Five Dynasties · Military Officer

Mao Chongwei 毛重威

Attested AD 928

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Mao Chongwei was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 928 天成三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 43

Events and relationships

Garrisoned Kui then withdrew
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passages 43, 45

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu · 2 passages

是歲，唐師伐荊南，詔知祥以兵下峽，知祥遣毛重威率兵三千戍夔州。 That year, as Tang forces campaigned against Southern Jing, the court ordered Zhixiang to send troops through the gorges. He dispatched Mao Chongwei with three thousand men to garrison Kui Prefecture.

知祥諷重威以兵鼓噪，潰而歸，唐以詔書劾重威，知祥奏請無劾，由是唐大臣益以知祥為必反。 Zhixiang prompted Chongwei to let his men raise a clamor and break ranks for home. The Tang court impeached Chongwei by edict, but Zhixiang memorialized against the charge. Tang ministers now increasingly assumed Zhixiang would surely rebel.