Five Dynasties · General

Du Zhongwei 杜重威

Attested AD 947

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Du Zhongwei was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 947 十二月丙寅
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 133, 166

Places and affiliations

AD 947 十二月丙寅
Polity Id liao · Polity Khitan 契丹 · Relation Surrendered to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 133

Events and relationships

Rebelled and surrendered
AD 947 十二月丙寅 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 133

Assessments and attributes

Assessment one of the three men who completed Jin's calamity · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 166-167, 171

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 133

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 52Volume 52 Miscellaneous Biographies 32: Du Zhongwei, Li Zhouzhen, Zhang Yanze · 3 passages

十二月丙寅，重威、守貞叛降契丹，彥澤亦降。 On the day bingyin of the twelfth month, Zhongwei and Shouzhen rebelled and surrendered to the Khitan. Yanze surrendered as well.

使重威等雖不叛以降虜，亦未必不亡； Even if Zhongwei and the others had not rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, Jin might not necessarily have survived;

視重威、彥澤之死，而晉人所以甘心者，可以知其憤疾怨怒於斯人者，非一日也。 Judging from the deaths of Zhongwei and Yanze and how the people of Jin were satisfied at heart, one can see that their fury and resentment toward these men had been building for a long time.