Han Chong 韓充

Other names

Family

• Kin of Liu Xuanzuo (劉玄佐)
  maternal uncle 舅 · maternal line · Through Mother of Han Chong (韓充母)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 199
• Kin of Han Gongwu (韓公武)
  younger paternal uncle 季父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 194, 207
• Sibling of Han Hong (韓弘)
  younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
  elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 178, 200
• Child of Mother of Han Chong (韓充母)
  mother 母 · maternal line
  Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 199

• Kinship Role military-family-kin · Quantity unspecified
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 228

Career and standing

• garrison officer 牙將
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 199
• Minister of Education (Situ) 司徒
  AD 824 四年八月 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 225-226
• General of the Right Gold Crow Guard 右金吾衛將軍
  AD 811 元和六年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 205
• Acting Minister of Works 檢校工部尚書
  AD 820 十五年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 207
• Military Governor of Fufang 鄜坊節度使
  AD 820 十五年 · Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 十五年 · Western Year: AD 820
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 207
• acting Left Vice Director 檢校左僕射
  AD 822 長慶二年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 210

Places and affiliations

• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 178, 204
• Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 210, 212
• AD 811 元和六年
  At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Traveled to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 204
• AD 820 十五年
  At Fufang 鄜坊 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 207
• AD 822 長慶二年
  At Bian Prefecture 汴州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 212
• AD 822 長慶二年
  At Daliang 大梁 · Relation Entered
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 215

Events and relationships

• Entered without fighting
  AD 822 長慶二年 · Military · Commander · At Daliang 大梁
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 215
• Exchanged posts with
  AD 822 長慶二年 · Administrative · Appointee · With Wang Chengyuan (王承元)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 210
• Expelled troublemakers and their families
  AD 822 長慶二年 · Legal · Authority
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passages 222-223
• Felt uneasy as kinsman near power
  Personal · Subject
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 203
• Marched to city
  AD 822 長慶二年 · Military · Commander · At Bian 汴
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 218
• Ordered to punish
  AD 822 長慶二年 · Military · Commander · With Li Chi (李絺)
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 212

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment court believed he had no divergent ambition · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 205
• Assessment decided boldly in the moment and left no regrets; capable commanders praised him · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 229
• Assessment humble, courteous, never slackening in duty; won the loyalty of the troops · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 202
• Assessment never indulged in luxury and always held to a plain restrained life · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 228

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 178
• born into a military family on both inner and outer sides
  Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 228