Sui and Tang · Huai West Warlord

Wu Shaocheng 吳少誠

Attested AD 787

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wu Shaocheng was a Huai West Warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 787 貞元三年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 158

References in the histories

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

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.