曄 Yè
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昭宗
昭宗聖穆景文孝皇帝諱曄，懿宗第七子也。母曰恭憲皇太后王氏。始封壽王。乾符三年，領幽州盧龍軍節度使。僖宗遇亂再出奔，壽王握兵侍左右，尤見倚信。
文德元年三月，僖宗疾大漸，羣臣以吉王長，且欲立之。觀軍容使楊復恭率兵迎壽王，立為皇太弟，改名敏。乙巳，即皇帝位于柩前。
四月戊辰，孫儒陷揚州，自稱淮南節度使，楊行密奔于廬州。庚午，追尊母為皇太后。韋昭度為中書令，孔緯為司空。乙亥，張全義陷孟州，李罕之奔于河東。成汭陷江陵，自稱留後。辛卯，朱全忠及秦宗權戰于蔡州，敗之。
五月壬寅，趙德諲以襄州降，以德諲為忠義軍節度使、蔡州四面行營副都統。
六月，閬州防禦使王建陷漢州，執刺史張頊，遂寇成都。韋昭度罷為劍南西川節度副大使，兼兩川招撫制置使。
十月，陳敬瑄反。辛卯，葬惠聖恭定孝皇帝于靖陵。
十一月丙申，秦宗權陷許州，執忠武軍節度使王縕。辛酉，奉國軍將申叢執秦宗權。
十二月丁亥，韋昭度為行營招討使，及永平軍節度使王建討陳敬瑄。山南西道節度使楊守厚陷夔州。
龍紀元年正月癸巳，大赦，改元。翰林學士承旨、兵部侍郎劉崇望同中書門下平章事。壬子，宣武軍將郭璠殺奉國軍留後申叢，自稱留後。
二月戊辰，朱全忠俘秦宗權以獻。己丑，宗權伏誅。
三月，孔緯為司徒，杜讓能為司空。丙申，錢鏐陷蘇州，逐刺史徐約。
六月，李克用寇邢州。昭義軍節度使孟方立卒，其弟遷自稱留後。楊行密陷宣州，宣歙觀察使趙鍠死之。廬州刺史蔡儔叛附于孫儒。
八月甲戌，孟遷叛附于李克用。
Zhaozong
Zhaozong (posthumous title: Shengmu Jingwen Xiao Huangdi), whose personal name was Ye, was the seventh son of Yizong. His mother was Empress Dowager Gongxian, of the Wang family. He was first enfeoffed as Prince of Shou. In the third year of Qianfu, he held the post of Military Commissioner of the Lulong Army of You Prefecture. When Xizong met with disorder and twice fled the capital, the Prince of Shou commanded troops and attended at his side, and was especially relied on and trusted. Edit
In the first year of Wende, in the third month, Xizong's illness became grave. Because the Prince of Ji was the elder, the assembled officials meant to set him up. Yang Fugong, Commissioner for the Supervision of the Armies, led troops to meet the Prince of Shou and made him Imperial Younger Brother and Heir, changing his name to Min. On the yisi day, he took the imperial throne before the coffin. Edit
In the fourth month, on the wuchen day, Sun Ru took Yang Prefecture and proclaimed himself Military Commissioner of Huainan, and Yang Xingmi fled to Lu Prefecture. On the gengwu day, the emperor posthumously honoured his mother as Empress Dowager. Wei Zhaodu was made Secretariat Director and Kong Wei Grand Minister of Works. On the yihai day, Zhang Quanyi took Meng Prefecture, and Li Hanzhi fled to Hedong. Cheng Rui took Jiangling and proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. On the xinmao day, Zhu Quanzhong fought Qin Zongquan at Cai Prefecture and defeated him. Edit
In the fifth month, on the renyin day, Zhao Deyin surrendered Xiang Prefecture, and Deyin was made Military Commissioner of the Zhongyi Army and Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Field Armies on All Fronts against Cai Prefecture. Edit
In the sixth month, Wang Jian, Defence Commissioner of Lang Prefecture, took Han Prefecture, seized its Prefect Zhang Xu, and then raided Chengdu. Wei Zhaodu was dismissed as chief minister and made Vice Military Commissioner of Jiannan West Circuit and concurrently Pacification and Control Commissioner for the Two Chuan. Edit
In the tenth month, Chen Jingxuan rebelled. On the xinmao day, Emperor Huisheng Gongding Xiao was buried at the Jing Mausoleum. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the bingshen day, Qin Zongquan took Xu Prefecture and seized Wang Yun, Military Commissioner of the Zhongwu Army. On the xinyou day, Shen Cong, an officer of the Fengguo Army, seized Qin Zongquan. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the dinghai day, Wei Zhaodu was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Field Army, and with Wang Jian, Military Commissioner of the Yongping Army, attacked Chen Jingxuan. Yang Shouhou, Military Commissioner of Shannan West Circuit, took Kui Prefecture. Edit
In the first year of Longji, in the first month, on the guisi day, there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. Liu Chongwang, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of War, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the renzi day, Guo Fan, an officer of the Xuanwu Army, killed Shen Cong, Acting Military Commissioner of the Fengguo Army, and proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the second month, on the wuchen day, Zhu Quanzhong took Qin Zongquan prisoner and presented him to the court. On the jichou day, Zongquan was executed. Edit
In the third month, Kong Wei was made Grand Minister of Education and Du Rangneng Grand Minister of Works. On the bingshen day, Qian Liu took Su Prefecture and drove out its Prefect, Xu Yue. Edit
In the sixth month, Li Keyong raided Xing Prefecture. Meng Fangli, Military Commissioner of the Zhaoyi Army, died, and his younger brother Qian proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Yang Xingmi took Xuan Prefecture, and Zhao Huang, Surveillance Commissioner of Xuanshe, died in its defence. Cai Chou, Prefect of Lu Prefecture, rebelled and joined Sun Ru. Edit
In the eighth month, on the jiaxu day, Meng Qian rebelled and joined Li Keyong. Edit
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十月，平盧軍節度使王敬武卒，其子師範自稱留後，陷棣州，刺史張蟾死之。宣歙觀察使楊行密陷常州，刺史杜陵死之。錢鏐陷潤州。
十一月丁未，朝獻于太清宮。戊申，朝享于太廟。己酉，有事于南郊，大赦。
十二月，孫儒陷常、潤二州。戊午，孔緯為太保，杜讓能為司徒。壬申，眉州刺史山行章叛附于王建。
大順元年正月戊子，羣臣上尊號曰聖文睿德光武弘孝皇帝，大赦，改元。壬寅，簡州將杜有遷執其刺史員虔嵩，叛附于王建。
二月己未，資州將侯元綽執其刺史楊戡，叛附于建。
三月戊申，昭義軍節度使李克脩卒，其弟克恭自稱留後。
四月丙辰，宿州將張筠逐其刺史張紹光。丙寅，嘉州刺史朱實叛附于王建。丙子，戎州將文武堅執其刺史謝承恩，叛附于建。
五月，張濬為河東行營都招討宣慰使，京兆尹孫揆副之；幽州盧龍軍節度使李匡威為北面招討使，雲州防禦使赫連鐸副之；朱全忠為南面招討使，王鎔為東面招討使，以討李克用。壬寅，昭義軍將安居受殺其節度使李克恭，叛附于朱全忠。癸丑，劍南東川節度使顧彥朗卒，其弟彥暉自稱留後。
六月辛酉，雅州將謝從本殺其刺史張承簡，叛附于王建。辛未，朱全忠為河東東面行營招討使。是月，河東將安知建以邢、洺、磁三州叛附于全忠。
七月，楊行密陷潤州。戊申，李克用執昭義軍節度使孫揆。
八月，錢鏐殺蘇州刺史杜孺休。楊行密陷蘇州。淮南節度使孫儒陷潤州。庚午，朱全忠為中書令。
九月，李克用陷潞州。楊行密陷潤、常二州。
閏月，孫儒陷常州。壬戌，邛州將任可知殺其刺史毛湘。
十月癸未，蜀州刺史李行周叛附于王建。李克用陷邢、洺、磁三州。
十一月丁卯，李匡威陷蔚州。是月，張濬及李克用戰于陰地，敗績。孫儒陷蘇州。
十二月，李克用陷晉州。
二年正月庚申，孔緯、張濬罷。翰林學士承旨、兵部侍郎崔昭緯，御史中丞徐彥若為戶部侍郎：同中書門下平章事。甘露鎮使陳可言陷常州。錢鏐陷蘇州。
二月乙巳，赦陳敬瑄。丁未，詔王建罷兵，不受命。
是春，淮南大饑。
四月庚辰，有彗星入于太微。甲申，大赦，避正殿，減膳，徹樂。賜兩軍金帛，贖所略男女還其家。民年八十以上及疾不能自存者，長吏存卹。訪武德功臣子孫。癸卯，王建寇成都。
五月，孫儒陷和、滁二州。
六月，楊行密陷和、滁二州。丙午，封子祐為德王。
七月，李克用陷雲州，防禦使赫連鐸奔于退渾。孫儒焚揚州以逃。
八月庚子，王建陷成都，執劍南西川節度使陳敬瑄，自稱留後。
十月壬午，朱全忠陷宿州。
十一月己未，曹州將郭銖殺其刺史郭詞，叛附于全忠。辛未，全忠陷壽州。
景福元年正月己未，朱全忠陷孟州，逐河陽節度使趙克裕。丙寅，大赦，改元。
二月，劉崇望罷。錢鏐陷蘇州。甲申，朱全忠寇鄆州，天平軍節度使朱宣敗之。
三月，戶部尚書鄭延昌為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。乙巳，楊行密陷楚州，執刺史劉瓚；又陷常州，刺史陳可言死之。丙辰，武定軍節度使楊守忠、龍劍節度使楊守貞會楊守厚兵寇梓州。丙寅，福建觀察使陳巖卒，護閩都將范暉自稱留後。庚午，泉州刺史王潮寇福州。
四月辛巳，杜讓能為太尉。
六月戊寅，楊行密陷揚州。己巳，鳳翔隴右節度使李茂貞陷鳳州，感義軍節度使滿存奔于興元，遂陷興、洋二州。
八月壬申，寇興元，楊守亮、滿存奔于閬州。丙戌，降京畿、關輔囚罪，免淮南、浙西、宣州逋負。
十月，蔡儔以廬州叛附于朱全忠，河東將李存孝以邢州叛附于全忠。
十一月，有星孛于斗、牛。辛丑，武寧軍將張璲、張諫以濠、泗二州叛附于朱全忠。乙巳，朱友裕陷濮州，執刺史邵儒。孫儒將王壇陷婺州，刺史蔣瓌奔于越州。
是歲，明州刺史鍾文季卒，其將黃晟自稱刺史。
二年正月，徐彥若罷為鳳翔隴右節度使，李茂貞為山南西道節度使。茂貞不受命。
二月，楊行密陷常州。
三月辛酉，幽州盧龍軍兵馬留後李匡籌逐其兄匡威，自稱節度留後。
四月乙亥，王建殺陳敬瑄及劍南西川監軍田令孜。乙酉，有彗星入于太微。丁亥，王鎔殺李匡威。戊子，朱全忠陷徐州，武寧軍節度使時溥死之。
五月庚子，王潮陷福州，范暉死之，潮自稱留後。
七月，楊行密陷廬州，蔡儔死之。
八月丙申，嗣覃王嗣周為京西面招討使，神策大將軍李鐬副之，以討李茂貞。庚子，昇州刺史張雄卒，其將馮弘鐸自稱刺史。是月，楊行密陷歙州。
九月壬午，嗣覃王嗣周及李茂貞戰于興平，敗績。甲申，茂貞犯京師。乙酉，茂貞殺觀軍容使西門重遂、內樞密使李周𧬤、段詡。貶杜讓能為梧州刺史。壬辰，東都留守、檢校司徒韋昭度為司徒，御史中丞崔胤為戶部侍郎：同中書門下平章事。是月，昇州刺史馮弘鐸叛附于楊行密。
十月乙未，殺杜讓能及戶部侍郎杜弘徽。楊行密陷舒州。
十二月，韋昭度為太傅。邵州刺史鄧處訥陷潭州，欽化軍節度使周岳死之，處訥自稱留後。
是歲，建州刺史徐歸範、汀州刺史鍾全慕叛附于王潮。
乾寧元年正月，有星孛于鶉首。乙丑，大赦，改元。李茂貞以兵來朝。
二月，右散騎常侍鄭綮為禮部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。彰義軍節度使張鈞卒，其兄鐇自稱留後。
三月甲申，李克用寇邢州，執李存孝殺之。
五月丙子，王建陷彭州，威戎軍節度使楊晟死之。是月，鄭延昌罷。孫儒將劉建鋒、馬殷陷潭州，武安軍節度使鄧處訥死之，建鋒自稱留後。武岡指揮使蔣勛陷邵州。
六月，大同軍防禦使赫連鐸及李克用戰于雲州，死之。戊午，翰林學士承旨、禮部尚書李磎同中書門下平章事。庚申，磎罷。御史大夫徐彥若為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
七月，以雨霖避正殿，減膳。鄭綮罷。李茂貞陷閬州。
八月，楊守亮伏誅。癸巳，減京畿、興元、洋金商州賦役。
九月庚申，李克用陷潞州，昭義軍節度使康君立死之。
十月丁酉，封子祤為棣王，禊虔王，禋沂王，禕遂王。
十一月，李克用陷武州。
十二月，陷新州。甲寅，幽州盧龍軍節度使李匡籌奔于滄州，義昌軍節度使盧彥威殺之。丙辰，李克用陷幽州。
是冬，楊行密陷黃州，執刺史吳討。
二年正月己巳，給事中陸希聲為戶部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。壬申，護國軍節度使王重盈卒，其子珂自稱留後。
二月乙未，太子太傅李磎為戶部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
三月，崔胤、李磎罷。戶部侍郎、判戶部王摶為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。楊行密陷濠州，執刺史張璲。庚午，河東地震。
