Five Dynasties · General

Shi Jingtang 石敬瑭

Attested AD 930 - AD 931

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shi Jingtang was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 930 to AD 931 長興元年至二年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 66

Career and standing

Overall Pacification Commissioner 都招討使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 66

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu · 4 passages

明宗下詔削奪知祥官爵，命天雄軍節度使石敬瑭為都招討使，夏魯奇為副。 Mingzong stripped Zhixiang of rank and office by edict and appointed Tianxiong military commissioner Shi Jingtang overall Pacification Commissioner with Xia Luqi as his deputy.

十二月，敬瑭及廷隱戰於劍門，唐師大敗。 In the twelfth month Jingtang and Tingyin fought at Sword Gate and routed the Tang army.

二年正月，李仁罕克遂州，夏魯奇死之，知祥以仁罕為武信軍留後，遣人馳魯奇首示敬瑭軍，敬瑭乃班師。 In the first month of the second year Li Renhan took Suizhou and Xia Luqi was killed. Zhixiang made Renhan acting regent of the Martial Faith Army and sent Luqi's head posthaste to Jingtang's camp; Jingtang then withdrew.

是時，唐軍涉險，以餉道為艱，自潼關以西，民苦轉饋，每費一石不能致一斗，道路嗟怨，而敬瑭軍亦旋，所在守將又皆棄城走。 Tang troops were struggling through difficult terrain with supply lines stretched thin. West of Tong Pass the people groaned under transport levies—often paying the cost of a full stone of grain to move a single dou—and the roads filled with complaint. Jingtang's army withdrew as well, and garrison commanders everywhere abandoned their posts and fled.