Sun Chao (孫超) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Sun Chao as an administrator and military officer. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Sun Chao	孫超	Sūn Chāo

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:138:s0016

Roles

Administrator
Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 唐長興四年 · Western Year: AD 933
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:138:s0016

Career and standing

Label: military governor / 節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:138:s0016
Label: acting governor of Liangzhou / 涼州留後 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:138:s0016

Places and affiliations

Label: Later Tang / 後唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:138:s0016

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 138Volume 138: Foreign States Biographies 2: Tubo, Huihu, Goryeo, Bohai Tungusic Tribes, Heishui Tungusic Tribes, Silla, Tangut, Kunming Tribes, Yutian, Champa, Zangkeman · 1 passage

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唐長興四年，涼州留後孫超遣大將拓拔承謙及僧道士耆老楊通信等至京師，明宗拜孫超節度使。 In the fourth year of the Later Tang Changxing era, Sun Chao, acting governor of Liangzhou, sent his senior general Tuoba Chengqian together with monks, Daoists, and elders led by Yang Tongxin to the capital. Emperor Mingzong then invested Sun Chao as military governor.