Zhuangzong (莊宗) | 24 Histories

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Zhuangzong was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 923 莊宗滅梁
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 51

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Spouse of Empress Liu (劉皇后)
empress 皇后
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 57

Career and standing

Zhuangzong 莊宗
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 51

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 51

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Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 62

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Biographies of Righteous Sons 16: Li Sizhao, Li Siben, Li Si'en, Li Cunxin, Li Cunxiao, Li Cunjin, Li Cunzhang, Li Cunxian · 10 passages

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嗣昭諸子，繼儔長而懦，其弟繼韜囚之以自立，莊宗方與梁兵相持河上，不暇究其事，因即以為昭義軍留後。 Sizhao's eldest son Jichou was grown but weak; brother Jitao jailed him and seized power; Zhuangzong, fighting Liang on the river, had no time to inquire and confirmed Jitao as acting governor.

莊宗在魏，以事召監軍張居翰、節度判官任圜。 Zhuangzong was at Wei and summoned army supervisor Zhang Juhang and judge Ren Yuan.

琢等以謂莊宗召居翰等問繼韜事，繼韜且見誅，因以語趣之，繼韜乃遣其弟繼遠入梁，梁末帝即拜繼韜同中書門下平章事。 Zhuo believed Zhuangzong had called them to judge Jitao's treason and pressed him to act; Jitao sent Jiyuan to Liang, and the Last Emperor made him co-chancellor at once.

居數月，莊宗滅梁，繼韜將走契丹，會赦至，乃已，因隨其母朝於京師，繼遠諫曰：「兄為臣子，以反為名，復何面以見天子？ Months later Zhuangzong ended Liang; Jitao nearly fled to the Khitan until amnesty came; he followed his mother to the capital; Jiyuan said: "You rebelled as a subject—what face have you to see the Son of Heaven?

由是莊宗釋繼韜。 Zhuangzong freed Jitao.

李存渥尤切齒，數詆責之，繼韜懷不自安，復賂宦官、伶人求歸鎮，莊宗不許。 Li Cunwo hated him bitterly and often denounced him; uneasy, Jitao bribed eunuchs and actors to plead for his post back—Zhuangzong refused.

繼韜陰使人告繼遠，令起變於軍中，冀天子遣己往安緝之，事泄，斬於天津橋。 He secretly told Jiyuan to stir mutiny in the army so the throne would send him to calm it; exposed, he was beheaded at Tianjin Bridge.

其二子嘗為質於梁，莊宗破梁得之，撫其背曰：「爾幼，猶能佐其父反，長復何為乎？」 Two sons had been Liang hostages; when Zhuangzong took them he stroked their backs and said: "You are children, yet helped your father rebel—what will you do grown?"

從莊宗破潞州夾城。 He followed Zhuangzong when Luzhou's twin siege walls fell.

天祐十三年，從莊宗擊劉鄩於故元城，下洺、磁諸州，六月，還軍振武。 In Tianyou's thirteenth year he followed Zhuangzong against Liu Yun at Old Yuancheng, took Bo and Ci, and in the sixth month marched back to Zhenwu.