Five Dynasties · Ruler

Zhuangzong 莊宗

Attested AD 915 - AD 916

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhuangzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 915 to AD 916 莊宗在魏；追至故元城
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 78, 84

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 78
AD 915 to AD 916 莊宗在魏
At Wei 魏 · Relation Present at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 78

Works and attributed material

AD 916 莊宗與諸將謀曰
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 79

Events and relationships

Feigned retreat and ambushed
AD 916 聲言歸太原，潛兵貝州 · Military · Commander · With Liu Xun (劉鄩)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 80, 82

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 22Volume 22 Later Liang Biographies 2: Kang Huaiying, Liu Xun, Niu Cunjie, Zhang Guiba, Wang Zhongshi, Xu Huaiyu · 6 passages

是時，莊宗在魏，數以勁兵壓鄩營，鄩不肯出，而末帝又數促鄩，使出戰。 Zhuangzong at Wei kept sending crack troops against Xun’s lines; Xun would not budge, but the Last Emperor kept ordering him out.

莊宗與諸將謀曰：「劉鄩學《六韜》，喜以機變用兵，本欲示弱以襲我，今其見迫，必求速戰。」 Zhuangzong told his officers: “Xun knows the Six Secret Teachings and lives by surprise. He wanted to look weak and trap us; now that he is harried he will have to fight fast.”

鄩果報末帝曰：「晉王西歸，魏無備，可擊。」 Xun reported to the Last Emperor: “Zhuangzong has gone west; Wei is bare—we can hit it.”

乃以兵萬人攻魏城東，莊宗自貝州返趨擊之。 He marched ten thousand men against the east wall of Wei; Zhuangzong wheeled from Beizhou and struck.

鄩忽見晉軍，驚曰：「晉王在此邪！」 Xun saw the Jin host and cried: “Zhuangzong—here?”

兵稍卻，追至故元城，莊宗與符存審為兩方陣夾之，鄩為圓陣以禦晉人。 His line buckled. Pursued to old Yuancheng, Zhuangzong and Fu Cunjian closed on him from two sides; Xun drew a circle to meet Jin steel.