Hou Zan (侯讚) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hou Zan was a Military Officer.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Zan	瓚	Zàn

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 897 乾寧四年十一月 Qingkou
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 11-12, 19, 21

Places and affiliations

Polity Wu 吳 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 21

Works and attributed material

Biography · Subject · Source Work Nine States Chronicle 九國誌
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 19

Events and relationships

Raided with Zhu Jin
Military · Commander · With Zhu Jin (朱瑾)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 21
Relation Colleague of · Person Zhu Jin (朱瑾)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 21

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 2 passages

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〈（《九國誌·侯讚傳》：時兵起倉卒，加以陰寒，士皆飲冰餐雪而行。 (The 《Nine States Chronicle · Biography of Hou Zan》 says the army had been raised in haste; the weather turned bitter cold, and the men marched on ice and snow.

朱瑾與瓚率五十騎潛濟淮，入自壘北，舞槊而馳，囂聲雷沸，梁兵皆殞眩不能舉，遂斬龐從，大將繼之，死者大半。）〉 Zhu Jin and Zan led fifty horsemen across the Huai by stealth, burst in from north of the camp, and charged while brandishing their lances; the din rolled like thunder; Liang soldiers reeled and could not fight; Pang Cong was beheaded, senior officers fell in turn, and more than half the army was lost.)〉