Five Dynasties · Ruler

Zhuangzong 莊宗

Zhuāngzōng

First attested AD 923; died AD 926

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhuangzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

AD 926 莊宗遇弒
assassinated 遇弒
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 88

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗時
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 87
AD 926 莊宗遇弒
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 88

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Lady Xia (夏氏)
favored consort 幸 · Concubinage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 89

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 87

Events and relationships

Multiplied consort titles
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗時 · Harem · Ruler
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 87

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14: Taizu of Later Tang's Family · 4 passages

自唐末喪亂，后妃之制不備，至莊宗時，後宮之數尤多，有昭容、昭儀、昭媛、出使、禦正、侍真、懿才、咸一、瑤芳、懿德、宣一等，其餘名號，不可勝紀。 After Tang’s fall the harem rites were broken; under Zhuangzong titles multiplied beyond count—Zhaorong, Zhaoyi, Zhaoyuan, and dozens more.

莊宗遇弒，後宮散走，朱守殷入宮，選得三十餘人。 At the assassination the harem fled; Zhu Shouyin took thirty-odd women.

虢國夫人夏氏以嘗幸於莊宗，守殷不敢留。 Lady Xia of Guo, whom Zhuangzong had favored, Shouyin dared not keep.

明宗立，悉放莊宗時宮人還其家，獨夏氏無所歸，乃以河陽節度使夏魯奇同姓也，因以歸之，後嫁契丹突欲李贊華。 Mingzong sent Zhuangzong’s women home; only Lady Xia remained and was given to Xia Luqi of Heyang for the shared surname, then married the Khitan prince Li Zanhua.