Song, Liao, and Jin · Bandit

Cao Wu 曹伍

Attested AD 1187 - AD 1212

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cao Wu was a Bandit.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1187 to AD 1212 淳熙十四年中銓試而後
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 408, passage 70

Events and relationships

Led over a thousand to raid Pingyang granaries in a famine year, backed by two forts
Banditry · Leader
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 70

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 408Volume 408 Biographies 167: Wu Changyi, Wang Gang, Chen Mi, Wang Ting · 1 passage

歲饑，旁邑有曹伍者，群聚惡少入境，強貸發廩，眾至千餘，挾界頭、牛橋二砦兵為援，地盤踞萬山間，前後令未嚐一涉其境，不虞綱之至也，相率出迎。 During a famine year, a man named Cao Wu in a neighboring county gathered ruffians to cross the border, forcibly borrowing grain and breaking open granaries. His band numbered more than a thousand and was backed by troops from the Jietou and Niuqiao forts. The region lay among countless mountains, and no previous magistrate had ever ventured there. They did not expect Gang to come, but when he did they came out together to meet him.