Wang Zhou (王周) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Zhou was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 947 漢高祖入立
At at his command 鎮
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 151-152

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 933 事唐莊宗、明宗
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 141
AD 936 to AD 944 晉天福中
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 142
AD 947 杜重威降契丹
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 148, 150
AD 947 漢高祖入立
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 151-152

Family

Kinship Role family members · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 149

Career and standing

junior officer 裨校
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 141
prefect 刺史
AD 923 to AD 933 事唐莊宗、明宗 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 141
Wusheng Army military commissioner 武勝軍節度使
AD 947 杜重威降契丹 · Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 150
Military commissioner of Beizhou 貝州節度使
AD 936 to AD 944 晉天福中 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 143
Military commissioner of Jingzhou 涇州節度使
AD 936 to AD 944 晉天福中 · Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 143
Military commissioner of Baoyi 保義節度使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 145

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Military commissioner of Chengde 成德節度使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 145
Military commissioner of Wusheng 武勝節度使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 145
Military commissioner of Yiwu 義武節度使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 145
Military commissioner of Wuning 武寧節度使
AD 947 漢高祖入立 · Transferred
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 151
Palace Secretariat Minister 中書令
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 152

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 151
Polity Later Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 142, 148
Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 141
Polity Id liao · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 150
At Weizhou 魏州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 140
At Dingzhou 定州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 146

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At Jingzhou 涇州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 143-144

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 146, 148

Events and relationships

Attempted suicide
Personal · Subject
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 149
Campaigned
AD 936 to AD 944 晉天福中 · Military · Subordinate · With Du Chongwei (杜重威) · At Zhenzhou 鎮州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 142
Campaigned
AD 936 to AD 944 晉天福中 · Military · Subordinate · With Yang Guangyuan (楊光遠) · At Weizhou 魏州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 142
Compensated grain and repaired bridge
Administrative · Prefect · At Dingzhou 定州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 146-147
Enlisted in youth
Military · Officer
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 141
Forced to surrender
AD 947 杜重威降契丹 · Military · Defender · At Zhenzhou 鎮州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 148-149

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Reformed abuses
Administrative · Governor · At Jingzhou 涇州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 144

Assessments and attributes

Assessment good government in four successive commands · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 145
Assessment lenient; inquired into hardships and reversed flight of the people · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 144

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Miscellaneous Biographies 28: Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan, Yang Siquan, Yin Hui, Wang Hongzhi, Liu Shenjiao, Wang Zhou, Gao Xingzhou, Bai Zairong, An Shuqian · 5 passages

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王周，魏州人也。 Wang Zhou came from Weizhou.

涇州張彥澤為政苛虐，民多流亡，周乃更為寬恕，問民疾苦，去其苛弊二十餘事，民皆復歸。 At Jing, Zhang Yanze’s rule was harsh and cruel and many fled. Zhou made policy lenient, inquired into people’s hardships, and removed more than twenty harsh abuses; the people all returned.

定州橋壞，覆民租車，周曰：「橋梁不修，刺史過也。」 At Dingzhou a bridge broke and overturned rent-grain carts. Zhou said: “Bridges not repaired are the prefect’s fault.”

杜重威降契丹，契丹兵過鎮州，臨城呼周使出降，周泣曰：「受晉厚恩，不能死戰而以城降，何面目面行見人主與士大夫乎！」 Du Chongwei surrendered to the Khitan. Khitan troops passed Zhenzhou and called for Zhou to come out and surrender. Zhou wept: “Jin showed me deep grace—I could not fight to the death yet surrender the city. What face dare I show the ruler and the gentlemen while still walking!”

契丹以周為武勝軍節度使。 The Khitan made Zhou military commissioner of the Wusheng Army.