Duan Chang (段暢) | 24 Histories

Overview

Duan Chang was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 573 後主令
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 121
AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 11, passages 166, 177, 181, 192

Key source chapters

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 11 Volume 11 Biographies 3: Six Princes of Wenxiang 4 passages
Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 15 Volume 15 Biographies 7: Dou Tai; Wei Jing; Lou Zhao; His Nephew Rui; Kudie Gan; His Son Shiwen; Han Gui; Pan Le 1 passage

Career and standing

Right Guard General 右纫大將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 166
Opening-establishment honors 開府
Held
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 121
strong arm 爪牙
AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 166

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 166
Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Defected to
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 181

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Wu of Zhou (周武帝) · Paraphrased · Extent s0192
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 192

Events and relationships

Declared city empty
AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Military · Informer · With Emperor Wu of Zhou (周武帝)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 192
Defected with thousand horsemen
AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Defection · Defector · With Ah-Yuzi (和阿于子)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 181
Held east wall
AD 577 武平七年十二月／德昌元年 · Military · Defender
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 177
Led surprise raid
Military · Commander · With Dingyuan (定遠)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 15, passage 121
Relation Former general of · Person Yanzong (延宗)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 11, passage 192

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 11Volume 11 Biographies 3: Six Princes of Wenxiang · 4 passages

Open chapter

以晉昌王唐邕為宰輔，齊昌王莫多婁敬顯、沭陽王和阿于子、右纫大將軍段暢、武纫將軍相里僧伽、開府韓骨胡、侯莫陳洛州為爪牙。 He made Prince Tang Yong of Jinchang chief minister; Prince Moduolou Jingxian of Qichang; Prince Ah-Yuzi of Shuyang; Right Guard General Duan Chang; Martial Guard General Xiangli Sengqie; Opening-Office General Han Guhu; and Houmochen Luozhou his strong arms.

延宗命莫多婁敬顯、韓骨胡拒城南，和阿于子、段暢拒城東。 Yanzong ordered Moduolou Jingxian and Han Guhu to hold the south wall, and Ah-Yuzi and Duan Chang the east.

阿于子、段暢以千騎投周。 Ah-Yuzi and Duan Chang defected to Zhou with a thousand horsemen.

延宗叛將段暢亦盛言城內空虛。 Yanzong's defecting general Duan Chang also loudly declared the city empty within.

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 15Volume 15 Biographies 7: Dou Tai; Wei Jing; Lou Zhao; His Nephew Rui; Kudie Gan; His Son Shiwen; Han Gui; Pan Le · 1 passage

Open chapter

後主令開府段暢率三千騎掩之，令侍御史趙秀通至州，以贓貨事劾定遠。 The Later Lord ordered Duan Chang, who held opening-establishment honors, to lead three thousand cavalry in a surprise raid, and sent attendant censor Zhao Xiutong to the province to impeach Dingyuan for embezzlement.