Sui and Tang · Warlord and Rebel

Dong Chang 董昌

Attested AD 895 - AD 896

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dong Chang was a warlord and Rebel.

Life and dates

Death

Suicide by drowning · At West Xiao River 西小江
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 74

Attested activity

AD 895 to AD 896 全武攻昌逾年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 71, 73
AD 895 昭宗削昌官爵時
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 64

Family

Sibling of Elder Brother of Dong Chang (董昌之兄)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 71

Kinship Role clan · Quantity Dong clan · 董氏
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 65

Career and standing

stripped of office and noble titles 削昌官爵
Stripped · Authority Emperor Zhaozong (昭宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 64

Places and affiliations

At West Xiao River 西小江 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 73-74

Works and attributed material

Lord Qian and I came up from the same countryside together. I was once a great commander—what shame could I bear to show my face before him now?
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 73

Events and relationships

Defied orders again, posted Chen Yu and Cui Wen at Xiangyan and Shihou, and begged troops from Yang Xingmi
Military · Rebel
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 68
Sent two million strings to reward the army, handed over Ying Zhi and confederates, and asked to await punishment
Political · Submitter · With Ying Zhi (應智)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 67

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History

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 67Volume 67: Hereditary House of Wuyue · 9 passages

昭宗下詔削昌官爵，封镠彭城郡王，浙江東道招討使。 Emperor Zhaozong stripped Chang of his titles by edict, enfeoffed Qian Liu as Prince of Pengcheng, and appointed him Pacification Commissioner for Zhejiang East.

以兵三萬屯迎恩門，遣其客沈滂諭昌使改過。 He posted thirty thousand men at the Ying'en Gate and sent his retainer Shen Pang to urge Chang to repent and mend his ways.

昌以錢二百萬犒軍，執應智等送軍中，自請待罪，镠乃還兵。 Chang sent two million strings of cash to reward Liu's army, handed over Ying Zhi and his confederates, and submitted himself to judgment. Liu thereupon withdrew his forces.

昌復拒命，遣其將陳郁、崔溫等屯香嚴、石侯，乞兵於楊行密，行密遣安仁義救昌。 Chang defied orders once more. He posted his generals Chen Yu and Cui Wen at Xiangyan and Shihou, appealed to Yang Xingmi for reinforcements, and Xingmi sent An Renyi to Chang's aid.

镠遣顧全武攻昌，斬崔溫。 Qian Liu sent Gu Quanwu against Chang and had Cui Wen killed.

昌所用諸將徐珣、湯臼、袁邠皆庸人，不知兵，遇全武輒敗。 The commanders Chang relied on—Xu Xun, Tang Jiu, and Yuan Bin—were mediocre men with no grasp of war. Whenever they faced Quanwu they were routed.

昌兄子真，驍勇善戰，全武等攻之，逾年不能克。 Chang's nephew Zhen was bold and skilled in battle. Quanwu and his colleagues besieged him for more than a year without success.

真與其裨將刺羽有隙，羽譖之，昌殺真，兵乃敗。 Zhen had fallen out with his lieutenant Ci Yu. Yu denounced him, Chang had Zhen executed, and the army's defeat followed.

全武執昌歸杭州，行至西小江，昌顧左右曰：「吾與錢公俱起鄉里，吾嘗為大將，今何面復見之乎！」 Quanwu captured Chang and marched him back to Hangzhou. At West Xiao River, Chang turned to his attendants and said: "Lord Qian and I came up from the same countryside together. I was once a great commander—what shame could I bear to show my face before him now?"