Five Dynasties · Official and General

Guo Chongtao 郭崇韜

Guō Chóngtāo

First attested AD 923; died AD 926

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Chongtao was an official and General.

Life and dates

Death

AD 926 同光四年正月
died 死
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 15

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗朝至同光四年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passages 7, 15

Career and standing

Commissioner of the Inner Gate 中門使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 7
Pacification Commissioner 招討使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 9

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 9

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu · 3 passages

前此為中門使者多以罪誅，知祥懼，求他職，莊宗命知祥薦可代己者，知祥因薦郭崇韜自代，崇韜德之，知祥遷馬步軍都虞候。 Earlier holders of the Inner Gate commission had mostly been put to death on criminal charges, and Zhixiang, fearing the same fate, asked for another post. Zhuangzong told him to name his own successor; Zhixiang recommended Guo Chongtao to take his place. Chongtao was grateful, and Zhixiang was promoted to Chief Garrison Officer of the horse and foot armies.

魏王繼岌代蜀，郭崇韜為招討使，崇韜臨訣，白曰：「即臣等平蜀，陛下擇帥以守西川，無如孟知祥者。」 When Prince of Wei Jiji marched against Shu, Guo Chongtao served as Pacification Commissioner. On taking leave he said to the throne: "Once we pacify Shu, Your Majesty should choose a governor to hold the western circuit—and none is better suited than Meng Zhixiang."

同光四年正月戊辰，知祥至成都，而崇韜已死。 On the wuchen day of the first month in the fourth year of Tongguang, Zhixiang reached Chengdu—only to learn that Chongtao was already dead.