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 Cai wars under Zongquan
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 112, 116

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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時宗權支黨數十萬，太祖兵不過數十旅，每恨其寡，與之不敵。 Zongquan had hundreds of thousands of followers while the Founder had only a few brigades and bitterly felt himself outmatched.

宗權以茲敗北，太祖盡收其地。 Zongquan was driven north and the Founder took all his lands.