Shi Shuzong (氏叔琮)

Overview

The translated histories identify Shi Shuzong as a general. This record brings together 7 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Shi Shuzong	氏叔琮	Shì Shūcóng
Personal	Shi Shucong	氏叔琮	Shì Shūcóng
Personal	Shi Shuzong	氏叔琮
Personal	Shi Shuzong	氏叔琮	Shi Shuzong
Personal name	Shi Shuzong	氏叔琮	Shi Shuzong
Personal name	Shi Shuzong	氏叔琮	Shì Shūcóng
Given	Shuzong	叔琮	Shuzong
Given	Shuzong	叔琮	Shūcóng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:012:s0057, jiuwudaishi:017:s0152, jiuwudaishi:062:s0055
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:041:s0073

Roles

General

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光化三年 · Western Year: AD 900
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:016:s0060
Source Date: Text: 光化初 · Western Year: AD 898
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0152
Source Date: Text: 天復元年 · Western Year: AD 901
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:012:s0055, jiuwudaishi:012:s0057, jiuwudaishi:062:s0055
Source Date: Text: 梁攻匡凝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 903 · End: AD 905
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0073

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked Zhao Kuangning · Other Person Id: Zhao Kuangning (趙匡凝)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0152
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked-Jin-via-Tianjing · Other Person Id: Meng Qian (孟遷)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0055

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 12Volume 12 Book of Later Liang 12: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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友倫與氏叔琮等躡其轍，追至太原，摩壘挑戰，獲牛馬萬餘。 With Shi Shuzong he pursued to Taiyuan, challenged the walls, and seized more than ten thousand cattle and horses.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 2 passages

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乃令張存敬、氏叔琮守其寨。 He left Zhang Cunjing and Shi Shuzong to hold camp.

天復元年三月，與氏叔琮討太原，從周以兗、鄆之眾，自土門路入，與諸軍會於晉陽城下，以糧運不給，班師。 Tianfu 1, month 3, with Shi Shuzong he marched on Taiyuan; Congzhou led the Yan and Yun forces in by the Tumen route, joined the armies below Jinyang, and withdrew when supplies failed.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7: Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man · 1 passage

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光化初，匡凝以太祖有清口之敗，密附於淮夷，太祖遣氏叔琮率師伐之。 Early in Guanghua, after the Founder's defeat at Qingkou, Kuangning secretly sided with the Huai rebels and the Founder sent Shi Shucong against him.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 2 passages

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《歐陽史》云：天復元年，梁遣氏叔琮攻晉，出天井關，遷開門降，為梁兵鄉道以攻太原，不克； Ouyang Xiu's history records that in 901 the Liang sent Shi Shuzong against Jin through Tianjing Pass; Qian opened the gates, guided the Liang army toward Taiyuan, and failed to take the city;

叔琮軍還過潞，以遷歸於梁。 on the return march Shuzong passed through Luzhou and delivered Qian to the Liang.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 1 passage

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是時，梁已破兗、鄆，遣氏叔琮、康懷英等攻匡凝，叔琮取泌、隨二州，懷英取鄧州，匡凝懼，請盟，乃止。 Liang had already taken Yan and Yun. Zhu Wen sent Shi Shuzong and Kang Huaiying against Kuangning. Shuzong seized Bi and Sui; Huaiying took Deng. Kuangning sued for peace, and the assault stopped.