Five Dynasties · Official and General

Guo Chongtao 郭崇韜

First attested AD 923; died AD 926

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Chongtao was an official and General.

Life and dates

Death

AD 926 尋已族滅
Clan extermination
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 39, passage 214

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 926 先朝
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 39, passage 214

Career and standing

Suffered
AD 926 尋已族滅 · Clan extermination
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 39, passage 214

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 39, passage 214

Events and relationships

Clan exterminated
AD 926 尋已族滅 · Legal · Victim
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 39, passage 214

Assessments and attributes

AD 923 to AD 926 先朝
Item iron certificate of mercy 鐵券 · Relation Received
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 39, passage 214

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 39, passage 214

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 39Volume 39 Book of Later Tang 15: Mingzong Annals 5 · 1 passage

帝曰：「先朝所賜，惟朕與郭崇韜、李繼麟三人爾，崇韜、繼麟尋已族滅，朕之危疑，慮在旦夕。」 Mingzong said: "Only I, Guo Chongtao, and Li Jilin had received them from the prior reign—and Chongtao and Jilin were soon wiped out; my own peril might come any day."