Five Dynasties · Imperial son; grandson of Empress Li

Yanbao 延寶

Yánbǎo

Attested AD 942 - AD 947

Passages: 8
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Yanbao was an Imperial son; grandson of Empress Li.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 942 to AD 947 少帝時期
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 69
AD 947 明年正月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 97
AD 946 開運三年十二月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 68
AD 947 開運四年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 86, passage 24

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Empress Dowager Li (李氏)
grandson 孫男 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 86, passage 24
Descendant of Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
grandson 諸孫 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 70
Sibling of Yanxu (延煦)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
grandson 孫男 · Uncertain siblings
second son 次子 · Full siblings
Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 70; Old History of the Five Dynasties 86, passage 24; Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 68
Child of Shi Chonggui (石重貴)
son 子
second son 次子 · Adoptive parentage
second son 次子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 86, passages 24, 35; Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 69; Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 68
Kin of Shi Chonggui (石重貴)
younger cousin 從子 · paternal line
Textual variant · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 71

Key source chapters

Career and standing

military commissioner of Lu (in absentia) 遙領魯州節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 69

Events and relationships

Followed north
Travel · Subject · With Shi Chonggui (石重貴)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 72
Presented memorial
Diplomatic · Envoy · With Empress Dowager Li (李氏)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 86, passage 24

References in the histories

Search passages

History

8 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 85Volume 85 Book of Later Jin 11: Emperor Shao 4 · 3 passages

所有國寶一面、金印三面，今遣長子陜府節度使延煦、次子曹州節度使延寶管押進納，並奉表請罪，陳謝以聞。 I send the state seal and three gold seals under escort of my eldest son Yanxu, military governor of Shan, and my second son Yanbao, military governor of Caozhou, with this memorial begging your pardon.

己卯，皇子延煦、延寶自帳中回，得敵詔慰撫，帝表謝之。 On jimao Princes Yanxu and Yanbao returned from the Khitan camp with a comforting edict, and the emperor sent a memorial of thanks.

癸卯，帝與皇太后李氏、皇太妃安氏、皇后馮氏、皇弟重睿、皇子延煦延寶俱北行，以宮嬪五十人、內官三十人、東西班五十人、醫官一人、控鶴官四人、禦廚七人、茶酒三人、儀鸞司三人、軍健二十人從行。 On guimao the emperor went north with Empress Dowager Li, Grand Imperial Consort An, Empress Feng, his brother Chongrui, and Princes Yanxu and Yanbao, attended by fifty palace women, thirty eunuchs, fifty court attendants, a physician, four Crane-Control officers, seven imperial cooks, three tea and wine servants, three from the Ceremonial Parasol bureau, and twenty guards.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 86Volume 86 Book of Later Jin 12: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 2 passages

今遣孫男延煦、延寶奉表請罪，陳謝以聞。」 Now I send my grandsons Yanxu and Yanbao to present this memorial begging forgiveness and to declare my apology for your hearing."

子延煦延寶，舉族從晉侯而北。 together with the sons Yanxu and Yanbao, the whole clan followed the Marquis of Jin northward.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 87Volume 87 Book of Later Jin 13: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 3 passages

延寶。 Yanbao.

〈（《五代會要》：延寶，少帝次子，遙領魯州節度使。 (The Institutions of the Five Dynasties: Yanbao was Emperor Shaodi's second son and held in absentia the post of military commissioner of Lu.

《通鑒》云：延煦及弟延寶皆高祖諸孫，帝養以為子。 The Comprehensive Mirror says Yanxu and his younger brother Yanbao were all Gaozu's grandsons; the emperor raised them as sons.