Five Dynasties · Royal Family Member

Human Emperor King 人皇王

Rén huáng wáng

Attested AD 926 - AD 947

Passages: 9
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Human Emperor King was a Royal Family Member.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Yielding-the-Realm Emperor	讓國皇帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 929 天顯四年
Directly stated · History of Liao 58, passage 21
AD 926 太祖崩後
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 127
AD 947 橫渡議和時追述
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 46

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Emperor Shizong (世宗)
direct eldest son 嫡長
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passages 138, 192
Child of Shulu (舒嚕氏)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 77, passage 50
Child of Taizu (太祖)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passages 22, 46

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Liao 58, passage 21; History of Liao 77, passage 46

Works and attributed material

Subject · fled to Tang
Directly stated · History of Liao 77, passage 50

Events and relationships

Welcomed with imperial carriage and feathered guard
AD 929 天顯四年 · Ritual · Host · With Emperor Taizong of Liao (遼太宗)
Directly stated · History of Liao 58, passage 21

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

History of Liao, Chapter 58Volume 58 Treatises 28: Ceremonial Guards 4 · 1 passage

天顯四年，太宗幸遼陽府，人皇王備乘輿羽衛以迎。 In the fourth year of the Tianxian era (929), Emperor Taizong visited Liaoyang Prefecture, and the Human Emperor King prepared the imperial carriage and feathered guard to welcome him.

History of Liao, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 7: Yelu Wuzhi, Yelu Hou, Yelu Antuan, Yelu Wa, Yelu Tuiyu, Yelu Talie · 8 passages

屋質借謁者籌執之，謂太后曰：「昔人皇王在，何故立嗣聖？」 Wuzhi took a counting stick from an attendant and, holding it, asked the empress dowager, "When Emperor Ren was still alive, why did you enthrone Emperor Sisheng?"

帝曰：「人皇王當立而不立，所以去之。」 The emperor said, "Emperor Ren should have been enthroned but was not—that is why I removed him."

屋質正色曰：「人皇王舍父母之國而奔唐，子道當如是耶？ Wuzhi said sternly, "Emperor Ren abandoned his parents' realm and fled to Tang—is that how a son should behave?

秋，上祭讓國皇帝於行宮，與群臣皆醉，察割弒帝。 That autumn the emperor sacrificed to the Yielding-the-Realm Emperor at the traveling palace; he and all his ministers were drunk when Chage assassinated him.

今東丹王赴朝，當立。 and that the Prince of Eastern Dan, now coming to court, should be enthroned.

以黨附東丹王，詔下獄，訊鞫，加以炮烙。 Accused of siding with the Prince of Eastern Dan, he was imprisoned by edict, interrogated, and tortured with branding irons.

安摶曰：「大王聰安寬恕，人皇王之嫡長； Antuan said, "Your Highness is wise, calm, and magnanimous, the eldest son of Emperor Ren by the direct line;

窪與耶律吼定策立世宗，乃令諸將曰：「大行上賓，神器無主，永康王人皇王之嫡長，天人所屬，當立； Wa and Yelu Hou resolved to enthrone Shizong, then told the generals, "The late emperor has departed; the throne stands vacant. Prince Yongkang is the direct eldest son of Emperor Ren and Heaven's chosen heir—he should be enthroned;