Zhuangzong (莊宗) | 24 Histories

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Zhuangzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 915 to AD 926 莊宗取魏博
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 66

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 46Volume 46 Miscellaneous Biographies 26: Zhao Zaili, Huo Yanwei, Fang Zhiwen, Wang Yanqiu, An Zhongba, Wang Jianli, Kang Fu, Guo Yanlu · 2 passages

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莊宗取魏博，得知溫，賜姓李氏，名曰紹英，以為澶州刺史，歷曹、貝二州刺史，戍瓦橋關。 Zhuangzong took Wei-Bo and knew Zhiwen, gave him the Li surname and the name Shaoying, made him prefect of Tan, then Cao and Bei in turn, and garrisoned Waqiao Pass.

莊宗自得魏兵，與梁戰河上，數有功，許其軍以滅梁而厚賞。 Zhuangzong took the Wei troops, fought Liang on the river, won again and again, and promised rich reward when Liang fell.