Guo Zongxun

Chai Zongxun
Chai Zongxun
Traditional Chinese	柴宗訓
Simplified Chinese	柴宗训
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chái Zōngxùn

Names
	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 (恭皇帝)

Emperor Gong of Later Zhou
後周恭帝
Emperor Gong of Later Zhou; 後周恭帝
Emperor of the Later Zhou dynasty
Reign	28 July 959 – 3 February 960
Predecessor	Guo Rong (Emperor Shizong)
Regent	Empress Dowager Fu
Chancellors	Fan Zhi; Wang Pu; Wei Renpu (魏仁浦);
Born	14 September 953; Chanzhou, Later Zhou (modern Qingfeng County, Henan, China)
Died	973 (aged 20); Fangzhou, Northern Song (modern Fang County, Hubei, China)
Burial	Shun Mausoleum (順陵, in modern Xinzheng, Henan); 34°33′55.04″N 113°41′54.66″E / 34.5652889°N 113.6985167°E
Names
Names
	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 (恭皇帝)
House	Chai (by birth); Guo (adoptive)
Dynasty	Later Zhou
Father	Chai Rong (Emperor Shizong)

Guo Zongxun (Chinese: 郭宗訓) (14 September 953^[2] – 973) or Chai Zongxun (Chinese: 柴宗訓), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Gong of Later Zhou (Chinese: 後周恭帝), was the third and last emperor the Chinese Later Zhou dynasty, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He reigned from July 959, when he succeeded his father Chai Rong (Emperor Shizong of Zhou), until February 960, when he was overthrown by his general Zhao Kuangyin (Emperor Taizu of Song), who founded the Song dynasty.

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

Notes and references

^ Wudai Shiji, ch. 12.
^ ^a ^b Wudai Shi, ch. 120.

Sources

Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China: 900–1800. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-44515-5.
(in Chinese) Xue Juzheng; et al., eds. (974). Wudai Shi (五代史) [History of the Five Dynasties].
(in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu (1073). Wudai Shiji (五代史記) [Historical Records of the Five Dynasties].
(in 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)

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[wdsj12-1] Wudai Shiji, ch. 12.

[wds120-2] Wudai Shi, ch. 120.

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