Zhuangzong (莊宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhuangzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 908 晉王李克用卒，莊宗召周德威還；攻破夾城
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 18, 22

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Li Keyong (李克用)
father 先王 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 20

Career and standing

AD 908 謂我新立
Mode quotation Speaker Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 21

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 20-21

Works and attributed material

AD 908 莊宗謂德威曰
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Zhou Dewei (周德威)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 20-21

Events and relationships

Broke siege
AD 908 疾馳六日至北黃碾，伏兵三垂岡，直趨夾城，攻破之 · Military · Commander · At North Huangnian / Sanchuigang 北黃碾／三垂岡
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 22
Recalled
AD 908 莊宗召周德威還 · Military · Commander · With Zhou Dewei (周德威)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 18

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 · 2 passages

Open chapter

已而晉王李克用卒，莊宗召周德威還。 Then Li Keyong died and Zhuangzong called Zhou Dewei home.

莊宗謂德威曰：「晉之所以能敵梁，而彼所憚者，先王也。 Zhuangzong told Dewei: “Jin can stand against Liang only because they fear my father.