Five Dynasties · General

Present Sovereign 今上

Attested AD 959

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Present Sovereign was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 959 顯德六年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 119, passage 43

Career and standing

Director of the Palace Front 殿前都點檢
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 119, passage 95

Events and relationships

Guarded imperial carriage
Military · Guard commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 119, passage 43
Received surrender
Military · Commander · With Yao Neibin (姚內斌) · At Waqiao Pass 瓦橋關
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 119, passage 44

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 119Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 · 4 passages

時帝先期而至，大軍未集，隨駕之士不及一旅，賴今上率材官騎士以衛乘輿。 The Emperor had arrived ahead of the main army; those with the imperial train numbered less than a regiment. The present sovereign led the skilled cavalry to guard the imperial carriage.

癸卯，今上先至瓦橋關，偽守將姚內斌以城降。 On guimao, the present sovereign reached Waqiao Pass first, and the Khitan garrison commander Yao Neibin surrendered the city.

以今上為殿前都點檢，加檢校太傅，依前忠武軍節度使。 The present sovereign was made director of the palace front with acting grand tutor, while remaining military commissioner of Zhongwu Army.

至是，今上始受點檢之命，明年春，果自此職以副人望，則「點檢做」之言乃神符也。 Now the present sovereign first received the inspector-general's appointment; the following spring he did indeed rise from that post to fulfill men's hopes—so the inscription "Inspector-General's post" was a divine omen.