Early Prince of Jin (晉王)

Overview

Early Prince of Jin was an Early ruler of Jin.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 883 to AD 905 Yang Shihou's early Jin service
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 3

Career and standing

Prince of Jin 晉王
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 3

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 1 passage

Open chapter

少事河陽李罕之，罕之降晉，選其麾下勁卒百人獻於晉王，師厚在籍中。 As a youth he served Li Hanzhi of Heyang. When Hanzhi went over to Jin, he picked a hundred of his best men and sent them to the Prince of Jin; Shihou was one of them.