Qin and Han · General

Hou Chang 侯敞

Died BC 196

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Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hou Chang was a general.

Life and dates

Death

BC 196 十一年冬
Beheaded
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 147

Attested activity

BC 196 十一年冬
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 93, passage 147

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 93Biographies of Han Xin (King of Han) and Lu Wan · 1 passage

十一年冬，漢兵擊斬陳豨將侯敞、王黃於曲逆下，破豨將張春於聊城，斬首萬餘。 In the winter of the eleventh year, the Han army attacked and beheaded Chen Xi's generals Hou Chang and Wang Huang below the walls of Quni, and defeated his general Zhang Chun at Liaocheng, taking more than ten thousand heads.