Qin Zongquan (秦宗權)

Overview

Qin Zongquan was a warlord.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 881 to AD 889 Qin Zongquan near defeat
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 55, 58

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 2 passages

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性強敏，有武略，秦宗權用為心膂，使監督諸軍，後為騎將。 Forceful, quick-witted, and skilled in war, he became Qin Zongquan's intimate and overseer of the armies, then a cavalry commander.

秦宗權之將敗也，有薛潛者，支擘隊伍，道昭謂所私曰：「蔡弱矣。」 When Qin Zongquan neared ruin, Xue Qian held the lines together; Daozhao told his confidants, "Cai is failing."