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Huang Chao was a rebel Leader.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Active in
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Besieged Chen with Qin
Built Eight Immortals camp
Military · Commander
Entered Changan
AD 880 黃巢入長安 · Military · Rebel leader
Fled east after defeat
AD 883 巢敗 · Military · Rebel leader
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 189Volume 189 Biographies 114: Gao, Zhao, Tian, Zhu · 9 passages
黃巢入長安，所在盜興，陳人詣節度府，請犨為刺史，表於朝，授之。
When Huang Chao entered Chang’an, brigands sprang up everywhere. The people of Chen went to the circuit seat and asked that Chou be made prefect; the court was petitioned, and the appointment was granted.
既視事，會官屬計曰：「巢若不死長安，必東出關，陳其沖也。」
As soon as he took office he called his staff together and said, “If Huang Chao does not die in Chang’an, he will surely march east through the passes—and Chen stands in his path.”
巢敗，果東奔。
When Huang Chao was defeated he did indeed flee eastward.
巢聞楷死，驚且怒，悉軍據溵水，與秦宗權合兵數十萬，繚長壕五周，百道攻之。
Huang Chao, hearing that Kai was dead, was shocked and furious. He massed his entire army on the Yin River, joined Qin Zongquan for a force of hundreds of thousands, dug five rings of trenches around the city, and assaulted it from every side.
巢益怒，將必屠之，乃起八仙營於州左，僭象宮闕，列百官曹署，儲糧為持久計。
Huang Chao, growing still angrier, resolved to slaughter the city to the last man. He built an “Eight Immortals” camp east of the walls, mock palaces and halls, offices for a full bureaucracy, and stockpiled grain for a long siege.
巢雖敗，宗權始熾，略地數千里，屠二十餘州，唯陳賴犨獨完，以功檢校司徒，加泰寧、浙西兩節度，皆在陳並領之。
Though Huang Chao was beaten, Qin Zongquan now rose to power, seizing territory for thousands of li and massacring people in more than twenty prefectures. Chen alone, thanks to Chou, stood intact. For this he was made Acting Grand Mentor and given the Taining and Zhexi circuits as well—all governed from Chen in his own hands.
犨悉忠力以孤城抗賊，巢卒敗亡。
Chou poured all his loyalty and strength into holding a single city against the rebels, and Huang Chao was ultimately destroyed.
巢之圍，昶夜掫師，疲而寢，如有神相之者。
During Huang Chao’s siege he led the night patrol. Though exhausted, he would fall asleep on watch as if some spirit watched over him.
巢之難，激勵麾下，約皆死。
During Huang Chao’s siege he roused his men and bound them by oath to fight to the death.