Five Dynasties · Ruler and Royal Family Member

Zhuangzong 莊宗

Zhuāngzōng

Attested AD 908 - AD 926

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhuangzong was a ruler and Royal Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Childhood name	Yazi	亞子	Yàzǐ

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 925 同光三年十二月辛亥
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 155
AD 908 即晉王位
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 137
AD 926 誅存乂及千郎
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 163

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Zhuangzong
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 156
Sibling of Cunba (存霸)
same mother 同母 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 156
Sibling of Cunwo (存渥)
same mother 同母 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 156
Sibling of Cunji (存紀)
same mother 同母 · Full siblings
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 156
Child of Taizu (太祖)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 154

Career and standing

Prince of Jin 晉王
Acceded
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 137
Prince of Jin 晉王
AD 908 莊宗乃即晉王位
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 137

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 137
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 155

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Kening (克寧)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 134-135
Speech · Speaker · With Zhang Chengye (張承業), Li Cunzhang (李存璋)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passages 149-150

Events and relationships

Faced adopted sons who feigned illness or would not bow
Political · Ruler
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 140
Surrounded Cunyi's residence and executed him and Yang Qianlang
Legal · Authority · With Cunyi (存乂)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 163
Treated Yang Qianlang as miraculous and favored him
Political · Patron · With Yang Qianlang (楊千郎)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 161

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 131

References in the histories

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History

11 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14: Taizu of Later Tang's Family · 11 passages

太祖病，召莊宗侍側，屬張承業與克寧曰：「以亞子屬公等。」 Dying, Taizu called Zhuangzong and told Zhang Chengye and Kening: “I leave Yazi to you.”

太祖崩，莊宗告於克寧曰：「兒年孤稚，未通庶政，雖有先王之命，恐不足以當大事。 Zhuangzong told Kening: “I am young and untried; though Father commanded it, I fear I cannot bear the burden.

因下而北面再拜稱賀，莊宗乃即晉王位。 He bowed north in congratulation, and Zhuangzong became Prince of Jin.

及新王立，年少，或托疾不朝，或見而不拜。 The young king found some feigning illness, others attending without a bow.

以叔拜姪，理豈安乎？ How can an uncle bow to a nephew?

莊宗召承業、存璋告之曰：「季父所為如此，奈何？ Zhuangzong told Chengye and Cunzhang: “My uncle has come to this—what now?

太祖子八人：莊宗長子也，次曰存美、存霸、存禮、存渥、存乂、存確、存紀。 Taizu had eight sons: Zhuangzong first, then Cunmei, Cunba, Cunli, Cunwo, Cunyi, Cunque, and Cunji.

蓋存霸、存渥、存紀與莊宗同母也，存美、存乂、存確、存禮不知其母名氏號位。 Cunba, Cunwo, and Cunji shared Zhuangzong’s mother; the mothers of the others are unknown.

莊宗頗神之，拜千郎檢校尚書郎，賜紫，其妻出入宮禁，承恩寵，而士或因之以求官爵，存乂及存渥等往往朋淫於其家。 Zhuangzong made him acting director with purple robes; his wife entered the palace; Cunyi and Cunwo often caroused there.

及崇韜被族，莊宗遣宦官陰察外議以為如何，而宦官因欲盡誅崇韜親黨以絕後患，乃誣言：「存乂過千郎，酒酣，攘臂號泣，為婦翁稱冤，言甚怨望。」 When Chongtao’s clan was killed, eunuchs probed opinion and lied: "Cunyi, drunk at Qianlang’s house, had wailed for his father-in-law in rage."

莊宗大怒，以兵圍其第而誅之，並誅千郎。 Zhuangzong surrounded his house and killed him and Qianlang.