Sui and Tang · Rebel

Huang Chao 黃巢

Attested AD 881 - AD 883

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Huang Chao was a rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 881 to AD 883 抗黃巢百萬之眾
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 229

Works and attributed material

Historical comment · Subject · Direct quotation · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 229

Events and relationships

Led a host numbered at a million against Zhao Chou at Huaiyang
Military · Attacker · With Zhao Chou (趙犨) · At Huaiyang 淮陽
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 229

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 14, passage 229

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 14Volume 14 Book of Later Liang 14: Biographies 4: Luo Shaowei, Zhao Chou, Wang Ke · 1 passage

趙犨以淮陽咫尺之地，抗黃巢百萬之眾，功成事立，有足多者。 Zhao Chou, with only the tiny territory of Huaiyang, resisted Huang Chao's million-strong host; his merit and accomplishment deserve much praise.