Sui and Tang · Military Officer and Administrator

Bo Zhenjie 柏貞節

Attested AD 765 - AD 766

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Bo Zhenjie was a Military Officer and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 766 明年二月
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 112, passages 194, 198
AD 765 永泰元年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passages 119, 131
AD 765 永泰元年十月
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 112, passages 192-193

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Administrator of Qiong Prefecture 邛州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 137
prefect of Qiong 邛州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 198
yamen general of Qiong 邛州衙將
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 193

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 144, passage 131
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passages 193, 198

Events and relationships

Campaigned against
AD 765 永泰元年十月 · Military · Commander · With Cui Han (崔旰)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 193
Joined campaign
Military · Ally · With Yang Zilin (楊子琳) · At Qiongzhou 邛州 · Against Person Id Cui Ning (崔寧)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 131
Stood down troops
Military · Actor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 198

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 131

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 112Volume 108 Biographies 58: Wei Jiansu, Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Du Hongjian · 3 passages

邛州衙將柏貞節、瀘州衙將楊子琳、劍州衙將李昌巙等興兵討旰，西蜀大亂。 Yamen generals Bo Zhenjie of Qiong, Yang Zilin of Lu, and Li Changchong of Jian raised armies against Han, and western Shu descended into chaos.

仍以旰為劍南西川行軍司馬，柏貞節為邛州刺史，楊子琳為瀘州刺史，各罷兵。 Han was confirmed as campaigning marshal of Jiannan West, Bo Zhenjie as prefect of Qiong, and Yang Zilin as prefect of Lu, and each army stood down.

且旰南拒貞節，北敗獻誠，宜以懷來，未可力制，終致歸國，豈非臧謀？ Han had held off Zhenjie in the south and defeated Xiancheng in the north. He had to be won by conciliation, not crushed by force. In the end he brought the region back to the empire. Was that not wise policy?

New Book of Tang, Chapter 144Volume 144 Biographies 69: Lai, Tian, Hou, Cui, Yan · 2 passages

於是劍南大擾，楊子琳起瀘州，與邛州柏貞節連和討寧。 Jiannan fell into chaos as Yang Zilin rose in Luzhou and joined Bai Zhenjie of Qiongzhou against Ning.

乃表貞節為邛州刺史，子琳為瀘州刺史，以和解之。 He memorialized Zhenjie as prefect of Qiongzhou and Zilin as prefect of Luzhou to settle the feud.