Five Dynasties · Ruler

Zhuangzong 莊宗

Attested AD 922 - AD 923

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhuangzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 922 嗣昭既卒
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 92-93
AD 923 莊宗將即位／平河南
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 102, 113, 121, 126

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Liu (劉皇后)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 121
Sibling of Li Sizhao (嗣昭)
father's younger brother 季父 · Adoptive siblings
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 118

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 102

Works and attributed material

AD 923 莊宗將即位／平河南
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 126

Events and relationships

Ordered Sizhao's sons to escort the coffin to Taiyuan; they defied him and took it to Lu
AD 922 嗣昭既卒 · Ritual · Order giver
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 92
Pacified Henan, then pardoned Jitao after Lady Yang and Empress Liu pleaded
AD 923 莊宗將即位／平河南 · Military · Conqueror · With Li Jitao (繼韜), Lady Yang (楊氏), Empress Liu (劉皇后)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 113-114, 121

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 52Volume 52 Book of Later Tang 28: Biographies 4: Li Sizhao, Pei Yue, Li Siben, Li Si'en · 9 passages

嗣昭既卒，莊宗詔諸子扶喪歸太原襄事，諸子違詔，以父牙兵數千擁喪歸潞。 After Sizhao's death Zhuangzong ordered his sons to escort the coffin to Taiyuan for the funeral. They defied the edict and, with several thousand of their father's guard troops, took the coffin back to Lu instead.

莊宗令李存渥馳騎追諭，兄弟俱忿，欲害存渥，存渥遁而獲免。 Zhuangzong sent Li Cunwo riding after them to deliver his orders. The brothers were furious and meant to kill him, but Cunwo fled and escaped.

莊宗不得已，命為安義軍兵馬留後。 Zhuangzong had no choice but to confirm him as acting military governor of the Anyi army.

內官張居翰時為昭義監軍，莊宗將即位，詔赴鄴都。 The eunuch Zhang Juhang was then military supervisor of Zhaoyi. As Zhuangzong prepared to take the throne, an edict summoned him to Yedu.

及莊宗平河南，繼韜惶恐，計無所出，將脫身於契丹； When Zhuangzong pacified Henan, Jitao was terrified and at his wits' end. He was about to flee to the Khitan;

楊夫人亦於宮中哀祈劉皇后，後每於莊宗前泣言先人之功，以動聖情，由是原之。 Lady Yang also pleaded tearfully to Empress Liu in the palace. The empress wept before Zhuangzong of her family's old service until he was moved to mercy, and Jitao was pardoned.

李存渥深訶詆之，繼韜心不自安，復賂伶閹，求歸本鎮，莊宗不聽。 Li Cunwo bitterly denounced him. Uneasy in his heart, Jitao bribed actors and eunuchs again to plead for return to his circuit, but Zhuangzong refused.

繼韜潛令紀綱書諭繼遠，欲軍城更變，望天子遣己安撫。 Jitao secretly sent word through his guard officers to Jiyuan, hoping to stir mutiny in the garrison so the emperor would send him back to restore order.

二子齠年質於汴，莊宗收城得之，撫其背曰：「爾幼如是，猶如能佐父造反，長復何為！」 His two young sons had been hostages at Bian. When Zhuangzong took the city he found them and, patting their backs, said, "So young, and already you could help your father rebel. What will you become when you grow up!"