Pan Chongche (潘崇徹)

Overview

Pan Chongche was an eunuch and General.

Life and dates

Death

Unspecified
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 254

Attested activity

AD 917 to AD 942 事龑為內侍省局丞
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 246
AD 971 太祖命師度嶺
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 253
AD 971 to AD 980 授汝州別駕，卒
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 254
AD 943 to AD 958 晟嘗遣大將吳懷恩伐桂州
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 248
AD 958 to AD 971 鋹襲位
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 481, passage 249

Career and standing

Vice-Governor of Ru Prefecture 汝州別駕
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 254
Bureau Assistant in the Palace Domestic Service 內侍省局丞
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 246
Commander-in-Chief of the Northwest Area 西北面都統
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 249
Suffered
Stripped of military command
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 252
special pardon 特赦
Received · Authority Emperor Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 254

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 254
Polity Southern Han 南漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passages 246, 249
At Nanhai in Guangzhou 廣州南海
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 245
At Ru Prefecture 汝州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 254

Learning and skills

Skill military texts 兵書 · Level studied
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 247

Events and relationships

Established battle merit
Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 247
Refused zealous service
AD 971 太祖命師度嶺 · Military · Garrison commander · At He River 賀江
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 253
Succeeded
Military · Replacement commander · With Wu Huai'en (吳懷恩) · At Gui Prefecture 桂州
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 248

Assessments and attributes

Assessment spent days with performers in brocade, playing flutes and drinking through the night, neglecting military affairs · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Xue Chongyu (薛崇譽)
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 251
lived in perpetual resentment after loss of command
Temperament
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 252

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 481Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 8 passages

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潘崇徹，廣州南海人。 Pan Chongche came from Nanhai in Guangzhou.

晟嘗遣大將吳懷恩伐桂州平之，懷恩為部下所殺，命崇徹代之。 Shen once sent the general Wu Huai'en to conquer Gui Prefecture. When Wu was killed by his own men, Shen put Chongche in command.

鋹襲位，加西北面都統。 When Chang took the throne, Chongche was made Commander-in-Chief of the Northwest Area.

歲餘，鋹頗疑崇徹，遣薛宗譽使其軍以察之。 After a year Chang grew suspicious of Chongche and sent Xue Chongyu to his camp to investigate.

崇譽還，遂白崇徹日以伶人百餘衣錦繡、吹玉笛，為長夜之飲，不恤軍政。 On his return Chongyu reported that Chongche spent his days with more than a hundred performers in brocade robes, playing jade flutes and feasting through the night while neglecting military affairs.

鋹怒，召歸，奪其兵柄，自是居常怏怏。 Enraged, Chang recalled him and stripped him of command. Thereafter Chongche lived in perpetual resentment.

太祖命師度嶺，鋹復命崇徹領兵五萬戍賀江，崇徹不為效命。 When Taizu's army crossed the mountains, Chang again put Chongche in charge of fifty thousand troops to guard the He River, but Chongche refused to fight with any zeal.

鋹敗，至京，太祖知其事，特赦之，授汝州別駕，卒。 After Chang's defeat Chongche was brought to the capital. Taizu, knowing what had transpired, granted him a special pardon and appointed him Vice-Governor of Ru Prefecture, where he later died.