Overview
Later Liang Last Emperor was a ruler.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changed name | Zhen | 瑱 |
Life and dates
Death
- Treatment body collected and buried; head retained at the Grand Altar · Authority Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗) · Agent Person Id Lou Jiying (婁繼英)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 195
- AD 937 晉天福二年五月Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 196-197
- AD 923 一十一年至十月九日Mode omen-fulfillment-reportDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 188, 190-192
- AD 923 龍德三年冬十月戊寅夕Killed with a blade by Huangfu Lin at his own request · Responsible Person Id Consort Guo (妃郭氏) · At beneath the Founding Tower corridor 建國樓之廊下Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 176-179
Age
- Years 36 · Reckoning Source stated · Mode named-source-report Source Work Five Dynasties Institutional CompendiumDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 181
Attested activity
- AD 920 貞明六年夏四月己亥Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 5, 23
- AD 921 龍德元年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 87, 136
- AD 923 龍德三年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 148, 195
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Sibling of You Neng (友能)brother 伯仲 · Uncertain siblingsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 135
- Spouse of Consort Guo (妃郭氏)consort 妃 · Secondary marriageStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 184
- Child of Former Emperor (先帝)father 先帝Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 92
Places and affiliations
- Later Liang 梁Relation RuledDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 9, 194
Works and attributed material
- Edict · Author · Quoted · Summary condemnation, pardon, and demotion of Zhu Youneng · With You Neng (友能) · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 121-136
- Edict · Author · Quoted · Summary appointments for long-unemployed officials and Presented Scholars · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 37-39
- Edict · Author · Quoted · Summary regulation of monastic titles and ordination · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 79-83
- Edict · Author · Quoted · Summary self-reproach, era change to Longde, amnesty, tax relief, rewards, and restoration · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 90-113
- Edict · Author · Quoted · Summary special campaign bounty and its announcement · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 115-117
- Edict · Author · Quoted · Summary war, tax relief, debt limits, commuted punishments, and restoration of demoted officials · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 5-23
Show 3 more source-backed claims
- Speech · Speaker · With Wang Zan (王瓚) · Quoted · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 170
- Speech · Speaker · With Huangfu Lin (皇甫麟) · Quoted · Summary ordered Huangfu Lin to end his life rather than let him be captured · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 176-177
- There are enough pearls.Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 186
Events and relationships
- Bought pearls and said their number was sufficient; the crowd regarded it as an omenPersonal · Buyer · Mode omen-reportDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 186-187
- Ordered armies to defeat Zhu Youneng's rebellionDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 86-88
- Ordered Dong Zhang appointed prefect and sent against Pei YueDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 148
- Relation Rival of · Person Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗) · Duration Years: 10Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 193-194
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment benevolent but lacking martial prowess; intelligent but unable to detect treachery; inherited no accumulated virtue and relied on power-seeking ministers · Outcome A strong enemy arrived and his dynasty ended · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 198
- Assessment Heaven's mandate had a destination, but human planning also caused the failure · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 199
- Item dynastic seal 傳國寶 · Relation Possessed then stolen · Destination Tang emperorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 175
Source notes
- The received sentence is corrupt; contemporaries split characters as one-ten-one and tenth-month eighteenth, with an alternate reading in Prime Tortoise of the Imperial Archives.Field name-omen interpretation · Mode editorial-note Source Work Prime Tortoise of the Imperial ArchivesTextual variant · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 188, 190-191
- Changed nameAD 923 末年 · To Zhen 瑱Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 188
References in the histories
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