Sui and Tang · Adopted Son of Liang Founder

Zhu Yourang 朱友讓

Attested AD 900 - AD 902

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Zhu Yourang was an Adopted Son of Liang Founder.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Li Rang	李讓	Lǐ Ràng

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 902 天復二年
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passages 3, 6
AD 900 梁祖時
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 105

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
son 子 · Adoptive parentage
adopted son 假子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 4; Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 105
Parent of Gao Jixing (高季興)
son 子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 5

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

At Bian Prefecture 汴州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 3

Events and relationships

Relation Master of · Person Dong Zhang (董璋)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 104

Source notes

From Li Rang 李讓 · To Zhu Yourang 朱友讓
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 105; New History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 4

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 2 passages

幼與高季興、孔循俱事豪士李七郎為童仆。 As a boy he served the swaggering Master Li the Seventh alongside Gao Jixing and Kong Xun as a household page.

李初名讓，常以厚賄奉梁祖，梁祖寵之，因畜為假子，賜姓朱，名友讓。 Li, originally named Rang, lavished bribes on the Liang founder until the emperor favored him, adopted him as a son, granted the Zhu surname, and named him Yourang.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 3 passages

季興少為汴州富人李讓家僮。 As a young man, Jixing served as a household slave in the home of Li Rang, a wealthy man of Bian Prefecture.

梁太祖初鎮宣武，讓以入貲得幸，養為子，易其姓名曰朱友讓。 When the Founding Emperor of Liang first took charge of Xuanyi, Rang won his favor by paying a large contribution and was adopted as a son; his name was then changed to Zhu Yourang.

季興以友讓故得進見，太祖奇其材，命友讓以子畜之，因冒姓朱氏，補制勝軍使，遷毅勇指揮使。 Through Yourang, Jixing obtained an audience with the emperor, who was impressed by his ability and told Yourang to raise him as a son. He thereupon took the Zhu surname for a time, was appointed commissioner of the Victorious Army, and later became commander of the Resolute and Brave Command.