Liu Zhiyuan (895-948), Gaozu of the Later Han Dynasty, the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty for five generations, was renamed Liu Wei after the throne, and reigned from 947 to 1948. Liu Zhiyuan was born in Taiyuan, his ancestors are from Shatuo, and his father's name is Yan.
In the fourth year of Kaiyun (947), Liu Zhiyuan was proclaimed emperor. During his reign, the division of various places became powerful and the court was difficult to control, and there were many greedy people under his command, so it formed a maladministration, and the accumulation of wealth became a disaster for a while.
In the first month of the first year of Qianyou (948), Liu Zhiyuan died in the Long Live Hall due to illness, the temple name is Gaozu, and the name is Ruiwen Shengwu Zhaosu Xiao Emperor, buried in Ruiling, located in the Yang of Baizui Mountain, 30 kilometers northwest of Yuzhou City.
Five generations later, Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, had 4 children, and it is worth mentioning that his granddaughter was the third queen of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty. So, what is the fate of his children, please look down.
1, Liu Chengxun
Liu Chengxun (?) -951), the youngest son of Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Later Han Dynasty.
The Later Han Dynasty established Liu Chengxun as the general of the right guard. The elder brother Liu Chengyou was the heir to the throne of the Hidden Emperor, and Liu Chengxun inspected the school Taiwei and Tongping Zhangshi, and led the Xingyuan Mansion Yin from afar, and changed his name to Liu Xun. Soon he replaced Hou Yi as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and was promoted to the position of the school master and servant. In the winter and November of the third year of Qianyou (950), Emperor Yin was killed, and the soldiers wanted to make Liu Chengxun his heir. At that time, Liu Chengxun was seriously ill, and the ministers and generals invited Liu Chengxun to live, and the queen mother asked him to be carried out to meet people on the couch. In the spring of the first year of Zhou Guangshun (951), Liu Chengxun died. Zhou Taizu Guo Wei issued an edict and was named King Chen.
2. Liu Chengxun
Liu Chengxun (922 – January 24, 948), known as Dehui, was the eldest son of Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Later Han Dynasty.
Liu Chengxun was gentle and beautiful when he was a teenager, and Liu Zhiyuan loved it very much. In the Later Jin Dynasty, the tired officials went to the inspection school, and the Later Han Dynasty established the Zuowei General. Liu Zhiyuan will go to Luoyang and order Liu Chengxun to inspect the inner part of Taiyuan Mansion in Beijing. On December 11, the twelfth year of Tianfu (January 24, 948), Liu Chengxun died at the age of 26. Liu Zhiyuan mourned in the Taiping Palace and cried so sadly that he became seriously ill. Posthumously crowned Liu Chengxun King of Wei. Buried in Taiyuan.
3, Emperor Liu Chengyou of the Han Dynasty
Liu Chengyou (930-951), Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty, was a native of Taiyuan, Hedong (now Taiyuan City, Shanxi), and was of the Shatuo ethnic group. The last emperor of the Later Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period, the son of Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Later Han Dynasty, and his mother was Empress Li.
In the Later Jin Dynasty, Liu Chengyou awarded the envoy of the festival and the right servant of the school to shoot. Later Han Dynasty was established, awarded the general of the left guard, the inspection of the school Sikong, the relocation of the capital of the inspection, the inspection of the Taibao. In the first year of Qianyou (948), Liu Chengyou officially ascended the throne, unwilling to be left with power, and was suspicious of killing powerful ministers, which triggered the rebellion of the important minister Guo Wei. On November 22, 951 (January 2, 951), the rebels broke through Kaifeng, and he was killed in the chaos at the age of 21, nicknamed "Yin", and was buried in Yingling (now Yuzhou, Henan).
4, Princess Yongning
Princess Yongning is the eldest daughter of Liu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of China.
In the Later Jin Dynasty, Liu Zhiyuan married his eldest daughter to Song Wei (Song Yanwu). Song Yanwu is the son of Princess Yining, the daughter of Song Tinghao and Li Cunxuan, the Later Tang Zhuangzong. On May 2, 947, the ninth month of the fourth month of the twelfth year of Tianfu of the Later Han Dynasty was named the princess of Yongning, and on the thirteenth day of December of the second year of Qianyou (January 4, 950), she was named the eldest princess of Qin. And the daughter of Princess Yongning, Song, because of her beautiful appearance, married Song Taizu and became the queen, "Song History: The Biography of Song Wei" said that the Song family "is noble and prosperous in modern times, and there is little comparison".
The daughter of Princess Yongning and the granddaughter of Liu Zhizhiyuan: Empress Xiaozhang of Song Taizu
Empress Xiaozhang, also known as Empress Song, the third empress of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was born in the second year of Guangshun of the Later Zhou Dynasty (952), and died in April of the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty to the first year of Dao (995).
Empress Xiaozhang was a native of Luoyang, Henan, the eldest daughter of Song Wei (926-989), the general of the Left Guard and the envoy of the Loyal Army, and her biological mother was Princess Yongning of the Later Han Dynasty (daughter of Liu Zhiyuan, Taizu of the Later Han Dynasty).
Born in a noble family, Empress Xiaozhang has been in and out of the palace since she was a child, so she is well-informed and has a degree of advance and retreat. When she was a child, she was seen with her mother, that is, she was loved by Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and was given a crown (calculated by the year of Guo Wei's death, when Empress Xiaozhang should be under the age of three). At that time, Song Wei was in Huazhou Jiedu envoy, and Empress Xiaozhang returned to the town with her mother. In the fifth year of Qiande (967), he came to congratulate the Spring Festival with his mother, and was favored by the Taizu of the Song Dynasty and was given a crown again. After the death of Empress Xiaoming (942-963), the middle palace was vacant, and in February of the first year of Kaibao (968), she was included in the palace as empress, at the age of seventeen, becoming the third queen of Song Taizu after Empress Xiaohuihe (929-958) and Empress Xiaomingwang.