Ge Congzhou (葛從周)

Overview

Ge Congzhou was a general.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 901 to AD 903 以葛從周為兗州節度使；從周攻鄩
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 40, 42

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Ge Congzhou (葛從周母)
mother 母
mother 母 · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 41, 43

Kinship Role family members · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 41

Career and standing

military governor of Yanzhou 兗州節度使
AD 901 to AD 903 以葛從周為兗州節度使 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 40

Places and affiliations

Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 40

Events and relationships

Besieged
AD 903 從周攻鄩 · Military · Commander · With Liu Xun (劉鄩)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 42, 45
Slackened attack
AD 903 從周為之緩攻 · Military · Besieger
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 45

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 22Volume 22 Later Liang Biographies 2: Kang Huaiying, Liu Xun, Niu Cunjie, Zhang Guiba, Wang Zhongshi, Xu Huaiyu · 7 passages

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是時，梁已破朱瑾等，悉有兗、鄆，以葛從周為兗州節度使，從周將兵在外，鄩乃使人負油鬻城中，悉視城中虛實出入之所。 Liang had already broken Zhu Jin and held Yan and Yun. Ge Congzhou governed Yanzhou while his army was away; Xun sent men to peddle oil in the city and mapped every weak point and gate.

油者得羅城下水竇可入，鄩乃以步兵五百從水竇襲破之，徙從周家屬外第，親拜其母，撫之甚有恩禮。 The peddlers found a drain under the outer wall wide enough to enter; Xun sent five hundred foot soldiers through it and took the city. He moved Congzhou’s family to a house outside the walls, bowed to Congzhou’s mother, and treated her with every courtesy.

太祖已出昭宗於鳳翔，引兵東還，遣朱友寧攻師範、從周攻鄩。 Taizu had brought Zhaozong out of Fengxiang and was marching east; he sent Zhu Youning against Shifan and Ge Congzhou against Xun.

鄩以版輿置從周母城上，母呼從周曰：「劉將軍待我甚厚，無異於汝。 Xun set Congzhou’s mother in a litter on the wall; she called down: "General Liu has treated me as kindly as you would.

從周為之緩攻。 Congzhou slackened the assault.

師範兵已屈，從周以禍福諭鄩，鄩報曰：「俟吾主降，即以城還梁。」 Shifan’s army was failing; Congzhou tried to win Xun with threats and promises. Xun answered: “When my master yields, I will hand the city to Liang.”

從周為具賫裝，送鄩歸梁，鄩曰：「降將蒙梁恩不誅，幸矣，敢乘馬而衣裘乎！」 Congzhou fitted him out and sent him to Liang. Xun said: “A beaten man spared by Liang is already lucky—how dare I ride a horse and wear fine furs?”