Wu Shaocheng (吳少誠)

Overview

Wu Shaocheng was a Huai West Warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 798 貞元十四年
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 17
AD 779 to AD 805 吳少誠
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 161, passage 90
AD 799 拒命
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 112
AD 786 to AD 809 累事吳少誠
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 243
AD 787 貞元三年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 158
AD 786 貞元二年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 150, passage 52

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Warlord in
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 243

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 243; New Book of Tang 172, passage 17

References in the histories

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 2 passages

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初平希烈，吳少誠殺陳仙奇，上以襄、鄧要厄，三年，除襄州刺史、山南東道節度等使，割汝、隨隸焉。 After Li Xilie was subdued, Wu Shaocheng murdered Chen Xianqi. Considering Xiang and Deng strategic passes, in 787 the court appointed Li Gao prefect of Xiang Prefecture and military commissioner of Shannan East Circuit, attaching Ru and Suizhou to his jurisdiction.

練兵積糧，市回鶻馬益騎兵，堂大畋以教士，少誠憚之。 He trained troops, stockpiled grain, bought Uighur horses to expand his cavalry, and held great hunts to drill his men. Wu Shaocheng grew wary of him.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 150Volume 146 Biographies 96: Xue Bo, Bao Fang, Li Ziliang, Li Shuo, Yan Shou, Xiao Xin, Du Ya, Wang Wei, Li Ruochu, Yu Qi, Lu Zheng, Yan Ping, Zheng Yuan, Du Jian, Pei Bin, Xue Pi · 1 passage

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貞元二年，領蔡州節度大使、申光蔡觀察等使，以大將吳少誠為留後。 In Zhenyuan 2 (786), he was named military commissioner of Caizhou and observation commissioner for Shen, Guang, and Cai, with the great general Wu Shaocheng as deputy commissioner.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 203Volume 193 Biographies 143: Exemplary Women · 1 passage

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累事吳少誠、少陽，至元濟時，為吳房令。 He successively served Wu Shaocheng and Shaoyang; under Yuanji he served as Magistrate of Wu Fang.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 3 passages

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吳少誠以蔡拒命，詔合十七鎮兵討之。 When Wu Shaocheng defied orders at Cai, an edict combined troops from seventeen circuits to attack him.

少誠度無能為，即謾書謝監軍，求洗前咎。 Shaocheng judged that Quanyi could do nothing more and at once sent a deceitful letter thanking the army supervisor and asking to be forgiven his former faults.

帝曰：「全義誘少誠歸國，功大矣！ The emperor said, "Quanyi enticed Shaocheng to return to allegiance—the merit is great!

New Book of Tang, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 86: Zhang, Zhao, Li, Zheng, Xu, Wang, Feng, Yu · 1 passage

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陳許曲環辟署於府，久不能堪，乃誣「受吳少誠金為反間，數言休咎惑眾」。 Qu Huan of Chenxu recruited him to his headquarters; unable to endure him long, Huan falsely accused him of "receiving gold from Wu Shaocheng as a spy and repeatedly speaking of fortune and misfortune to delude the masses."

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 1 passage

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是時，吳少誠叛，頔率兵自唐州戰吳房朗山，取之，禽其將李璨，又勝之濯神溝。 When Wu Shaocheng rebelled, Di led troops from Tangzhou, fought at Langshan in Wufang, captured the place, took his general Li Can prisoner, and won again at Zhoushen Ravine.