed Confucian scholars · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 247
• handsome features and composed bearing
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 247

Source notes

• Narrative attributes forged recall edict to Youzhen; commentary says Yougui actually issued the summons.
  Field forged-edict
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 16, 21
• Main narrative says the Emperor forged Yougui's edict recalling Dragon-Prancing; Kaoyi cites Liang Taizu shilu and concludes Yougui truly summoned them—Youzhen only invented the massacre threat.
  Field event · Witness Zizhi Tongjian: Divergent Accounts
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 16, 20-21
• AD 913 及即位
  From Youzhen 友貞 · To Huang 鍠
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 243
• AD 915 to AD 921 貞明中
  From Huang 鍠 · To Zhen 瑱
  Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 243