An Shuqian (安叔千) | 24 Histories

Overview

An Shuqian was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yinzong	胤宗	Yinzong
Nickname	An the Wordless	安沒字

Life and dates

Death

AD 951 周太祖兵入京師
At Luoyang 洛陽 · Cause Wounds from beating
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 243

Age

Years 72 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 243

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 926 事唐莊宗
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 230
AD 942 to AD 947 出帝時
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 235
AD 951 周太祖兵入京師
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 242-243
AD 947 契丹犯京師
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 236-239
AD 926 to AD 947 從擊契丹
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 232-233
AD 926 to AD 933 明宗時
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 231

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AD 947 漢高祖入立
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 240-241

Origins and identity

Shatuo 沙陀
Group three Shatuo tribes 沙陀三部落
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 229

Career and standing

Feng’an guard commander 奉安指揮使
AD 923 to AD 926 事唐莊宗 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 230
Zhenguo army military commissioner 鎮國軍節度使
AD 947 契丹犯京師 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 239
prefect of Qin 秦州刺史
AD 926 to AD 933 明宗時 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 231
Zhaowu army military commissioner 昭武軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 232
Zhenguo army military commissioner 鎮國軍節度使
AD 947 漢高祖入立 · Dismissed
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 240
senior general of the Left Golden Crow guard 左金吾衛上將軍
AD 942 to AD 947 出帝時 · Held
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 235

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Anguo military commissioner 安國節度使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 233
Henghai military commissioner 橫海節度使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 233
Jianxiong military commissioner 建雄節度使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 233
Jingnan military commissioner 靜難節度使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 233
vanguard commander 先鋒都指揮使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 232
Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent 太子太師
AD 947 漢高祖入立 · Retired as
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 241
Entered
AD 947 漢高祖入立 · Retired
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 241

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 240
Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 235
Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 230
Polity Id liao · Relation Secretly attached
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 240
At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 243
At Xing prefecture 邢州 · Relation Showed allegiance at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 237

Learning and skills

Skill riding and archery 騎射 · Level excelled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 230
Skill writing 文字 · Level none · Negated true
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 234
Skill Khitan speech 夷言
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 236

Events and relationships

Bowed again
Ritual · Bowing official · With Yelü Deguang (耶律德光)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 238
Flogged for hidden wealth
AD 951 周太祖兵入京師 · Violence · Victim
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 242
Helped crush
AD 926 to AD 933 明宗時 · Military · Participant · With Wang Du (王都)
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 231
Met Yelü Deguang
AD 947 契丹犯京師 · Diplomatic · Greeting official · With Yelü Deguang (耶律德光) · At Red Mound 赤岡
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 236
Struck Khitan
AD 926 to AD 947 從擊契丹 · Military · Vanguard commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 232
Relation Served · Person Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 230

Assessments and attributes

Assessment ashamed and fearful for having privately attached himself to the Khitan · Mode self-report
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 240
Assessment imposing appearance but illiterate and crude · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 234
Item household goods 家貲 · Relation Already gone
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 242

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Miscellaneous Biographies 28: Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan, Yang Siquan, Yin Hui, Wang Hongzhi, Liu Shenjiao, Wang Zhou, Gao Xingzhou, Bai Zairong, An Shuqian · 6 passages

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安叔千 An Shuqian

安叔千，字胤宗，沙陀三部落人也。 An Shuqian, styled Yinzong, came from the three Shatuo tribes.

叔千狀貌堂堂，而不通文字，所為鄙陋，人謂之「沒字碑」。 Shuqian looked the part of a commander but could not read; his ways were crude, and people called him the “blank stele.”

契丹犯京師，晉百官迎見耶律德光於赤岡，叔千出班夷言，德光勞曰：「是安沒字否？ When the Khitan took the capital, Jin officials went out to meet Yelü Deguang at Red Mound. Shuqian spoke to him in Khitan. Deguang said kindly: “So you are An the Wordless?

叔千再拜。 Shuqian bowed low again.

周太祖兵入京師，軍士大掠，叔千家貲已盡，而軍士意其有所藏者，箠掠不已。 When Zhou Taizu’s army entered the capital, troops looted the city. Shuqian’s house was already empty, but soldiers believed he still had hoards and flogged him without cease.