Five Dynasties · Ruler

Zhuangzong of Later Tang 唐莊宗

Tang Zhuangzong

Attested c. AD 923

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhuangzong of Later Tang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. AD 923 唐莊宗入汴
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passages 76, 80

Career and standing

execution 殺之
Ordered · With Lady Shi (石氏)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 77

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 76

Events and relationships

Entered Bian
c. AD 923 唐莊宗入汴 · Military · Conqueror · At Bian 汴
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 76

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 13Volume 13: The Later Liang Imperial Family · 4 passages

梁亡，唐莊宗入汴，梁故妃妾，皆號泣迎拜。 When Liang fell and Zhuangzong took Bian, the former Liang women came weeping to bow before him.

賀王友雍妃石氏有色，莊宗召之，石氏慢罵，莊宗殺之。 Youyong, Prince of He, had a beautiful consort, Lady Shi; Zhuangzong called for her, and she cursed him to his face. He had her killed.

初，莊宗之入汴也，末帝登建國樓，謂控鶴指揮使皇甫麟曰：「吾，晉世仇也，不可俟彼刀鋸，卿可盡我命，無使我落仇人之手！」 When Zhuangzong first entered Bian, the Last Emperor climbed the Jianguo Tower and told Huangfu Lin, commander of the Control Crane Guard: “Jin is my hereditary enemy. I will not wait for their steel—finish me, so I never fall into their hands!”

莊宗入汴，命河南張全義葬其屍，藏其首於太社。 Zhuangzong entered Bian and ordered Zhang Quanyi of Henan to bury the body and keep the head in the state altar.