Zhuo Yanming
| Zhúo Yánmíng (卓巖明) | |||||||||
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| Reign | April 14, 945 – July 4, 945[1][2] | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Wang Yanzheng | ||||||||
| Successor | Li Jing / Shi Chonggui | ||||||||
| Born | Probably Putian | ||||||||
| Died | July 4, 945 Fuzhou | ||||||||
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| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||||
Zhuo Yanming (卓巖明) (died July 4, 945
Background
It is not known when Zhuo Yanming, who was born with the name of Zhuo Yansi, was born, but it is known that he was from Putian (莆田, in modern Putian, Fujian). At some point, he took tonsure and became a Buddhist monk with the dharma name of Timing — at either Shenguang Temple (神光寺) (per the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms)[3] or Xuefeng Temple (雪峰寺) (per the Zizhi Tongjian), near the Min traditional capital Fu Prefecture. While being a monk, he became respected by the populace.[1]
In 945,
Brief reign
Upon assuming the throne, Timing took back his surname of Zhuo and took a new name of Yanming. He also welcomed his father from Putian and honored his father as Taishang Huang (retired emperor).[3]
Wang Yanzheng immediately launched an army commanded by the general Zhang Hanzhen (張漢真) against Zhuo's regime, along with supplements from Zhang (漳州, in modern Zhangzhou, Fujian) and Quan (泉州, in modern Quanzhou, Fujian) Prefectures, which were loyal to him. It was said that Zhuo had no strategies to speak of other than trying to employ magic within the palace. Zhang Hanzhen, however, was defeated by Zhuo's general Huang Renfeng (黃仁諷), captured, and executed.[1]
Upon defeating Zhang, Li Renda took over command of the imperial guards, and shortly after had others accuse Huang and Chen Jixun (陳繼珣) of treason and killed them, consolidating the military command in his hands. Not long after, he held a grand review of the troops and had Zhuo attend to view them. At the review, he had a soldier assassinate Zhuo. Zhuo's father was also put to death.[1]