四月，蘇州大雨雪。陸希聲、韋昭度罷。泰寧軍節度使朱瑾及朱全忠戰于高梧，敗績，其將安福慶死之。楊行密陷壽州，執刺史江從勗。
五月甲子，靜難軍節度使王行瑜、鎮國軍節度使韓建及李茂貞犯京師，殺太保致仕韋昭度、太子少師李磎。是月，李克用陷絳州，刺史王瑤死之。
六月庚寅，鎮海軍節度使錢鏐為浙江東道招討使。癸巳，吏部尚書孔緯為司空，兼門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
七月丙辰，李克用以兵屯于河中。戊午，匡國軍節度使王行約奔于京師。庚申，左右神策軍護軍中尉駱全瓘劉景宣、指揮使王行實李繼鵬反。行在莎城。嗣薛王知柔權知中書事。壬戌，李克用陷同州。甲子，次石門。前護國軍節度使崔胤為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
八月戊戌，李克用為邠寧四面行營招討使，保大軍節度使李思孝為北面招討使，定難軍節度使李思諫為東北面招討使，彰義軍節度使張鐇為西面招討使。辛丑，李克用為邠寧四面行營都統。李繼鵬伏誅。赦李茂貞。辛亥，至自石門。壬子，崔昭緯罷。
九月丙辰，徐彥若為司空。癸亥，孔緯薨。前昭義軍節度使李罕之為邠寧四面行營副都統。
十月，京兆尹孫偓為戶部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。丙戌，李克用及王行瑜戰于梨園，敗之。庚寅，王行約焚寧州以逃。義武軍節度使王處存卒，其子郜自稱留後。
十一月丁巳，李克用及王行瑜戰于龍泉，敗之。辛酉，衢州刺史陳儒卒，其弟岌自稱刺史。丁卯，王行瑜伏誅。壬申，齊州刺史朱瓊叛附于朱全忠。丁丑，王建陷利州，刺史李繼顒死之。
十二月癸未，赦京師，復大順以來削奪官爵非其罪者。甲申，閬州防禦使李繼雍、蓬州刺史費存、渠州刺史陳璠叛附于王建。丙申，建寇梓州。戊戌，通州刺史李彥昭叛附于建。
是歲，安州防禦使宣晟陷桂州，靜江軍節度使周元靜部將劉士政死之，晟自稱知軍府事。
三年正月癸丑，王建陷龍州，刺史田昉死之。
閏月丁亥，果州刺史周雄叛附于建。
四月壬子，武安軍亂，殺其節度使劉建鋒，其將馬殷自稱留後。
五月癸未，楊行密陷蘇州，執刺史成及；陷光州，刺史劉存死之。庚寅，成汭陷黔州，武泰軍節度使王建肇奔于成都。乙未，董昌伏誅。是月，蘄州刺史馮行章叛附于楊行密。
六月庚戌，李茂貞犯京師，嗣延王戒丕禦之。丙寅，及茂貞戰于婁館，敗績。
七月癸巳，行在渭北。甲午，韓建來朝，次華州。乙巳，崔胤罷。丙午，翰林學士承旨、尚書左丞陸扆為戶部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
八月甲寅，王摶罷。乙丑，國子毛詩搏士朱朴為左諫議大夫、同中書門下平章事。
九月乙未，武安軍節度使崔胤為中書侍郎，翰林學士承旨、兵部侍郎崔遠：同中書門下平章事。丁酉，貶陸扆為峽州刺史。
十月，李克用及羅弘信戰于白龍潭，敗之。壬子，孫偓持節鳳翔四面行營節度、諸軍都統、招討、處置使。戊午，威勝軍節度使王摶為吏部尚書、同中書門下平章事。
十一月戊子，忠國軍節度使李師悅卒，其子繼徽自稱留後。
四年正月乙酉，韓建以兵圍行宮，殺扈蹕都將李筠。丙申，朱全忠陷鄆州，天平軍節度使朱宣死之。己亥，孫偓罷都統。
二月，朱全忠寇兗州，泰寧軍節度使朱瑾奔于淮南，其子用貞以兗州叛附于全忠。全忠陷沂、海、密三州。保義軍節度使王珙寇河中。韓建殺太子詹事馬道殷、將作監許巖士。楊行密為江南諸道行營都統。癸丑，王建陷瀘州，刺史馬敬儒死之。己未，立德王裕為皇太子，大赦，饗于行廟。辛未，王建陷渝州。乙亥，孫偓、朱朴罷。
五月壬午，朱全忠陷黃州，刺史矍璋死之。
六月，貶王建為南州刺史。以李茂貞為劍南西川節度使，嗣覃王嗣周為鳳翔隴右節度使，茂貞不受命，嗣周及茂貞戰于奉天，敗績。
八月，韓建殺通王滋、沂王禋、韶王、彭王、嗣韓王、嗣陳王、嗣覃王嗣周、嗣延王戒丕、嗣丹王允。
九月，錢鏐陷湖州，忠國軍節度使李繼徽奔于淮南。彰義軍節度使張璉為鳳翔西北行營招討使，靜難軍節度使李思諫為鳳翔四面行營副都統，以討李茂貞。
十月壬子，遂州刺史侯紹叛附于王建。乙卯，合州刺史王仁威叛附于建。庚申，建陷梓州，劍南東川節度使顧彥暉死之。甲子，封子祕為景王，祚輝王，祺祁王。
十一月癸酉，楊行密及朱全忠戰于清口，敗之。丙子，錢鏐陷台州。
十二月丁未，威武軍節度使王潮卒，其弟審知自稱留後。
光化元年正月，徐彥若為司徒。
二月，赦李茂貞。
三月，幽州盧龍軍節度使劉仁恭之子守文陷滄州，義昌軍節度使盧彥威奔于汴州。
四月丙寅，立淑妃何氏為皇后。
五月己巳，大赦。辛未，朱全忠陷洺州，刺史邢善益死之；又陷邢州。壬午，陷磁州，刺史袁奉韜死之。是月，馬殷陷邵、衡、永三州，刺史蔣勛、楊師遠、唐旻死之。
七月丙申，朱全忠陷唐州，又陷隋州，執刺史趙匡璘。
八月戊午，陷鄧州，執刺史國湘。壬戌，至自華州。甲子，大赦，改元。
九月丙子，有星隕于北方。甲申，錢鏐陷蘇州。
十月，魏博節度使羅弘信卒，其子紹威自稱留後。己亥，朱全忠陷安州，刺史武瑜死之。
十一月，衢州刺史陳岌叛附于楊行密。甲寅，封子禛為雅王，祥瓊王。
十二月癸未，李罕之陷潞州，自稱節度留後。李克用陷澤州。
二年正月乙未，給復綿、劍二州二年。丁未，崔胤罷。兵部尚書陸扆同中書門下平章事。是月，李罕之陷沁州。劉仁恭陷貝州。
二月甲子，朱全忠陷蔡州，奉國軍節度使崔洪奔于淮南。
三月丁巳，全忠陷澤州。
六月丁丑，保義軍亂，殺其節度使王珙，其將李璠叛附于全忠。
七月壬辰，海州戍將陳漢賓以其州叛附于楊行密。馬殷陷道州，刺史蔡結死之。
八月，李克用陷澤、潞、懷三州。
十一月，徐彥若為太保，王摶為司空。馬殷陷郴、連二州，刺史陳彥謙、魯景仁死之。辛丑，保義軍將朱簡殺其節度使李璠，叛附于朱全忠。
三年四月辛未，皇后及皇太子享于太廟。
六月丁卯，清海軍節度使崔胤為尚書左僕射，兼門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事。王摶罷。己巳，殺之。
七月，浙江溢。
八月庚辰，李克用陷洺州，執刺史朱紹宗。
九月，朱全忠陷洺州。錢鏐陷婺州，刺史王壇奔于宣州。衢州刺史陳岌叛附于錢鏐。乙巳，徐彥若罷。丙午，崔遠罷。戊申，刑部尚書裴贄為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。甲寅，朱全忠陷瀛州。
十月丙辰，陷景州，執刺史劉仁霸。辛酉，陷莫州。辛巳，陷祁州，刺史楊約死之。甲申，陷定州，義武軍節度使王郜奔于太原。
十一月己丑，左右神策軍中尉劉季述王仲先、內樞密使王彥範薛齊偓作亂，皇帝居于少陽院。辛卯，季述以皇太子裕為皇帝。丁未，太白晝見。
十二月，劉季述殺睦王倚。
是歲，馬殷陷桂、宜、巖、柳、象五州。睦州刺史陳晟卒，其弟詢自稱刺史。
天復元年正月乙酉，左神策軍將孫德昭、董彥弼、周承誨以兵討亂，皇帝復于位。劉季述、薛齊偓伏誅，降封皇太子裕為德王。戊申，朱全忠陷絳州。壬子，崔胤為司空。朱全忠陷晉州。
二月甲寅，以旱避正殿，減膳。戊辰，朱全忠陷河中，執護國軍節度使王珂。辛未，封全忠為梁王。是月，翰林學士、戶部侍郎王溥為中書侍郎，吏部侍郎裴樞為戶部侍郎：同中書門下平章事。
三月辛亥，昭義軍節度使孟遷叛附于朱全忠。
四月壬子，全忠陷沁、澤二州。丁巳，儀州刺史張鄂叛附于全忠。甲戌，享于太廟。丙子，大赦，改元。武德、貞觀配饗功臣主祭子孫敍進之，介公、酅公後予一子九品正員官。免光化以來畿內逋負。
五月，李茂貞來朝。
六月，李克用陷隰、慈二州。
十月戊戌，朱全忠犯京師。
十一月己酉，陷同州。壬子，如鳳翔。丁巳，朱全忠陷華州，鎮國軍節度使韓建叛附于全忠。辛酉，兵部侍郎盧光啟權勾當中書事。癸亥，李茂貞及朱全忠戰于武功，敗績。丁卯，盧光啟為右諫議大夫，參知機務。戊辰，朱全忠犯鳳翔。辛未，陷邠州，靜難軍節度使李繼徽叛附于全忠。甲戌，崔胤、裴樞罷。
十二月，鍾傳陷吉州。
是歲，清海軍節度使徐彥若卒，行軍司馬劉隱自稱留後。武貞軍節度使雷滿卒，其子彥威自稱留後。
二年正月丁卯，給事中韋貽範為工部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。丙子，給事中嚴龜為汴、岐和協使。
二月己亥，盜發簡陵。王建陷利州，昭武軍節度使李繼忠奔于鳳翔。
三月庚戌，晝晦。癸丑，朱全忠陷汾州。乙卯，浙西大雨雪。戊午，朱全忠陷慈、隰二州。丁卯，李克用陷汾、慈、隰三州。
四月，盧光啟罷。丙申，溫州刺史朱褒卒，其兄敖自稱刺史。楊行密陷昇州。
五月丙午，李茂貞及朱全忠戰于武功，敗績。庚午，韋貽範罷。
六月丙子，中書舍人蘇檢為工部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。丙戌，朱全忠陷鳳州。
七月甲辰，陷成州。乙巳，陷隴州。
八月己亥，韋貽範起復。辛丑，王建陷興元，山南西道節度使王萬弘叛附于建。
九月戊申，李茂貞及朱全忠戰于槐林，敗績。武定軍節度使拓拔思恭叛附于王建。
十月癸酉，楊行密為東面諸道行營都統，及湖南節度使馬殷討朱全忠。王建陷興州。
十一月癸卯，保大軍節度使李茂勳以兵援鳳翔。丙辰，韋貽範薨。
十二月癸巳，溫州將丁章逐其刺史朱敖。己亥，朱全忠陷鄜州，保大軍節度使李茂勳叛附于全忠。
是歲，盧光稠陷韶州。岳州刺史鄧進思卒，其弟進忠自稱刺史。
三年正月丙午，平盧軍節度使王師範取兗州。戊申，殺左右神策軍護軍中尉韓全誨張彥弘、內樞密使袁易簡周敬容。辛亥，翰林學士姚洎為汴、岐和協使。壬子，工部尚書崔胤為司空，兼門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事。甲子，幸朱全忠軍。己巳，至自鳳翔，哭于太廟，大赦。庚午，崔胤及朱全忠殺中官七百餘人。辛未，胤判六軍十二衞事。丁章伏誅。
二月，雨土。甲戌，貶陸扆為沂王傅，分司東都。丙子，王溥罷。朱全忠殺蘇檢、吏部侍郎盧光啟。戊寅，降京畿、河中鳳翔興德府、同邠鄜三州死罪以下。己卯，輝王祚為諸道兵馬都元帥；庚辰，朱全忠為太尉、中書令，副之。崔胤為司徒。乙未，清海軍節度使裴樞為門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
三月，朱全忠陷青州。楊行密陷密州，刺史劉康乂死之。
四月己卯，朱全忠判元帥府事。
五月壬子，荊南節度使成汭及楊行密戰于君山，死之。武貞軍節度使雷彥威之弟彥恭陷江陵。
六月乙亥，朱全忠陷登州。
九月，楊行密殺奉國軍節度使朱延壽。辛亥，朱全忠陷棣州，刺史邵播死之；陷密州。戊午，平盧軍節度使王師範叛附于全忠。
十月，忠義軍將趙匡明陷江陵，自稱留後。王建陷忠、萬、施三州。甲戌，陷夔州。丁丑，平盧軍將劉鄩以兗州叛附于朱全忠。
十二月，裴贄罷。楊行密陷宣州，寧國軍節度使田頵死之。辛巳，禮部尚書獨孤損為兵部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。丙申，朱全忠殺尚書左僕射致仕張濬。
天祐元年正月乙巳，崔胤罷。裴樞判左三軍事，獨孤損判右三軍事。兵部尚書崔遠為中書侍郎，翰林學士、右拾遺柳璨為右諫議大夫：同中書門下平章事。己酉，朱全忠殺太子少傅崔胤及京兆尹鄭元規、威遠軍使陳班。戊午，全忠遷唐都于洛陽。
二月丙寅，日中見北斗。戊寅，次陝州。朱全忠來朝。甲申，封子禎為端王，祁豐王，福和王，禧登王，祜嘉王。
三月丁未，朱全忠兼判左右神策及六軍諸衞事。
閏四月壬寅，次穀水。朱全忠來朝。甲辰，至自西都。享于太廟。大風，雨土。乙巳，大赦，改元。
六月，靜難軍節度使楊崇本會李克用、王建兵以討朱全忠。
七月乙丑，全忠以兵屯于河中。
八月壬寅，全忠以左右龍武統軍朱友恭、氏叔琮、樞密使蔣玄暉兵犯宮門；是夕，皇帝崩，年三十八。明年，起居郎蘇楷請更謚「恭靈莊閔」，廟號襄宗。至後唐同光初，復故號謚云。
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贊曰：自古亡國，未必皆愚庸暴虐之君也。其禍亂之來有漸積，及其大勢已去，適丁斯時，故雖有智勇，有不能為者矣，可謂真不幸也，昭宗是已。昭宗為人明雋，初亦有志於興復，而外患已成，內無賢佐，頗亦慨然思得非常之材，而用匪其人，徒以益亂。自唐之亡也，其遺毒餘酷，更五代五十餘年，至於天下分裂，大壞極亂而後止。跡其禍亂，其漸積豈一朝一夕哉！
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嗣覃王嗣周為京西面招討使 「嗣覃王嗣周」，通鑑卷二五九同；本書卷五０兵志作「嗣覃王允」，卷二０八劉季述傳作「嗣覃王戒丕」。二十二史考異(下簡稱考異)卷四五云：「嗣覃王之名，三處互異。今考本紀，乾寧四年八月，韓建殺嗣覃王嗣周、嗣延王戒丕、嗣丹王允；而十一宗諸子及沙陀傳俱有嗣延王戒丕、嗣丹王允之文。則嗣覃王之名，當從本紀。」
拓拔思恭 新五代史卷六三前蜀世家作「拓拔思敬」，通鑑卷二六三作「李思敬」。按本書卷二二一上党項傳，拓拔思恭賜姓李，思敬為其弟。宋人常諱「敬」為「恭」，此處思恭或即思敬諱改，適與兄名混。
In the tenth month, Wang Jingwu, Military Commissioner of the Pinglu Army, died, and his son Shifan proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner and took Di Prefecture, whose Prefect, Zhang Chan, died in its defence. Yang Xingmi, Surveillance Commissioner of Xuanshe, took Chang Prefecture, and its Prefect, Du Ling, died in its defence. Qian Liu took Run Prefecture. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the dingwei day, the emperor made offerings at the Taiqing Palace. On the wushen day, he sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the jiyou day, he performed the sacrifice at the southern suburb, and there was a general amnesty. Edit
In the twelfth month, Sun Ru took the two prefectures of Chang and Run. On the wuwu day, Kong Wei was made Grand Guardian and Du Rangneng Grand Minister of Education. On the renshen day, Shan Xingzhang, Prefect of Meizhou, rebelled and joined Wang Jian. Edit
In the first year of Dashun, in the first month, on the wuzi day, the assembled officials presented the honorific title Shengwen Ruide Guangwu Hongxiao Huangdi; there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. On the renyin day, Du Youqian, an officer of Jian Prefecture, seized his Prefect Yuan Qiansong and rebelled to join Wang Jian. Edit
In the second month, on the jiwei day, Hou Yuanchuo, an officer of Zi Prefecture, seized his Prefect Yang Kan and rebelled to join Jian. Edit
In the third month, on the wushen day, Li Kexiu, Military Commissioner of the Zhaoyi Army, died, and his younger brother Kegong proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the fourth month, on the bingchen day, Zhang Jun, an officer of Su Prefecture, drove out his Prefect Zhang Shaoguang. On the bingyin day, Zhu Shi, Prefect of Jiazhou, rebelled and joined Wang Jian. On the bingzi day, Wen Wujian, an officer of Rong Prefecture, seized his Prefect Xie Cheng'en and rebelled to join Jian. Edit
