Five Dynasties · Imperial son; grandson of Empress Li

Yanxu 延煦

Yánxù

Attested AD 942 - AD 948

Passages: 14
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Yanxu was an Imperial son; grandson of Empress Li.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 天祿元年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 86, passage 37
AD 942 to AD 947 少帝時期
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 65
AD 948 漢乾祐元年四月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 153
AD 946 開運三年十一月庚寅
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 14
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
Child of Shi Chonggui (石重貴)
imperial son 皇子
eldest son 長子 · Adoptive parentage
eldest son 長子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 86, passages 24, 37; Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 65; Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 68
Sibling of Yanbao (延寶)
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
Spouse of Daughter of Zhao Zaili (趙在禮女)
wife 女
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 66
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 governor of Shanzhou 陜州節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 85, passage 14
military commissioner of Shaanxi (in absentia) 遙領陜西節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 65
military commissioner of Zhenning 鎮寧節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 87, passage 66

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
Taken by Liao emperor
Captivity · Taken · With Liao Emperor of Tianlu (帝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 86, passage 37

References in the histories

Search passages

History

14 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 85Volume 85 Book of Later Jin 11: Emperor Shao 4 · 5 passages

庚寅，樞密使、中書侍郎兼戶部尚書、平章事馮玉加尚書右僕射，以皇子鎮寧軍節度使延煦為陜州節度使，以陜州留後焦繼勛為鳳翔留後，以前定州留後安審琦為邠州留後，以右僕射和凝為左僕射。 On gengyin Feng Yu, Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, Vice Director of the Secretariat, concurrent Minister of Revenue, and Grand Counsellor, was promoted to Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs; Prince Yanxu, military governor of Zhenning, became military governor of Shanzhou; Jiao Jixun, acting prefect of Shanzhou, acting prefect of Fengxiang; An Shenqi, former acting prefect of Dingzhou, acting prefect of Binzhou; and He Ning moved from Right to Left Vice Director.

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.

及永康發離遼陽，取內官十五人、東西班十五人及皇子延煦，並令隨帳上陘，陘即蕃王避暑之地也。 When Yongkang left Liaoyang he took fifteen eunuchs, fifteen eastern and western shift attendants, and Prince Yanxu, and had them follow his camp up to the pass—the Khitan king's summer retreat.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 86Volume 86 Book of Later Jin 12: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 4 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.

五月，帝上陘，取晉侯所從宦者十五人、東西班十五人及皇子延煦而去。 In the fifth month, as the emperor ascended the pass, he took fifteen of the Marquis of Jin's attendants, fifteen men from the eastern and western shifts, and the imperial son Yanxu.

帝以太后自行十餘日，遣與延煦俱還遼陽。 After the empress dowager had traveled on her own for more than ten days, the emperor sent her back to Liaoyang with Yanxu.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 87Volume 87 Book of Later Jin 13: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 5 passages

延煦。 Yanxu.

〈（《五代會要》云：延煦，少帝長子，遙領陜西節度使。 (The Institutions of the Five Dynasties says Yanxu was Emperor Shaodi's eldest son and held in absentia the post of military commissioner of Shaanxi.

《通鑒》云：趙在禮家資為諸帥之最，帝利其富，為皇子鎮寧節度使延煦娶其女，在禮自費緡錢十萬，縣官之費，數倍過之。）〉 The Comprehensive Mirror says Zhao Zaili's family wealth ranked highest among all commanders. The emperor coveted his riches and arranged a marriage between his daughter and Prince Yanxu, military commissioner of Zhenning; Zaili spent a hundred thousand strings of cash himself, while the government's expenditure was several times greater.)〉

《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.

《歐陽史》云：延煦等從帝北遷，後不知其所終。）〉 The Ouyang History says Yanxu and the others followed the emperor northward; afterward their ultimate fates were unknown.)〉