Guo Zongxun

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Emperor Gong of Later Zhou
後周恭帝
Emperor of the Later Zhou dynasty
Reign28 July 959 – 3 February 960 [1]
Predecessor Guo Rong (Emperor Shizong)
Regent Empress Dowager Fu
Chancellors
Born14 September 953
Chanzhou, Later Zhou [2] (modern Qingfeng County, Henan, China)
Died973 (aged 20)
Fangzhou, Northern Song (modern Fang County, Hubei, China)
Burial
Shun Mausoleum (順陵, in modern Xinzheng, Henan)
34°33′55.04″N113°41′54.66″E / 34.5652889°N 113.6985167°E / 34.5652889; 113.6985167
Names
Surname: Guō () or Chái ()
Given name: Zōngxùn ( )
Era dates
Xiǎndé ( ), 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)
  1. Wudai Shiji, ch. 12.
  2. 1 2 Wudai Shi, ch. 120.

Sources

Chai Zongxun
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Chái Zōngxùn
Guo Zongxun
House of Chai (954–960)
Born: 953 Died: 973
Regnal titles
Preceded by Emperor of the Later Zhou
959–960
Succeeded by


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