Chai Zongxun

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chai (or Guo).

Chai Zongxun / Guo Zongxun
Emperor Gong of (Later) Zhou (more...)
3rd and last Emperor of Later Zhou
Reign	28 July 959 – 3 February 960^[1]
Predecessor	Chai Rong (Emperor Shizong), father
Regent	Empress Dowager Fu, stepmother
Chancellors	Fan Zhi Wang Pu Wei Renpu (魏仁浦)

Full name
Surname: Guō (郭) or Chái (柴) Given name: Zōngxùn (宗訓)
Era dates
Xiǎndé (顯德), continued from Emperor Taizu and Emperor Shizong Year 6: 11 February 959 – 30 January 960 Year 7: 31 January 960 – 19 January 961
Posthumous name
Emperor Gong (恭帝)
Father	Chai Rong (Emperor Shizong)
Born	(953-09-14)14 September 953 Chanzhou, Later Zhou^[2] (today's Qingfeng County, Henan)
Burial	in today's Xinzheng, Henan 34°33′55.04″N 113°41′54.66″E / 34.5652889°N 113.6985167°E / 34.5652889; 113.6985167

Chai Zongxun

Simplified Chinese

柴宗训

Traditional Chinese

柴宗訓

Transcriptions
Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chái Zōngxùn

Chai Zongxun (柴宗訓) or Guo Zongxun (郭宗訓) (14 September 953^[2] – 973), also known by his posthumous name Gongdi (恭帝; "Emperor Gong"), was the third and last emperor of ancient China's short-lived Later Zhou Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned from July 959, when he succeeded his father Chai Rong, until February 960, when he was overthrown by general Zhao Kuangyin, who founded the Song Dynasty.

Gongdi was sent away with his mother to Xijing (西京). Despite assurance by Emperor Taizu that the Chai family would be treated with respect, Gongdi was killed in 973 by Xin Wenyue, an official trying to gain favour with the emperor. Upon hearing the news, Emperor Taizu ordered a period of mourning and buried the dethroned emperor next to Emperor Shizong's tomb.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Chai Zongxun, Emperor Gong of Later Zhou

Notes and references

↑ Wudai Shiji, ch. 12.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Wudai Shi, ch. 120.

Sources

Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China: 900–1800. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-44515-5.
(Chinese) Xue Juzheng et al., ed. (974). Wudai Shi (五代史) [History of the Five Dynasties].
(Chinese) Ouyang Xiu (1073). Wudai Shiji (五代史記) [Historical Records of the Five Dynasties].
(Chinese) Sima Guang (1086). Zizhi Tongjian (資治通鑑) [Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government].

Regnal titles
Chai Zongxun House of Chai (954–960) Born: 953 Died: 973
Preceded by Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou	Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty 959–960	Succeeded by Emperor Taizu (Song Dynasty)

Persondata
Name	Chai, Zongxun
Alternative names	Gong of Later Zhou, Emperor
Short description	Later Zhou Dynasty emperor
Date of birth	14 September 953
Place of birth	Qinfeng County, Henan, China
Date of death	973
Place of death

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period rulers

Northern "Dynasties"

Later Liang Dynasty

Zhu Wen
Zhu Yougui
Zhu Youzhen

Concurrent warlords

Later Tang Dynasty

Jin	Li Keyong

Li Cunxu Li Siyuan Li Conghou Li Congke

Later Jin Dynasty

Interregnum

Later Han Dynasty

Liu Zhiyuan Liu Chengyou

Northern Han	Liu Chong Liu Chengjun Liu Ji'en Liu Jiyuan

Southern "Kingdoms"

Ma Yin
Ma Xisheng
Ma Xifan
Ma Xiguang
Ma Xi'e
Ma Xichong

Southern Han

Liu Yan
Liu Bin
Liu Sheng
Liu Chang

Southern Tang

Min

Wang Chao Wang Shenzhi Wang Yanhan Wang Yanjun Wang Jipeng Wang Yanxi

Yin	Wang Yanzheng

Wuyue

Qian Liu
Qian Yuanguan
Qian Hongzuo
Qian Hongzong
Qian Chu

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors → Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → Three Kingdoms → Jìn (265-420) / Sixteen Kingdoms → Southern Dynasties / Yuan Wei - Northern Qi - Northern Zhou → Sui → Tang → Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms - Liao / Song / Western Xia / Jīn (1115-1234) → Yuan → Ming → Qing → ROC / PRC

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