Five Dynasties · General

Chen Chengzhao 陳承昭

Attested AD 957

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Chengzhao was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 957 顯德四年十二月辛酉
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 161

Career and standing

senior general of the Right Gate Guards 右監門上將軍
AD 957 顯德四年十二月丙寅 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 174
Baoyi Army commissioner and overall relief commander north of the river 偽保義軍節度使、江北都應援使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 161
Taken prisoner
Captured
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 161

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Tang 江南 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 117, passage 161

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 117Volume 117 Book of Later Zhou 19: Shizong Annals 4 · 2 passages

辛酉，至楚州西北，大破賊眾，水陸俱奔，有賊船數艘，順流而逸，帝率驍騎與今上追之數十里，今上擒賊大將偽保義軍節度使、江北都應援使陳承昭以獻。 On xinyou, northwest of Chuzhou, the army routed the enemy on land and water. Several rebel ships fled downriver; the Emperor and the present sovereign pursued for dozens of li, and the present sovereign captured Chen Chengzhao, the Southern Tang-appointed Baoyi commissioner and overall relief commander north of the river, and presented him to the Emperor.

以偽命濠州兵馬都監陳遷為沂州團練使，以偽命保義軍節度使陳承昭為右監門上將軍。 Chen Qian, the Southern Tang-appointed Haozhou army supervisor, was made regimental commissioner of Yizhou; Chen Chengzhao, the Baoyi commissioner, was made senior general of the Right Gate Guards.