In the fifth month, Zhang Jun was made Chief Bandit-Suppression and Pacification Commissioner of the Hedong Field Army, with the Governor of Jingzhao, Sun Kui, as his deputy; Li Kuangwei, Military Commissioner of the Lulong Army of You Prefecture, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner for the northern front, with Helian Duo, Defence Commissioner of Yun Prefecture, as his deputy; Zhu Quanzhong was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner for the southern front and Wang Rong Bandit-Suppression Commissioner for the eastern front, to attack Li Keyong. On the renyin day, An Jushou, an officer of the Zhaoyi Army, killed his Military Commissioner Li Kegong and rebelled to join Zhu Quanzhong. On the guichou day, Gu Yanlang, Military Commissioner of Jiannan East Circuit, died, and his younger brother Yanhui proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the sixth month, on the xinyou day, Xie Congben, an officer of Ya Prefecture, killed his Prefect Zhang Chengjian and rebelled to join Wang Jian. On the xinwei day, Zhu Quanzhong was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Field Army on the eastern front against Hedong. In that month, An Zhijian, an officer of Hedong, rebelled with the three prefectures of Xing, Ming and Ci and joined Quanzhong. Edit
In the seventh month, Yang Xingmi took Run Prefecture. On the wushen day, Li Keyong seized Sun Kui, Military Commissioner of the Zhaoyi Army. Edit
In the eighth month, Qian Liu killed Du Ruxiu, Prefect of Su Prefecture. Yang Xingmi took Su Prefecture. Sun Ru, Military Commissioner of Huainan, took Run Prefecture. On the gengwu day, Zhu Quanzhong was made Secretariat Director. Edit
In the ninth month, Li Keyong took Lu Prefecture. Yang Xingmi took the two prefectures of Run and Chang. Edit
In the intercalary month, Sun Ru took Chang Prefecture. On the renxu day, Ren Kezhi, an officer of Qiong Prefecture, killed his Prefect Mao Xiang. Edit
In the tenth month, on the guiwei day, Li Xingzhou, Prefect of Shu Prefecture, rebelled and joined Wang Jian. Li Keyong took the three prefectures of Xing, Ming and Ci. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the dingmao day, Li Kuangwei took Yu Prefecture. In that month, Zhang Jun fought Li Keyong at Yindi and was defeated. Sun Ru took Su Prefecture. Edit
In the twelfth month, Li Keyong took Jin Prefecture. Edit
In the second year, in the first month, on the gengshen day, Kong Wei and Zhang Jun were dismissed. Cui Zhaowei, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of War, and the Vice Censor-in-Chief Xu Yanruo, who was made Vice Minister of Revenue, were made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Chen Keyan, Garrison Commissioner of Ganlu, took Chang Prefecture. Qian Liu took Su Prefecture. Edit
In the second month, on the yisi day, Chen Jingxuan was pardoned. On the dingwei day, an edict ordered Wang Jian to stop his campaign; he did not accept the command. Edit
That spring there was a great famine in Huainan. Edit
In the fourth month, on the gengchen day, a comet entered the Taiwei enclosure. On the jiashen day, there was a general amnesty; the emperor avoided the main hall, reduced his meals and stopped music. The two armies were given gold and silk, and men and women who had been carried off were ransomed and returned to their homes. People aged eighty and over and those too ill to support themselves were to be cared for by the senior local officials. A search was made for the sons and grandsons of the merit officials of Wude. On the guimao day, Wang Jian raided Chengdu. Edit
In the fifth month, Sun Ru took the two prefectures of He and Chu. Edit
In the sixth month, Yang Xingmi took the two prefectures of He and Chu. On the bingwu day, the emperor enfeoffed his son You as Prince of De. Edit
In the seventh month, Li Keyong took Yun Prefecture, and its Defence Commissioner Helian Duo fled to the Tuihun. Sun Ru burned Yang Prefecture and fled. Edit
In the eighth month, on the gengzi day, Wang Jian took Chengdu, seized Chen Jingxuan, Military Commissioner of Jiannan West Circuit, and proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the tenth month, on the renwu day, Zhu Quanzhong took Su Prefecture. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the jiwei day, Guo Zhu, an officer of Cao Prefecture, killed his Prefect Guo Ci and rebelled to join Quanzhong. On the xinwei day, Quanzhong took Shou Prefecture. Edit
In the first year of Jingfu, in the first month, on the jiwei day, Zhu Quanzhong took Meng Prefecture and drove out Zhao Keyu, Military Commissioner of Heyang. On the bingyin day, there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. Edit
In the second month, Liu Chongwang was dismissed. Qian Liu took Su Prefecture. On the jiashen day, Zhu Quanzhong raided Yun Prefecture, and Zhu Xuan, Military Commissioner of the Tianping Army, defeated him. Edit
In the third month, the Minister of Revenue Zheng Yanchang was made Vice Director of the Secretariat and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the yisi day, Yang Xingmi took Chu Prefecture and seized its Prefect Liu Zan; he also took Chang Prefecture, whose Prefect, Chen Keyan, died in its defence. On the bingchen day, Yang Shouzhong, Military Commissioner of the Wuding Army, and Yang Shouzhen, Military Commissioner of Longjian, joined forces with Yang Shouhou's troops and raided Zi Prefecture. On the bingyin day, Chen Yan, Surveillance Commissioner of Fujian, died, and Fan Hui, Commander-in-Chief Protecting Min, proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. On the gengwu day, Wang Chao, Prefect of Quan Prefecture, raided Fu Prefecture. Edit
In the fourth month, on the xinsi day, Du Rangneng was made Grand Commandant. Edit
In the sixth month, on the wuyin day, Yang Xingmi took Yang Prefecture. On the jisi day, Li Maozhen, Military Commissioner of Fengxiang and Longyou, took Feng Prefecture; Man Cun, Military Commissioner of the Ganyi Army, fled to Xingyuan, and Li Maozhen then took the two prefectures of Xing and Yang. Edit
In the eighth month, on the renshen day, he raided Xingyuan, and Yang Shouliang and Man Cun fled to Lang Prefecture. On the bingxu day, the sentences of prisoners in the capital region and Guanfu were reduced, and the arrears of Huainan, Zhexi and Xuan Prefecture were remitted. Edit
In the tenth month, Cai Chou rebelled with Lu Prefecture and joined Zhu Quanzhong, and Li Cunxiao, an officer of Hedong, rebelled with Xing Prefecture and joined Quanzhong. Edit
In the eleventh month, a comet appeared in the Dou and Niu lunar lodges. On the xinchou day, Zhang Sui and Zhang Jian, officers of the Wuning Army, rebelled with the two prefectures of Hao and Si and joined Zhu Quanzhong. On the yisi day, Zhu Youyu took Pu Prefecture and seized its Prefect Shao Ru. Wang Tan, an officer of Sun Ru, took Wu Prefecture, and its Prefect Jiang Gui fled to Yue Prefecture. Edit
That year, Zhong Wenji, Prefect of Mingzhou, died, and his officer Huang Sheng proclaimed himself Prefect. Edit
In the second year, in the first month, Xu Yanruo was dismissed as chief minister and made Military Commissioner of Fengxiang and Longyou, and Li Maozhen was made Military Commissioner of Shannan West Circuit. Maozhen did not accept the appointment. Edit
In the second month, Yang Xingmi took Chang Prefecture. Edit
