Fu Daozhao (符道昭) | 24 Histories

Overview

Fu Daozhao was a Military Officer.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 908 天祐五年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 71, 76
AD 907 丙申
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 95, 114
AD 902 天復二年四月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 149
AD 901 天復元年冬
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 246
AD 908 攻梁軍於夾城
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 256

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Lady Hou (侯氏)
wife 妻
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 256

Key source chapters

Career and standing

great general 大將
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 246
army commissioner 軍使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 114
deputy pacification commissioner 副招討使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 76
Entered
Captive
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 76

Places and affiliations

AD 907 丙申
Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 114
Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 76

Events and relationships

Again encamped a great army at Hangu in Guo county; led ten thousand across the ravine and was routed by ambush
AD 902 天復二年四月 · Military · Commander · At Hangu, Guo county 虢縣之漢穀
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passages 149-152
Captured at Jiacity
Military · Captive
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 76
Encamped more than ten thousand at Wugong and was routed by Huaiying
AD 901 天復元年冬 · Military · Commander · At Wugong 武功
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 246
Feasted and rewarded
AD 907 丙申 · Court · Guest · At Hall of Primordial Virtue 元德殿
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 95, 114
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Maozhen (李茂貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 246

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 114; New History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 256

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Book of Later Liang 3: Taizu Annals 3 · 1 passage

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丙申，御元德殿，宴犒諸軍使劉捍、符道昭已下，賜物有差。〉 On bingshen he held court in the Hall of Primordial Virtue and feasted army commissioners from Liu Han and Fu Daozhao downward, with graded gifts.〉

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Book of Later Liang 23: Biographies 13: Liu Xun, He Gui, Kang Huaiying, Wang Jingren · 3 passages

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時李茂貞遣大將符道昭領兵萬餘屯武功以拒，太祖命諸軍擊之，以懷英為前鋒，領眾先登，一鼓而大破之，擄甲士六千餘人，奪馬二千匹。 Li Maozhen sent Fu Daozhao with more than ten thousand men to hold Wugong; the Founder ordered an attack and made Huaiying vanguard. He led the charge, broke the enemy at one stroke, captured more than six thousand armored men, and seized two thousand horses.

二年四月，符道昭復領大軍屯於虢縣之漢穀。 In the fourth month of year 2 Fu Daozhao again encamped with a great army at Hangu in Guo county.

道昭以懷英兵寡，有俯視之意，乃率甲士萬人，絕澗以挑戰。 Daozhao thought Huaiying too few to fear and led ten thousand armored men across the ravine to fight.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Book of Later Tang 3: Zhuangzong Annals 1 · 1 passage

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李嗣源壞夾城東北隅，率先掩擊，梁軍大恐，南向而奔，投戈委甲，噎塞行路，斬萬餘級，獲其將副招討使符道昭洎大將三百人，芻粟百萬。 Li Siyuan breached Jiacity's northeast and charged in; Liang panicked and fled south, shedding arms until the road jammed; over ten thousand were killed; Fu Daozhao and three hundred officers were taken, with a million bundles of fodder.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14: Taizu of Later Tang's Family · 1 passage

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先時，莊宗攻梁軍於夾城，得符道昭妻侯氏，寵專諸宮，宮中謂之「夾寨夫人」。 Earlier, at Jiacheng, Zhuangzong took Fu Daozhao’s wife Lady Hou, who dominated the inner quarters; the palace called her "the Jiazai Lady."