Tang Dynasty Jiedushi of Zhongwu Circuit: Cui Anqian, Du Shenquan, Emperor Taizu of Later Liang, Feng Xingxi, Han Jian (Tang Dynasty), Li Guangyan, Lu

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Cui Anqian, Du Shenquan, Emperor Taizu of Later Liang, Feng Xingxi, Han Jian (Tang Dynasty), Li Guangyan, Lu Yanhong, Ma Zhi, Wang Zai, Wang Zhixing, Zhao Chou, Zhou Ji (Tang Dynasty). Excerpt: Emperor Taizu of Later Liang ( ), personal name Zhu Quanzhong ( ) (852-912), ne Zhu Wen ( ), name later changed to Zhu Huang ( ), nickname Zhu San (, literally, "the third Zhu"), was a Jiedushi (military governor) at the end of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who previously served as a general under the rebel Huang Chao's state of Qi and overthrew Tang in 907, established the Later Liang Dynasty as its emperor, and ushered in the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Details on Zhu Wen's origin are scarce. He was born the youngest of three sons, Quanyu, Cun and Wen, his father, Zhu Cheng ( ) was an instructor in the Five Classics in Dangshan County, which at that time belonged to Song Prefecture (, seated in modern Shangqiu, Henan). There was also a younger sister who married one Yuan Jingchu ( ) of Xiayi County ( ), near Dangshan, whose father and grandfather had held office on a provincial and prefectural level, but who claimed ancestry from the prominent middle-Tang official Yuan Shuji. (Her son with Yuan, Yuan Xiangxian, would later be an important general during Zhu Wen's Later Liang Dynasty and the succeeding Later Tang Dynasty.) Zhu Cheng died while Wen was still a boy, likely about 864, or after. His widow brought her three sons to live in the household of Liu Chong of Xiao County, Xuzhou. Zhu Cheng's mother is known to have been surnamed Liu. It is therefore possible that Liu Chong was a relative of Zhu Wen's grandmother. If this was in fact the case, Zhu Cheng's origin can not have been too obscure since the Liu family was the leading family in the area. The marriage of the daughter into the Yuan family also indicate a family of some standing. Zhu Wen was brought up to be a family retainer or manor steward, but it is said that the people in the Liu household did not view him highly, except Liu Chong's mother, who in fact had to intercede whenever Liu Chong, displeased with Zhu Wen, caned him. Zhu instead went on to form his own bandi