Cao Yuanzhong (曹元忠)

Overview

The translated histories identify Cao Yuanzhong as an administrator, diplomat, military officer, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Cao Yuanzhong	曹元忠	Cao Yuanzhong
Alternate	Cao Yuanzhong	曹元忠	Cao Yuanzhong
Personal	Cao Yuanzhong	曹元忠	Cáo Yuánzhōng
Personal name	Cao Yuanzhong	曹元忠	Cao Yuanzhong
Personal	Yuanzhong	元忠	Yuánzhōng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:138:s0033

Roles

Administrator
Diplomat
Military Officer
Official
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 丙子，于闐使都督劉再升來，沙州曹元深、瓜 · Western Year: AD 942
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Source Date: Text: 周世宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 954 · End: AD 959
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Source Date: Text: 至七年 · Western Year: AD 942
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Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:115:s0103

Career and standing

Label: military governor of the Army of Returning Allegiance / 歸義軍節度使 · Action: appointed
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Description: appointed Shazhou military commissioner, honorary Grand Preceptor, and chief councilor / 授沙州節度使、檢校太尉、同平章事 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:115:s0103

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: sender · Action: sent envoys with Liu Zaisheng
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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戊子，以沙州留後曹元忠為沙州節度使、檢校太尉、同平章事。 On wuzi acting Shazhou commissioner Cao Yuanzhong was appointed Shazhou military governor, honorary Grand Preceptor, and concurrent chief councilor.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 138Volume 138: Foreign States Biographies 2: Tubo, Huihu, Goryeo, Bohai Tungusic Tribes, Heishui Tungusic Tribes, Silla, Tangut, Kunming Tribes, Yutian, Champa, Zangkeman · 2 passages

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至七年，沙州曹元忠、瓜州曹元深皆遣使來。 In the seventh year, Cao Yuanzhong of Sha and Cao Yuanshen of Gua each dispatched envoys.

周世宗時，又以元忠爲歸義軍節度使，元恭爲瓜州團練使。 Under Emperor Shizong of Zhou, Yuanzhong was again appointed military governor of the Army of Returning Allegiance and Yuangong regimental commissioner of Gua Prefecture.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9Volume 9 Later Jin Annals 2: the Emperor That Fled · 1 passage

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丙子，于闐使都督劉再升來，沙州曹元深、瓜州曹元忠皆遣使附再升以來。 On bingzi Liu Zaisheng, commissioner of Khotan, arrived; Cao Yuanshen of Shazhou and Cao Yuanzhong of Guazhou sent envoys in his train.