In the third month, on the xinyou day, Li Kuangchou, Acting Commander of the Lulong Army of You Prefecture, drove out his elder brother Kuangwei and proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the fourth month, on the yihai day, Wang Jian killed Chen Jingxuan and Tian Lingzi, Army Supervisor of Jiannan West Circuit. On the yiyou day, a comet entered the Taiwei enclosure. On the dinghai day, Wang Rong killed Li Kuangwei. On the wuzi day, Zhu Quanzhong took Xu Prefecture, and Shi Pu, Military Commissioner of the Wuning Army, died in its defence. Edit
In the fifth month, on the gengzi day, Wang Chao took Fu Prefecture; Fan Hui died in its defence, and Chao proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the seventh month, Yang Xingmi took Lu Prefecture, and Cai Chou died in its defence. Edit
In the eighth month, on the bingshen day, the Prince of Tan by Succession, Sizhou, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner West of the Capital, with the General-in-Chief of Inspired Strategy Li Hui as his deputy, to attack Li Maozhen. On the gengzi day, Zhang Xiong, Prefect of Sheng Prefecture, died, and his officer Feng Hongduo proclaimed himself Prefect. In that month, Yang Xingmi took She Prefecture. Edit
In the ninth month, on the renwu day, the Prince of Tan by Succession, Sizhou, fought Li Maozhen at Xingping and was defeated. On the jiashen day, Maozhen advanced on the capital. On the yiyou day, Maozhen had the Commissioner for the Supervision of the Armies Ximen Chongsui and the Palace Commissioners of Military Affairs Li Zhouyan and Duan Xu killed. Du Rangneng was demoted to Prefect of Wu Prefecture. On the renchen day, Wei Zhaodu, Regent of the Eastern Capital and Acting Grand Minister of Education, was made Grand Minister of Education, and the Vice Censor-in-Chief Cui Yin was made Vice Minister of Revenue; both were made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. In that month, Feng Hongduo, Prefect of Sheng Prefecture, rebelled and joined Yang Xingmi. Edit
In the tenth month, on the yiwei day, Du Rangneng and the Vice Minister of Revenue Du Hongwei were put to death. Yang Xingmi took Shu Prefecture. Edit
In the twelfth month, Wei Zhaodu was made Grand Mentor. Deng Chune, Prefect of Shao Prefecture, took Tan Prefecture; Zhou Yue, Military Commissioner of the Qinhua Army, died in its defence, and Chune proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
That year, Xu Guifan, Prefect of Jian Prefecture, and Zhong Quanmu, Prefect of Ting Prefecture, rebelled and joined Wang Chao. Edit
In the first year of Qianning, in the first month, a comet appeared in the Chunshou station. On the yichou day, there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. Li Maozhen came to court with his troops. Edit
In the second month, the Right Cavalier Attendant-in-ordinary Zheng Qi was made Vice Minister of Rites and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Zhang Jun, Military Commissioner of the Zhangyi Army, died, and his elder brother Fan proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the third month, on the jiashen day, Li Keyong raided Xing Prefecture, seized Li Cunxiao and killed him. Edit
In the fifth month, on the bingzi day, Wang Jian took Peng Prefecture, and Yang Sheng, Military Commissioner of the Weirong Army, died in its defence. In that month, Zheng Yanchang was dismissed. Liu Jianfeng and Ma Yin, officers of Sun Ru, took Tan Prefecture; Deng Chune, Military Commissioner of the Wu'an Army, died in its defence, and Jianfeng proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Jiang Xun, Commander of Wugang, took Shao Prefecture. Edit
In the sixth month, Helian Duo, Defence Commissioner of the Datong Army, fought Li Keyong at Yun Prefecture and was killed. On the wuwu day, Li Xi, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Minister of Rites, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the gengshen day, Xi was dismissed. The Censor-in-Chief Xu Yanruo was made Vice Director of the Secretariat and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the seventh month, because of incessant rain, the emperor avoided the main hall and reduced his meals. Zheng Qi was dismissed. Li Maozhen took Lang Prefecture. Edit
In the eighth month, Yang Shouliang was executed. On the guisi day, taxes and labour service were reduced in the capital region, Xingyuan, and the prefectures of Yang, Jin and Shang. Edit
In the ninth month, on the gengshen day, Li Keyong took Lu Prefecture, and Kang Junli, Military Commissioner of the Zhaoyi Army, died in its defence. Edit
In the tenth month, on the dingyou day, the emperor enfeoffed his sons: Yu as Prince of Di, Xi as Prince of Qian, Yin as Prince of Yi, and Yi as Prince of Sui. Edit
In the eleventh month, Li Keyong took Wu Prefecture. Edit
In the twelfth month, he took Xin Prefecture. On the jiayin day, Li Kuangchou, Military Commissioner of the Lulong Army of You Prefecture, fled to Cang Prefecture, and Lu Yanwei, Military Commissioner of the Yichang Army, killed him. On the bingchen day, Li Keyong took You Prefecture. Edit
That winter, Yang Xingmi took Huang Prefecture and seized its Prefect Wu Tao. Edit
In the second year, in the first month, on the jisi day, the Supervising Secretary Lu Xisheng was made Vice Minister of Revenue and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the renshen day, Wang Chongying, Military Commissioner of the Huguo Army, died, and his son Ke proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the second month, on the yiwei day, the Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent Li Xi was made Vice Minister of Revenue and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the third month, Cui Yin and Li Xi were dismissed. Wang Tuan, Vice Minister of Revenue in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, was made Vice Director of the Secretariat and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Yang Xingmi took Hao Prefecture and seized its Prefect Zhang Sui. On the gengwu day, there was an earthquake in Hedong. Edit
In the fourth month, there was heavy rain and snow in Su Prefecture. Lu Xisheng and Wei Zhaodu were dismissed. Zhu Jin, Military Commissioner of the Taining Army, fought Zhu Quanzhong at Gaowu and was defeated, and his officer An Fuqing died in the battle. Yang Xingmi took Shou Prefecture and seized its Prefect Jiang Congxu. Edit
In the fifth month, on the jiazi day, Wang Xingyu, Military Commissioner of the Jingnan Army, Han Jian, Military Commissioner of the Zhenguo Army, and Li Maozhen advanced on the capital and killed Wei Zhaodu, Grand Guardian in retirement, and Li Xi, Junior Preceptor of the Heir Apparent. In that month, Li Keyong took Jiang Prefecture, and its Prefect, Wang Yao, died in its defence. Edit
