Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Wei Zhaodu 韋昭度

Attested AD 888

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wei Zhaodu was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 888 昭宗即位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 39-40, 42-43, 48

Career and standing

military governor of Shu 蜀帥
AD 888 昭宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 39
Chief Minister 宰臣
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 39

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 39
AD 888 昭宗即位
At Shu 蜀 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 39
At Jianmen Pass 劍門 · Relation Traveled through
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 49

Events and relationships

Established field headquarters with division troops
Administrative · Commander · Mode named-source-report Source Work Record of Mirrors and Warnings 鑒戒錄
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 42
Hesitated over Wang Jian advice
Political · Addressee · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 46
Left tally and baton with Wang Jian and returned east the same day
Political · Predecessor · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 48

Assessments and attributes

Assessment greatly afraid after the clerk was eaten · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 48
Item tally and baton 符節 · Relation Relinquished · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 48

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 39

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 136Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3: Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang · 8 passages

昭宗即位，彥朗表請雪建，擇大臣為蜀帥，移敬瑄他鎮，乃詔宰臣韋昭度鎮蜀，以代敬瑄。 When Emperor Zhaozong came to the throne, Gu Yanlang memorialized asking that Wang Jian be pardoned, that a senior minister be sent to command Shu, and that Chen Jingxuan be transferred elsewhere. The court appointed Chief Minister Wei Zhaodu military governor of Shu to replace him.

敬瑄不受代，天子怒，命顧彥朗、楊守亮討之，時昭度以建為牙內都校，董其部兵。 Chen Jingxuan refused to step down. The emperor was furious and ordered Gu Yanlang and Yang Shouliang to attack him. Wei Zhaodu meanwhile made Wang Jian commander of the headquarters troops and put him in charge of his own troops.

〈（《鑒戒錄》云：昭度以部兵置行府。）〉 (The 《Record of Mirrors and Warnings》 states that Wei Zhaodu set up his field headquarters with his division troops.)

及王師無功，建謂昭度曰：「相公興數萬之眾，討賊未效，餉運交不相屬。 When the imperial campaign failed, Wang Jian told Wei Zhaodu, "Your Excellency raised tens of thousands of men to punish the rebel without success, and supplies no longer keep pace.

相公盍歸朝覲，與主上畫之。」 Why not return to court and lay the matter before the emperor."

昭度持疑未決。 Wei Zhaodu hesitated, unable to decide.

一日，建陰令軍士於行府門外擒昭度親吏，臠而食之，建徐啟昭度曰：「蓋軍士乏食，以至於是耶！」 One day Wang Jian secretly had his soldiers seize Wei Zhaodu's personal clerk outside headquarters, butcher him, and eat him. Wang Jian then told Wei Zhaodu calmly, "I suppose the men were simply out of food and driven to this!"

昭度大懼，遂留符節與建，即日東還。 Terrified, Wei Zhaodu left his credentials with Wang Jian and returned east the same day.