Five Dynasties · General

Du Chongwei 杜重威

Attested AD 946

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Chongwei was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 946 三年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 134

Events and relationships

Campaigned
AD 946 三年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passages 134, 136
Surrendered
AD 946 十二月十日 · Military · Commander · With Yelü Deguang (德光)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 137, passage 137

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 137Volume 137: Foreign States Biographies 1: Khitan · 4 passages

十月，少帝遣杜重威、李守貞等率兵經略。 In the tenth month the Young Emperor sent Du Chongwei, Li Shouzhen, and others on campaign.

契丹主聞晉既出師，自率諸部由易、定抵鎮州，杜重威等自瀛州西趨常山，至中渡橋，敵已至矣，兩軍隔滹水而寨焉。 Hearing that the Jin had marched, the Khitan ruler led his tribes from Yi and Ding to Zhenzhou while Du Chongwei advanced west from Yingzhou toward Changshan. At Zhongdu Bridge the enemy was already there. The two armies camped on opposite banks of the Hutuo River.

十二月十日，杜重威率諸軍降於契丹，語在《晉少帝紀》中。 On the tenth day of the twelfth month Du Chongwei surrendered his entire army to the Khitan. The full account appears in the Basic Annals of the Jin Young Emperor.

命張彥澤領二千騎先趨東京，遣重威部轄降兵取邢、相路前進。 He sent Zhang Yanze ahead with two thousand horsemen toward the Eastern Capital and ordered Chongwei to lead the surrendered troops along the Xing and Xiang route.