Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Chen Xingtai 陳行泰

Attested AD 841

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Xingtai was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

Killed · Killed by Zhang Jiang (張絳)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 96

Attested activity

AD 841 會昌初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 95

Career and standing

Seized
Acting administrator
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 95

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 95

Events and relationships

Killed
AD 841 會昌初 · Political · Killer · With Shi Yuanzhong (史元忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 92, 95

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 5 passages

後為偏將陳行泰所殺。 He was later killed by the deputy general Chen Xingtai.

會昌初，陳行泰殺節度使史元忠，權主留後。 Early in the Huichang era Chen Xingtai killed the military governor Shi Yuanzhong and seized control as acting administrator.

俄而，行泰又為次將張絳所殺，令三軍上表，請降符節。 Before long Xingtai was killed in turn by the next-ranking general Zhang Jiang, who had the three armies petition the court for an official commission.

上遣宰臣詢其事，仲舒曰：「絳與行泰，皆是遊客，主軍人心不附。 The emperor sent chancellors to inquire into the matter. Zhongshu said, "Jiang and Xingtai are both outsiders; the army has no real loyalty to either of them.

李德裕因奏：「陳行泰、張絳皆令大將上奏，邀求節旄，所以必不可與。 Li Deyu then memorialized, "Both Chen Xingtai and Zhang Jiang had their generals petition the throne demanding commissions — for that reason they must on no account be granted.