Five Dynasties · Warlord

Wang Chuzhi 王處直

Wáng Chǔzhí

Attested AD 911

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Chuzhi was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 911 天祐八年三月二十七日
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 200

Career and standing

Yiding Army military commissioner 易定節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 200

Places and affiliations

Polity Yiding 易定 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 200

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Book of Later Tang 3: Zhuangzong Annals 1 · 1 passage

上令押衙戴漢超持墨製及六鎮書如幽州，其辭曰：「天祐八年三月二十七日，天德軍節度使宋瑤、振武節度使周德威、昭義節度使李嗣昭、易定節度使王處直、鎮州節度使王鎔、河東節度使尚書令晉王謹奉冊進盧龍橫海等軍節度、檢校大尉、中書令、燕王為尚書令、尚父。」 He ordered Dai Hanchao to Youzhou with the ink edict and six-circuit letters reading: "On the twenty-seventh day of the third month of Tianyou 8, Song Yao of Tiande, Zhou Dewei of Zhenwu, Li Sizhao of Zhaoyi, Wang Chuzhi of Yiding, Wang Rong of Zhen, and the Jin Prince, Minister Director and military commissioner of Hedong, reverently advance Liu Shouguang, commissioner of the Lulong and Henghai armies, honorary Grand Marshal, Grand Councilor, and Prince of Yan, to Minister Director and August Father."