Zongrang (宗讓) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zongrang as an aristocrat, military officer, and royal family member. This record brings together 13 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zongrang	宗讓	Zongrang
Title	Duke of Yan	燕國公
Title	Duke of Yan	燕國公	Yan Guogong
Title	Duke of Yan	燕国公
Noble title	Duke of Yan	燕國公	Yàn guó gōng
Title	Prince of Cao	曹王
Title	Prince of Cao	曹王	Cao Wang
Noble title	Prince of Cao	曹王	Cáo wáng
Title	Prince Zongrang of Cao	曹王宗讓
Descriptive kinship	the emperor's younger brother	皇弟
Personal name	Xi Rang	熙讓	Xi Rang
Personal	Xi Rang	熙让
Changed	Xirang	熙讓	Xirang
Personal name	Xirang	熙讓	Xīràng
Personal name	Zongrang	宗讓	Zongrang
Personal	Zongrang	宗让	Zōngràng
Personal name	Zongrang	宗讓	Zōngràng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:119:s0086, jiuwudaishi:122:s0024, xinwudaishi:020:s0070
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:012:s0142, xinwudaishi:012:s0154

Roles

Aristocrat
Military Officer
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月 · Regnal Year: 6 · Lunar Month: 6 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0077
Source Date: Text: 其年八月 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0079
Source Date: Text: 乾德二年 · Western Year: AD 964
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0044
Source Date: Text: 显德六年八月 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0154
Source Date: Text: 显德六年六月 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:012:s0142
Source Date: Text: 顯德六年 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:119:s0086
Source Date: Text: 顯德六年 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0024, jiuwudaishi:122:s0039, jiuwudaishi:122:s0041
Source Date: Text: 顯德六年八月庚寅 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:120:s0040

Family

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Child of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 5
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: younger brother of Gong / 弟 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 5
Sibling of Emperor Gongdi (恭帝)
Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: second son / 第二子 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Birth Order: 2
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: uncertain
Kinship Term: imperial younger brother / 皇弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
Child of Shizong (世宗)
Kinship Term: second son / 第二子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Subject Birth Order: 2
Kinship Term: second son / 第二子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Birth Order: 2

Career and standing

Label: General-in-Chief of the Left Valiant Cavalry / 左驍衛上將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0039
Label: Grand General of the Left Valiant Cavalry Guard / 左驍衞上將軍 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0077
Title: Prince of Cao / 曹王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年八月 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0041
Title: Duke of Yan / 燕國公 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月癸未 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0039
Title: Prince of Cao / 曹王 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八月 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0079
Title: Duke of Yan / 燕國公 · Action: granted
Explicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0077
Title: Duke of Yan / 燕国公 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:012:s0142
Title: Duke of Yan / 燕國公 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:119:s0086
Title: Prince of Cao / 曹王 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:012:s0154

Source notes

Field: enfeoffment-date · Statement: Main biography says enfeoffed as Prince of Cao in Xiande 6; Ouyang account places Cao princely title in the eighth month after Shizong's death, after an earlier Dukedom of Yan. / 本傳云顯德六年封曹王；歐陽史載六月封燕國公，八月更名封曹王 · Witness Person Id: Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0024, jiuwudaishi:122:s0039, jiuwudaishi:122:s0041
Statement: final fate unknown / 不知其所終 · Negated: false
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0044
From: Zongrang / 宗讓 · To: Xi Rang / 熙讓 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年八月 · Western Year: AD 959
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:122:s0041
From: Zongrang / 宗讓 · To: Xirang / 熙讓
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:120:s0040, xinwudaishi:020:s0079

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 119Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 · 1 passage

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以第二子宗讓為左驍衛上將軍，封燕國公。 the second son Zongrang was made general of the Left Tiger Swift Guard and enfeoffed as Duke of Yan.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 120Volume 120 Book of Later Zhou 22: Emperor Gong Annals · 1 passage

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庚寅，皇弟特進檢校太保、左驍衛上將軍、燕國公、食邑三千戶宗讓加檢校太傅，進封曹王，改名熙讓； On gengyin the emperor's younger brother Zongrang, Duke of Yan with three thousand fief households, was given acting Grand Tutor, made Prince of Cao, and renamed Xirang;

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 122Volume 122 Book of Later Zhou 24: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 5 passages

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曹王宗讓，世宗子，顯德六年封。 Prince Zongrang of Cao, another son of Shizong, was enfeoffed in Xiande 6.

〈（《歐陽史·家人傳》云：世宗子七人，長曰宜哥，次二皆未名，次曰恭皇帝，次曰熙讓，次曰熙謹，次曰熙誨，皆不知其母為誰氏，宜哥與其二皆為漢誅。 Ouyang Xiu's family biographies record seven sons of Shizong: the eldest Yige, two younger boys still unnamed, then the future Emperor Gong, then Xi Rang, Xi Jin, and Xi Hui. Their mothers are unknown. Yige and the two unnamed boys were killed by the Later Han.

六月癸未，皇子宗訓特進左衛上將軍，封梁王，而宗讓亦拜左驍衛上將軍，封燕國公。 On guiwei day in the sixth month Prince Zongxun was made General-in-Chief of the Left Guard and Prince of Liang, while Zongrang became General-in-Chief of the Left Valiant Cavalry and Duke of Yan.

其年八月，宗讓更名熙讓，封曹王。 That August Zongrang took the name Xi Rang and was enfeoffed as Prince of Cao.

乾德二年十月，熙謹卒，熙讓、熙誨不知其所終。）〉 Xi Jin died in the tenth month of Qiande 2; what became of Xi Rang and Xi Hui is not recorded. (End of editorial note.)〉

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Later Zhou Annals 3: Shizong, Emperor Gong · 2 passages

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封子宗训为梁王、宗让燕国公。 He enfeoffed Zongxun as Prince of Liang and Zongrang as Duke of Yan.

八月庚寅，封弟熙让为曹王，熙谨纪王，熙诲蕲王。 On gengyin his younger brothers Xi Rang, Xi Jin, and Xi Hui were enfeoffed as Princes of Cao, Ji, and Qi.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20: Shizong of Later Zhou's Family · 4 passages

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世宗子七人：長曰宜哥，次二皆未名，次曰恭皇帝，次曰熙讓，次曰熙謹，次曰熙誨，皆不知其母為誰氏。 Shizong had seven sons: the eldest was called Yige; the next two were never named; then came Emperor Gong, followed by Xirang, Xijin, and Xihui. The identity of each mother is unknown.

而宗讓亦拜左驍衞上將軍，封燕國公。 Zongrang was also appointed Grand General of the Left Valiant Cavalry Guard and enfeoffed as Duke of Yan.

其年八月，宗讓更名熙讓，封曹王。 In the eighth month of that year, Zongrang was renamed Xirang and enfeoffed as Prince of Cao.

熙讓、熙誨，不知其所終。 The final fates of Xirang and Xihui are unknown.