In the sixth month, on the gengyin day, Qian Liu, Military Commissioner of the Zhenhai Army, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner for Zhejiang East Circuit. On the guisi day, the Minister of Personnel Kong Wei was made Grand Minister of Works and concurrently Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the seventh month, on the bingchen day, Li Keyong stationed his troops at Hezhong. On the wuwu day, Wang Xingyue, Military Commissioner of the Kuangguo Army, fled to the capital. On the gengshen day, Luo Quanguan and Liu Jingxuan, Palace Commandants Protecting the Left and Right Armies of Inspired Strategy, and the commanders Wang Xingshi and Li Jipeng rebelled. The emperor's travelling lodge was at Suocheng. The Prince of Xue by Succession, Zhirou, provisionally took charge of the affairs of the Secretariat. On the renxu day, Li Keyong took Tong Prefecture. On the jiazi day, the emperor halted at Shimen. Cui Yin, former Military Commissioner of the Huguo Army, was made Vice Director of the Secretariat and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the eighth month, on the wuxu day, Li Keyong was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Field Armies on All Fronts against Binning; Li Sixiao, Military Commissioner of the Baoda Army, Bandit-Suppression Commissioner for the northern front; Li Sijian, Military Commissioner of the Dingnan Army, Bandit-Suppression Commissioner for the north-eastern front; and Zhang Fan, Military Commissioner of the Zhangyi Army, Bandit-Suppression Commissioner for the western front. On the xinchou day, Li Keyong was made Commander-in-Chief of the Field Armies on All Fronts against Binning. Li Jipeng was executed. Li Maozhen was pardoned. On the xinhai day, the emperor returned from Shimen. On the renzi day, Cui Zhaowei was dismissed. Edit
In the ninth month, on the bingchen day, Xu Yanruo was made Grand Minister of Works. On the guihai day, Kong Wei died. Li Hanzhi, former Military Commissioner of the Zhaoyi Army, was made Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Field Armies on All Fronts against Binning. Edit
In the tenth month, the Governor of Jingzhao Sun Wo was made Vice Minister of Revenue and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the bingxu day, Li Keyong fought Wang Xingyu at Liyuan and defeated him. On the gengyin day, Wang Xingyue burned Ning Prefecture and fled. Wang Chucun, Military Commissioner of the Yiwu Army, died, and his son Gao proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the dingsi day, Li Keyong fought Wang Xingyu at Longquan and defeated him. On the xinyou day, Chen Ru, Prefect of Qu Prefecture, died, and his younger brother Ji proclaimed himself Prefect. On the dingmao day, Wang Xingyu was executed. On the renshen day, Zhu Qiong, Prefect of Qi Prefecture, rebelled and joined Zhu Quanzhong. On the dingchou day, Wang Jian took Li Prefecture, and its Prefect, Li Jiyong, died in its defence. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the guiwei day, there was an amnesty for the capital, and those whose offices and titles had been stripped since Dashun through no fault of their own were restored. On the jiashen day, Li Jiyong, Defence Commissioner of Lang Prefecture, Fei Cun, Prefect of Peng Prefecture, and Chen Fan, Prefect of Qu Prefecture, rebelled and joined Wang Jian. On the bingshen day, Jian raided Zi Prefecture. On the wuxu day, Li Yanzhao, Prefect of Tong Prefecture, rebelled and joined Jian. Edit
That year, Xuan Sheng, Defence Commissioner of An Prefecture, took Gui Prefecture; Liu Shizheng, an officer under Zhou Yuanjing, Military Commissioner of the Jingjiang Army, died in its defence, and Sheng proclaimed himself Administrator of the Army Headquarters. Edit
In the third year, in the first month, on the guichou day, Wang Jian took Long Prefecture, and its Prefect, Tian Fang, died in its defence. Edit
In the intercalary month, on the dinghai day, Zhou Xiong, Prefect of Guo Prefecture, rebelled and joined Jian. Edit
In the fourth month, on the renzi day, the Wu'an Army mutinied and killed its Military Commissioner Liu Jianfeng, and his officer Ma Yin proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the fifth month, on the guiwei day, Yang Xingmi took Su Prefecture and seized its Prefect Cheng Ji; he took Guang Prefecture, and its Prefect, Liu Cun, died in its defence. On the gengyin day, Cheng Rui took Qian Prefecture, and Wang Jianzhao, Military Commissioner of the Wutai Army, fled to Chengdu. On the yiwei day, Dong Chang was executed. In that month, Feng Xingzhang, Prefect of Qizhou, rebelled and joined Yang Xingmi. Edit
In the sixth month, on the gengxu day, Li Maozhen advanced on the capital, and the Prince of Yan by Succession, Jiepi, resisted him. On the bingyin day, he fought Maozhen at Louguan and was defeated. Edit
In the seventh month, on the guisi day, the emperor's travelling lodge was north of the Wei River. On the jiawu day, Han Jian came to court, and the emperor halted at Hua Prefecture. On the yisi day, Cui Yin was dismissed. On the bingwu day, Lu Yi, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Left Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs, was made Vice Minister of Revenue and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the eighth month, on the jiayin day, Wang Tuan was dismissed. On the yichou day, Zhu Pu, Erudite of the Mao Odes at the Directorate of Education, was made Left Grand Master of Remonstrance and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the ninth month, on the yiwei day, Cui Yin, Military Commissioner of the Wu'an Army, was made Vice Director of the Secretariat, and he and Cui Yuan, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of War, were made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the dingyou day, Lu Yi was demoted to Prefect of Xia Prefecture. Edit
In the tenth month, Li Keyong fought Luo Hongxin at Bailongtan and defeated him. On the renzi day, Sun Wo, holding the imperial insignia, was made Military Commissioner of the Field Armies on All Fronts against Fengxiang, Commander-in-Chief of All Armies, and Bandit-Suppression and Disposition Commissioner. On the wuwu day, Wang Tuan, Military Commissioner of the Weisheng Army, was made Minister of Personnel and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the wuzi day, Li Shiyue, Military Commissioner of the Zhongguo Army, died, and his son Jihui proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the fourth year, in the first month, on the yiyou day, Han Jian surrounded the emperor's travelling palace with troops and killed Li Jun, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Escort. On the bingshen day, Zhu Quanzhong took Yun Prefecture, and Zhu Xuan, Military Commissioner of the Tianping Army, died in its defence. On the jihai day, Sun Wo was relieved of the post of Commander-in-Chief. Edit
In the second month, Zhu Quanzhong raided Yan Prefecture; Zhu Jin, Military Commissioner of the Taining Army, fled to Huainan, and his son Yongzhen rebelled with Yan Prefecture and joined Quanzhong. Quanzhong took the three prefectures of Yi, Hai and Mi. Wang Gong, Military Commissioner of the Baoyi Army, raided Hezhong. Han Jian killed Ma Daoyin, Supervisor of the Household of the Heir Apparent, and Xu Yanshi, Director of Palace Buildings. Yang Xingmi was made Commander-in-Chief of the Field Armies of the Circuits of Jiangnan. On the guichou day, Wang Jian took Lu Prefecture, and its Prefect, Ma Jingru, died in its defence. On the jiwei day, the Prince of De, Yu, was made Crown Prince; there was a general amnesty, and the emperor sacrificed at the travelling temple. On the xinwei day, Wang Jian took Yu Prefecture. On the yihai day, Sun Wo and Zhu Pu were dismissed. Edit
In the fifth month, on the renwu day, Zhu Quanzhong took Huang Prefecture, and its Prefect, Jue Zhang, died in its defence. Edit
In the sixth month, Wang Jian was demoted to Prefect of Nan Prefecture. Li Maozhen was made Military Commissioner of Jiannan West Circuit, and the Prince of Tan by Succession, Sizhou, Military Commissioner of Fengxiang and Longyou. Maozhen did not accept the appointment, and Sizhou fought Maozhen at Fengtian and was defeated. Edit
