Sui and Tang · Father of Zhu Wen

Zhu Cheng 朱誠

Attested AD 875 - AD 907

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Zhu Cheng was a Father of Zhu Wen.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Wen Mu	文穆	Wenmu
Temple name	Ancestor Lie	烈祖	Liezu
Nickname	Zhu Five Classics	朱五經	Zhu Wujing

Life and dates

Death

Died early · Negated false
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 5

Attested activity

AD 907 开平元年秋七月己亥
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passages 18, 22
AD 875 to AD 884 梁祖父誠蚤卒
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 5

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhu Yu (朱昱)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passages 5, 11
Parent of Zhu Cun (朱存)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passages 5, 11
Parent of Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
father 考 · paternal line
son 子
father 父
paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 22; Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passages 5, 22
Spouse of Empress Dowager Wenhui (文惠皇太后王氏)
Marriage
mother/wife 母
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 22; Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passages 5-6
Child of Zhu Xin (朱信)
paternal line
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passages 21-22

Kinship Role sons · Count 3
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 5

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Confucian scholar 業儒
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 22
Ancestor Lie 烈祖
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 22
Wen Mu 文穆
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 22
Noted
Never held office · Negated true
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 22

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Book of Later Liang 11: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 2 passages

〈（《北夢瑣言》云：梁祖父誠蚤卒，有三子俱幼。 (The 《Scattered Dreams of the Northern Quarter》 records that the Liang founder’s father Cheng died early, with three sons still small.

溫置酒於母，歡甚，語及家事，謂母曰：「朱五經辛苦業儒，不登一命，今有子為節度使，無忝前人矣！」 At a feast for his mother Wen grew merry and said: "Father Zhu Five Classics studied the classics in poverty and never won office—yet his son is now a military commissioner. We have not shamed our ancestors!"

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

考诚谥曰文穆，庙号烈祖，妣王氏谥曰文惠。 his father Cheng the name Wen Mu and temple name Ancestor Lie, and his mother of the Wang clan the name Wen Hui.