Sui and Tang · Rebel

Huang Chao 黄巢

Huáng Cháo

Attested AD 881 - AD 883

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Huang Chao was a rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 883 三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 34
AD 881 中和元年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 25

Works and attributed material

Speech · Spoken of · Quote The Crow Army is here! · Mode quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 31

Events and relationships

Captured the capital
AD 881 中和元年 · Military · Rebel commander · At Chang'an 京师
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 25
Driven from Changan through Lantian Pass
AD 883 三年 · Military · Defeated · With Li Keyong (李克用)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 4, passage 34

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 4Volume 4 Later Tang Annals 1: Zhuangzong 1 · 4 passages

黄巢已陷京师，中和元年，代北起军使陈景思发沙陀先所降者，与吐浑、安庆等万人赴京师，行至绛州，沙陀军乱，大掠而还。 Huang Chao already held Chang’an. In Zhonghe 1 (881) Chen Jingsi, commissioner of the northern-Dai army, called up the surrendered Shatuo along with Tuyuhun and Anqing forces—ten thousand men—to relieve the capital. At Jiangzhou the Shatuo mutinied, looted the countryside, and marched home.

巢党惊曰：「鸦儿军至矣！」 Chao’s followers panicked: “The Crow Army is here!”

二月，败巢将黄邺于石堤谷； In the second month he routed Huang Ye, a general of Chao’s, at Shidi Valley;

是时，诸镇兵皆会长安，大战渭桥，贼败走入城，克用乘胜追之，自光泰门先入，战望春宫升阳殿，巢败，南走出蓝田关。 By then the provincial armies had massed at Chang’an. At Wei Bridge they met the rebels in a great battle, drove them into the city, and Keyong chased hard—entering first through Guangtai Gate, fighting through Wangchun Palace and Shengyang Hall. Chao broke and ran south by Lantian Pass.