In the eighth month, Han Jian killed the Prince of Tong, Zi; the Prince of Yi, Yin; the Prince of Shao; the Prince of Peng; the Prince of Han by Succession; the Prince of Chen by Succession; the Prince of Tan by Succession, Sizhou; the Prince of Yan by Succession, Jiepi; and the Prince of Dan by Succession, Yun. Edit
In the ninth month, Qian Liu took Hu Prefecture, and Li Jihui, Military Commissioner of the Zhongguo Army, fled to Huainan. Zhang Lian, Military Commissioner of the Zhangyi Army, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the North-western Field Army against Fengxiang, and Li Sijian, Military Commissioner of the Jingnan Army, Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Field Armies on All Fronts against Fengxiang, to attack Li Maozhen. Edit
In the tenth month, on the renzi day, Hou Shao, Prefect of Suizhou, rebelled and joined Wang Jian. On the yimao day, Wang Renwei, Prefect of He Prefecture, rebelled and joined Jian. On the gengshen day, Jian took Zi Prefecture, and Gu Yanhui, Military Commissioner of Jiannan East Circuit, died in its defence. On the jiazi day, the emperor enfeoffed his sons: Mi as Prince of Jing, Zuo as Prince of Hui, and Qi as Prince of Qi. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the guiyou day, Yang Xingmi fought Zhu Quanzhong at Qingkou and defeated him. On the bingzi day, Qian Liu took Tai Prefecture. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the dingwei day, Wang Chao, Military Commissioner of the Weiwu Army, died, and his younger brother Shenzhi proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the first year of Guanghua, in the first month, Xu Yanruo was made Grand Minister of Education. Edit
In the second month, Li Maozhen was pardoned. Edit
In the third month, Shouwen, son of Liu Rengong, Military Commissioner of the Lulong Army of You Prefecture, took Cang Prefecture, and Lu Yanwei, Military Commissioner of the Yichang Army, fled to Bian Prefecture. Edit
In the fourth month, on the bingyin day, the Pure Consort, of the He family, was made Empress. Edit
In the fifth month, on the jisi day, there was a general amnesty. On the xinwei day, Zhu Quanzhong took Ming Prefecture, and its Prefect, Xing Shanyi, died in its defence; he also took Xing Prefecture. On the renwu day, he took Ci Prefecture, and its Prefect, Yuan Fengtao, died in its defence. In that month, Ma Yin took the three prefectures of Shao, Heng and Yong, and their Prefects Jiang Xun, Yang Shiyuan and Tang Min died in their defence. Edit
In the seventh month, on the bingshen day, Zhu Quanzhong took Tang Prefecture, and then took Sui Prefecture and seized its Prefect Zhao Kuanglin. Edit
In the eighth month, on the wuwu day, he took Deng Prefecture and seized its Prefect Guo Xiang. On the renxu day, the emperor returned from Hua Prefecture. On the jiazi day, there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. Edit
In the ninth month, on the bingzi day, a star fell in the north. On the jiashen day, Qian Liu took Su Prefecture. Edit
In the tenth month, Luo Hongxin, Military Commissioner of Weibo, died, and his son Shaowei proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. On the jihai day, Zhu Quanzhong took An Prefecture, and its Prefect, Wu Yu, died in its defence. Edit
In the eleventh month, Chen Ji, Prefect of Qu Prefecture, rebelled and joined Yang Xingmi. On the jiayin day, the emperor enfeoffed his sons: Zhen as Prince of Ya and Xiang as Prince of Qiong. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the guiwei day, Li Hanzhi took Lu Prefecture and proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Li Keyong took Ze Prefecture. Edit
In the second year, in the first month, on the yiwei day, the two prefectures of Mian and Jian were exempted from taxes and labour for two years. On the dingwei day, Cui Yin was dismissed. The Minister of War Lu Yi was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. In that month, Li Hanzhi took Qin Prefecture. Liu Rengong took Bei Prefecture. Edit
In the second month, on the jiazi day, Zhu Quanzhong took Cai Prefecture, and Cui Hong, Military Commissioner of the Fengguo Army, fled to Huainan. Edit
In the third month, on the dingsi day, Quanzhong took Ze Prefecture. Edit
In the sixth month, on the dingchou day, the Baoyi Army mutinied and killed its Military Commissioner Wang Gong, and his officer Li Fan rebelled and joined Quanzhong. Edit
In the seventh month, on the renchen day, Chen Hanbin, the garrison commander of Hai Prefecture, rebelled with that prefecture and joined Yang Xingmi. Ma Yin took Dao Prefecture, and its Prefect, Cai Jie, died in its defence. Edit
In the eighth month, Li Keyong took the three prefectures of Ze, Lu and Huai. Edit
In the eleventh month, Xu Yanruo was made Grand Guardian and Wang Tuan Grand Minister of Works. Ma Yin took the two prefectures of Chen and Lian, and their Prefects Chen Yanqian and Lu Jingren died in their defence. On the xinchou day, Zhu Jian, an officer of the Baoyi Army, killed his Military Commissioner Li Fan and rebelled to join Zhu Quanzhong. Edit
In the third year, in the fourth month, on the xinwei day, the Empress and the Crown Prince sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Edit
In the sixth month, on the dingmao day, Cui Yin, Military Commissioner of the Qinghai Army, was made Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and concurrently Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Wang Tuan was dismissed. On the jisi day, he was put to death. Edit
In the seventh month, the Zhe River overflowed. Edit
In the eighth month, on the gengchen day, Li Keyong took Ming Prefecture and seized its Prefect Zhu Shaozong. Edit
In the ninth month, Zhu Quanzhong took Ming Prefecture. Qian Liu took Wu Prefecture, and its Prefect Wang Tan fled to Xuan Prefecture. Chen Ji, Prefect of Qu Prefecture, rebelled and joined Qian Liu. On the yisi day, Xu Yanruo was dismissed. On the bingwu day, Cui Yuan was dismissed. On the wushen day, the Minister of Justice Pei Zhi was made Vice Director of the Secretariat and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the jiayin day, Zhu Quanzhong took Ying Prefecture. Edit
In the tenth month, on the bingchen day, he took Jing Prefecture and seized its Prefect Liu Renba. On the xinyou day, he took Mo Prefecture. On the xinsi day, he took Qi Prefecture, and its Prefect, Yang Yue, died in its defence. On the jiashen day, he took Ding Prefecture, and Wang Gao, Military Commissioner of the Yiwu Army, fled to Taiyuan. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the jichou day, Liu Jishu and Wang Zhongxian, Palace Commandants of the Left and Right Armies of Inspired Strategy, and Wang Yanfan and Xue Qiwo, Palace Commissioners of Military Affairs, rose in revolt, and the emperor was confined in the Shaoyang Compound. On the xinmao day, Jishu made the Crown Prince, Yu, emperor. On the dingwei day, Venus was seen in daylight. Edit
In the twelfth month, Liu Jishu killed the Prince of Mu, Yi. Edit
That year, Ma Yin took the five prefectures of Gui, Yi, Yan, Liu and Xiang. Chen Sheng, Prefect of Muzhou, died, and his younger brother Xun proclaimed himself Prefect. Edit
In the first year of Tianfu, in the first month, on the yiyou day, Sun Dezhao, Dong Yanbi and Zhou Chenghui, officers of the Left Army of Inspired Strategy, put down the revolt with their troops, and the emperor was restored to his throne. Liu Jishu and Xue Qiwo were executed, and the Crown Prince, Yu, was reduced to Prince of De. On the wushen day, Zhu Quanzhong took Jiang Prefecture. On the renzi day, Cui Yin was made Grand Minister of Works. Zhu Quanzhong took Jin Prefecture. Edit
