五代义子假子制度 / Five Dynasties Adoptive-Son System

Five Dynasties adoptive-son system names EP252 《太平年》之外的五代十国，什么样？’s discussion of义子 and假子 ties in late Tang and Five Dynasties military groups. The source treats adoption, name changes, and pseudo-kinship as tools for expanding armed capacity and binding loyalty when formal institutions were weak.

Figures such as 李克用, 李存勖, and 李嗣源 make the system concrete. The episode also notes that after regime change, names could be changed again to cut old bonds or signal a new affiliation.

Connections

• Military Personalization / 军队私人化 - power organized through commanders and personal ties.
• 后唐 - major regime cluster where the pattern appears.
• 五代继承危机 / Five Dynasties Succession Crisis - private kinship could strengthen armies without guaranteeing stable inheritance.