Five Dynasties · Military Officer

Ren Zhao 任釗

Attested AD 923

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ren Zhao was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 同光元年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 29, passage 213

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 29Volume 29 Book of Later Tang 5: Zhuangzong Annals 3 · 1 passage

戊辰，梁將王彥章率眾至汶河，李嗣源遣騎軍偵視，至遞公鎮，梁軍來挑戰，嗣源以精騎擊而敗之，生擒梁將任釗、田章等三百人，俘斬二百級，彥章引眾保於中都。 On wuchen Wang Yanzhang of Liang reached the Wen; Li Siyuan sent scouts to Digong post; the Liang offered battle and Siyuan routed them with picked horse, taking Ren Zhao, Tian Zhang, and three hundred others alive and two hundred heads; Yanzhang fell back on Zhongdu.