Five Dynasties · Teacher

Schoolmaster Zhao of Zhenzhou 鎮州趙學究

Attested AD 956

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Schoolmaster Zhao of Zhenzhou was a Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 顯德三年二月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 36

Career and standing

village schoolteacher 在村中教學
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 47

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 47
At Zhenzhou 鎮州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 47

Learning and skills

Skill military stratagem 奇計 · Level effective
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passages 48, 51

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passages 48-50

Events and relationships

Relation Advisor of · Person Zhao Kuangyin (趙匡胤)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passages 48, 51

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 3 passages

太祖兵聚關下，且虞暉兵再至，聞諸村人，雲有鎮州趙學究在村中教學，多智計，村民有爭訟者，多請以決曲直。 Kuangyin's troops regrouped below the pass, anxious that Hui would attack again. Villagers told him of a Zhenzhou schoolmaster Zhao in the hamlet—a man of keen counsel whom locals trusted to settle disputes.

太祖往訪之，學究曰：「我有奇計，所謂因敗為勝，轉禍為福。 Kuangyin sought him out. The schoolmaster said: "I have a plan to turn defeat into victory and disaster into advantage.

太祖大喜，且命學究以指其路，學究亦不辭，而遣人前導，即下令誓師，夜從小徑行，三軍跨馬浮西澗以迫城，暉果不為備。 Kuangyin was delighted, had the schoolmaster guide them, and marched by night along the hidden path. The whole army forded the swollen West Stream and rushed the walls while Hui was still unprepared.