Sui and Tang · Warlord

Shichong 世充

Attested AD 618 - AD 618

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shichong was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 偃師敗
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 241
AD 618 密敗
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 252, 255
AD 618 邴元真之降也
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 236

Places and affiliations

AD 618 密敗
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Sought to usurp
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 255

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Zu Junyan (祖君彥) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 252

Events and relationships

Ordered beating
AD 618 密敗 · Legal · Authority · With Zu Junyan (祖君彥)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 254
Wished to usurp Sui
AD 618 密敗 · Political · Would be usurper
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 255

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 9: Li, Mi · 5 passages

邴元真之降也，世充以為行臺仆射，鎮滑州。 When Bing Yuanzhen surrendered, Shichong made him Vice Director of the Branch Headquarters and garrisoned Huazhou.

偃師敗，降世充，為大將。 After the defeat at Yanshi he surrendered to Shichong and became a great general.

密敗，世充見之，曰：「汝為賊罵國足未？」 When Mi was defeated, Shichong saw him and said, "Have you cursed the state enough as a bandit?"

世充令撲之。 Shichong ordered him beaten.

既困臥樹下，世充已自欲盜隋，中悔，命醫許惠照往視之，欲其蘇。 When he was exhausted and lay beneath a tree, Shichong himself already wished to usurp the Sui and halfway regretted it. He ordered the physician Xu Huizhao to go examine him, wishing him to revive.