Zhuangzong (莊宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhuangzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 莊宗滅梁入洛
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 71
AD 926 郭崇韜見殺
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 80

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Liu (劉皇后)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 108
Parent of Jiji (繼岌)
Prince of Wei 魏王
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 86

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 71

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Yuan Xiangxian (袁象先)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 109

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 · 5 passages

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莊宗滅梁入洛，友謙來朝，賜姓名曰李繼麟，賜予巨萬。 Zhuangzong took Luoyang; Youqian came to court. He was given the Li surname and the name Jilin and gifts beyond counting.

莊宗初疑其事，群伶、宦官日夜以為言。 Zhuangzong doubted at first; actors and eunuchs whispered it day and night.

莊宗惑之，乃徙友謙義成軍節度使，遣朱守殷夜以兵圍其館，驅友謙出徽安門外，殺之，復其姓名。 Zhuangzong wavered, moved him to Yicheng, and sent Zhu Shouyin at night to ring his lodge. They dragged him past Hui’an Gate and killed him, then took back his old name.

莊宗滅梁，象先來朝洛陽，輦其資數十萬，賂唐將相、伶官、宦者及劉皇后等，由是內外翕然稱其為人。 When Zhuangzong took Liang, Xiangxian came to Luoyang with cartloads of treasure—hundreds of thousands—to buy Tang ministers, actors, eunuchs, Empress Liu. Court and camp alike suddenly called him a fine man.

莊宗待之甚厚，賜姓名為李紹安，改宣武軍為歸德軍，曰：「歸德之名，為卿設也。」 Zhuangzong favored him richly, gave him the name Li Shao’an, and renamed Xuanwu the Guide Army: “Guide—that name was made for you.”