In the second month, on the jiayin day, because of drought, the emperor avoided the main hall and reduced his meals. On the wuchen day, Zhu Quanzhong took Hezhong and seized Wang Ke, Military Commissioner of the Huguo Army. On the xinwei day, Quanzhong was enfeoffed as Prince of Liang. In that month, Wang Pu, Hanlin Academician and Vice Minister of Revenue, was made Vice Director of the Secretariat, and the Vice Minister of Personnel Pei Shu was made Vice Minister of Revenue; both were made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the third month, on the xinhai day, Meng Qian, Military Commissioner of the Zhaoyi Army, rebelled and joined Zhu Quanzhong. Edit
In the fourth month, on the renzi day, Quanzhong took the two prefectures of Qin and Ze. On the dingsi day, Zhang E, Prefect of Yi Prefecture, rebelled and joined Quanzhong. On the jiaxu day, the emperor sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the bingzi day, there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. The descendants who led the sacrifices of the merit officials enshrined with the Wude and Zhenguan emperors were promoted in order, and the heirs of the Duke of Jie and the Duke of Xi were each granted for one son a regular post of the ninth rank. Arrears within the capital region since Guanghua were remitted. Edit
In the fifth month, Li Maozhen came to court. Edit
In the sixth month, Li Keyong took the two prefectures of Xi and Ci. Edit
In the tenth month, on the wuxu day, Zhu Quanzhong advanced on the capital. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the jiyou day, he took Tong Prefecture. On the renzi day, the emperor went to Fengxiang. On the dingsi day, Zhu Quanzhong took Hua Prefecture, and Han Jian, Military Commissioner of the Zhenguo Army, rebelled and joined Quanzhong. On the xinyou day, the Vice Minister of War Lu Guangqi provisionally took charge of the affairs of the Secretariat. On the guihai day, Li Maozhen fought Zhu Quanzhong at Wugong and was defeated. On the dingmao day, Lu Guangqi was made Right Grand Master of Remonstrance and Participant in Determining Confidential Affairs. On the wuchen day, Zhu Quanzhong advanced on Fengxiang. On the xinwei day, he took Bin Prefecture, and Li Jihui, Military Commissioner of the Jingnan Army, rebelled and joined Quanzhong. On the jiaxu day, Cui Yin and Pei Shu were dismissed. Edit
In the twelfth month, Zhong Chuan took Ji Prefecture. Edit
That year, Xu Yanruo, Military Commissioner of the Qinghai Army, died, and the Army Marshal Liu Yin proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Lei Man, Military Commissioner of the Wuzhen Army, died, and his son Yanwei proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the second year, in the first month, on the dingmao day, the Supervising Secretary Wei Yifan was made Vice Minister of Works and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the bingzi day, the Supervising Secretary Yan Gui was made Commissioner for Reconciling Bian and Qi. Edit
In the second month, on the jihai day, robbers broke open the Jian Mausoleum. Wang Jian took Li Prefecture, and Li Jizhong, Military Commissioner of the Zhaowu Army, fled to Fengxiang. Edit
In the third month, on the gengxu day, it grew dark in daytime. On the guichou day, Zhu Quanzhong took Fen Prefecture. On the yimao day, there was heavy rain and snow in Zhexi. On the wuwu day, Zhu Quanzhong took the two prefectures of Ci and Xi. On the dingmao day, Li Keyong took the three prefectures of Fen, Ci and Xi. Edit
In the fourth month, Lu Guangqi was dismissed. On the bingshen day, Zhu Bao, Prefect of Wenzhou, died, and his elder brother Ao proclaimed himself Prefect. Yang Xingmi took Sheng Prefecture. Edit
In the fifth month, on the bingwu day, Li Maozhen fought Zhu Quanzhong at Wugong and was defeated. On the gengwu day, Wei Yifan was dismissed. Edit
In the sixth month, on the bingzi day, the Secretariat Drafter Su Jian was made Vice Minister of Works and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the bingxu day, Zhu Quanzhong took Feng Prefecture. Edit
In the seventh month, on the jiachen day, he took Cheng Prefecture. On the yisi day, he took Long Prefecture. Edit
In the eighth month, on the jihai day, Wei Yifan was recalled to office during his mourning. On the xinchou day, Wang Jian took Xingyuan, and Wang Wanhong, Military Commissioner of Shannan West Circuit, rebelled and joined Jian. Edit
In the ninth month, on the wushen day, Li Maozhen fought Zhu Quanzhong at Huailin and was defeated. Tuoba Sigong, Military Commissioner of the Wuding Army, rebelled and joined Wang Jian. Edit
In the tenth month, on the guiyou day, Yang Xingmi was made Commander-in-Chief of the Field Armies of the Eastern Circuits, and with Ma Yin, Military Commissioner of Hunan, attacked Zhu Quanzhong. Wang Jian took Xing Prefecture. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the guimao day, Li Maoxun, Military Commissioner of the Baoda Army, went with troops to relieve Fengxiang. On the bingchen day, Wei Yifan died. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the guisi day, Ding Zhang, an officer of Wen Prefecture, drove out his Prefect Zhu Ao. On the jihai day, Zhu Quanzhong took Fu Prefecture, and Li Maoxun, Military Commissioner of the Baoda Army, rebelled and joined Quanzhong. Edit
That year, Lu Guangchou took Shao Prefecture. Deng Jinsi, Prefect of Yue Prefecture, died, and his younger brother Jinzhong proclaimed himself Prefect. Edit
In the third year, in the first month, on the bingwu day, Wang Shifan, Military Commissioner of the Pinglu Army, seized Yan Prefecture. On the wushen day, Han Quanhui and Zhang Yanhong, Palace Commandants Protecting the Left and Right Armies of Inspired Strategy, and Yuan Yijian and Zhou Jingrong, Palace Commissioners of Military Affairs, were put to death. On the xinhai day, the Hanlin Academician Yao Ji was made Commissioner for Reconciling Bian and Qi. On the renzi day, the Minister of Works Cui Yin was made Grand Minister of Works and concurrently Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the jiazi day, the emperor went to Zhu Quanzhong's camp. On the jisi day, he returned from Fengxiang, wept at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and proclaimed a general amnesty. On the gengwu day, Cui Yin and Zhu Quanzhong killed more than seven hundred palace eunuchs. On the xinwei day, Yin was put in charge of the affairs of the Six Armies and the Twelve Guards. Ding Zhang was executed. Edit
In the second month, it rained earth. On the jiaxu day, Lu Yi was demoted to Tutor to the Prince of Yi, with a branch post at the Eastern Capital. On the bingzi day, Wang Pu was dismissed. Zhu Quanzhong killed Su Jian and the Vice Minister of Personnel Lu Guangqi. On the wuyin day, sentences of death and below were reduced in the capital region, in the superior prefectures of Hezhong, Fengxiang and Xingde, and in the three prefectures of Tong, Bin and Fu. On the jimao day, the Prince of Hui, Zuo, was made Generalissimo of the Armies of All Circuits; on the gengchen day, Zhu Quanzhong was made Grand Commandant and Secretariat Director, as his deputy. Cui Yin was made Grand Minister of Education. On the yiwei day, Pei Shu, Military Commissioner of the Qinghai Army, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the third month, Zhu Quanzhong took Qing Prefecture. Yang Xingmi took Mi Prefecture, and its Prefect, Liu Kangyi, died in its defence. Edit
