Guo Zongxun

Emperor Gong of (Later) Zhou (more...)

3rd and last Emperor of Later Zhou

Reign

28 July 959 – 3 February 960^[1]

Predecessor

Guo Rong (Emperor Shizong), father

Regent

Empress Dowager Fu, stepmother

Chancellors

Fan Zhi
Wang Pu
Wei Renpu (魏仁浦)

Born

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

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)

Guo Zongxun

Traditional Chinese

柴宗訓

Simplified Chinese

柴宗训

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chái Zōngxùn

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 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.

Notes and references

↑ Wudai Shiji, ch. 12.
1 2 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., eds. (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
Guo Zongxun House of Chai (954–960) Born: 953 Died: 973
Preceded by Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou	Emperor of the Later Zhou 959–960	Succeeded by Emperor Taizu (Song Dynasty)

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period rulers

Five Dynasties
(and other northern states)

Later Liang

Concurrent warlords

Later Tang

Jin	Li Keyong

Li Cunxu Li Siyuan Li Conghou Li Congke

Later Jin

Interregnum
(Liao occupation)

Later Han

Liu Zhiyuan Liu Chengyou

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

Later Zhou

Ten Kingdoms
(other than Northern Han)

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

Southern Han

Southern Tang

Min

Wang Chao Wang Shenzhi Wang Yanhan Wang Yanjun Wang Jipeng Wang Yanxi Zhu Wenjin

Yin	Wang Yanzheng

Wuyue

Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → 3 Kingdoms → Jìn / 16 Kingdoms → S. Dynasties / N. Dynasties → Sui → Tang → 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms - Liao / Song / W. Xia / Jīn → Yuan → Ming → Qing → ROC / PRC

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