In the fourth month, on the jimao day, Zhu Quanzhong was put in charge of the affairs of the Generalissimo's headquarters. Edit
In the fifth month, on the renzi day, Cheng Rui, Military Commissioner of Jingnan, fought Yang Xingmi at Junshan and was killed. Yangong, younger brother of Lei Yanwei, Military Commissioner of the Wuzhen Army, took Jiangling. Edit
In the sixth month, on the yihai day, Zhu Quanzhong took Deng Prefecture. Edit
In the ninth month, Yang Xingmi killed Zhu Yanshou, Military Commissioner of the Fengguo Army. On the xinhai day, Zhu Quanzhong took Di Prefecture, and its Prefect, Shao Bo, died in its defence; he took Mi Prefecture. On the wuwu day, Wang Shifan, Military Commissioner of the Pinglu Army, rebelled and joined Quanzhong. Edit
In the tenth month, Zhao Kuangming, an officer of the Zhongyi Army, took Jiangling and proclaimed himself Acting Military Commissioner. Wang Jian took the three prefectures of Zhong, Wan and Shi. On the jiaxu day, he took Kui Prefecture. On the dingchou day, Liu Xun, an officer of the Pinglu Army, rebelled with Yan Prefecture and joined Zhu Quanzhong. Edit
In the twelfth month, Pei Zhi was dismissed. Yang Xingmi took Xuan Prefecture, and Tian Jun, Military Commissioner of the Ningguo Army, died in its defence. On the xinsi day, the Minister of Rites Dugu Sun was made Vice Minister of War and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the bingshen day, Zhu Quanzhong killed Zhang Jun, Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs in retirement. Edit
In the first year of Tianyou, in the first month, on the yisi day, Cui Yin was dismissed. Pei Shu was put in charge of the affairs of the three armies of the left, and Dugu Sun of the affairs of the three armies of the right. The Minister of War Cui Yuan was made Vice Director of the Secretariat, and Liu Can, Hanlin Academician and Right Reminder, was made Right Grand Master of Remonstrance; both were made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the jiyou day, Zhu Quanzhong killed Cui Yin, Junior Mentor of the Heir Apparent, together with the Governor of Jingzhao Zheng Yuangui and Chen Ban, Commissioner of the Weiyuan Army. On the wuwu day, Quanzhong moved the Tang capital to Luoyang. Edit
In the second month, on the bingyin day, the Northern Dipper was seen at midday. On the wuyin day, the emperor halted at Shan Prefecture. Zhu Quanzhong came to court. On the jiashen day, the emperor enfeoffed his sons: Zhen as Prince of Duan, Qi as Prince of Feng, Fu as Prince of He, Xi as Prince of Deng, and Hu as Prince of Jia. Edit
In the third month, on the dingwei day, Zhu Quanzhong was put in charge, concurrently, of the affairs of the Left and Right Armies of Inspired Strategy and of the Six Armies and the Guards. Edit
In the intercalary fourth month, on the renyin day, the emperor halted at Gushui. Zhu Quanzhong came to court. On the jiachen day, the emperor arrived from the Western Capital. He sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. There was a great wind, and it rained earth. On the yisi day, there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. Edit
In the sixth month, Yang Chongben, Military Commissioner of the Jingnan Army, joined forces with the troops of Li Keyong and Wang Jian to attack Zhu Quanzhong. Edit
In the seventh month, on the yichou day, Quanzhong stationed his troops at Hezhong. Edit
In the eighth month, on the renyin day, Quanzhong sent Zhu Yougong and Shi Shucong, Commanders of the Left and Right Longwu Armies, and the Commissioner of Military Affairs Jiang Xuanhui with troops to force the palace gates; that night the emperor died, aged thirty-eight. The next year, the Imperial Diarist Su Kai asked that his posthumous name be changed to "Gongling Zhuangmin", with the temple name Xiangzong. At the beginning of Tongguang of the Later Tang, the original temple name and posthumous name were restored. Edit
Appraisal
The appraisal says: Of the states that have fallen since ancient times, not all had foolish, mediocre, violent or cruel rulers. The coming of disaster and disorder builds up gradually, and when the general course of things is already lost, a ruler who happens to meet such a time finds that, for all his wisdom and courage, there are things he cannot do. That may be called true misfortune, and Zhaozong was such a man. Zhaozong was intelligent and gifted, and at first he too had the will to restore the dynasty. But the troubles from without had already taken shape, and within he had no worthy ministers to help him. He was much moved to seek men of extraordinary talent, but he employed the wrong men and only added to the disorder. After the fall of the Tang, its lingering poison and cruelty went on through the Five Dynasties for more than fifty years, until the realm was divided, and it ended only after the greatest ruin and the utmost disorder. If one traces that disaster and disorder, how could its gradual building up have been the work of one morning or one evening! Edit
Collation notes
"The Prince of Tan by Succession, Sizhou, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner West of the Capital": "the Prince of Tan by Succession, Sizhou" is the same in chapter 259 of the Comprehensive Mirror. The treatise on the army in chapter 50 of this book has "the Prince of Tan by Succession, Yun", and the biography of Liu Jishu in chapter 208 has "the Prince of Tan by Succession, Jiepi". Chapter 45 of the Examination of Discrepancies in the Twenty-two Histories (hereafter the Examination of Discrepancies) says: "The name of the Prince of Tan by Succession differs in three places. Now, examining the basic annals, in the eighth month of the fourth year of Qianning, Han Jian killed the Prince of Tan by Succession, Sizhou, the Prince of Yan by Succession, Jiepi, and the Prince of Dan by Succession, Yun; and the biographies of the sons of the eleven emperors and of the Shatuo both mention the Prince of Yan by Succession, Jiepi, and the Prince of Dan by Succession, Yun. So the name of the Prince of Tan by Succession should follow the basic annals." Edit
"Tuoba Sigong": the hereditary house of the Former Shu in chapter 63 of the New History of the Five Dynasties has "Tuoba Sijing", and chapter 263 of the Comprehensive Mirror has "Li Sijing". According to the biography of the Dangxiang in chapter 221, part one, of this book, Tuoba Sigong was granted the surname Li, and Sijing was his younger brother. The men of Song often avoided the character "jing" as taboo and replaced it with "gong"; here "Sigong" may be "Sijing" altered to avoid the taboo, which happens to have become confused with his elder brother's name. Edit
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Source: 新唐书 卷十 本纪第十 昭宗 哀帝 (New Book of Tang, juan 10, Annals 10: Zhaozong, Emperor Ai)
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Notes (3)
- [Source] 新唐书 卷十 本纪第十 昭宗 哀帝 New Book of Tang, juan 10, Annals 10: Zhaozong, Emperor Ai
- [Collation note] 本纪：「昭宗聖穆景文孝皇帝諱曄，懿宗第七子也。」 The annals: “Zhaozong (posthumous title: Shengmu Jingwen Xiao Huangdi), personal name Yè, was the seventh son of Yizong.”
- [Collation note] 宗室世系表作「昭宗聖文睿德光武弘孝皇帝」。 The table of the imperial clan writes his title “Zhaozong (posthumous title: Shengwen Ruide Guangwu Hongxiao Huangdi)”.