Overview
Wu Zhen was a general and Administrator.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- AD 926 未及交印而遇害Killed before assuming command in a garrison mutiny · At Lutai 盧台Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 106
Age
- Label capping age (about twenty) 弱冠 · Reckoning Weak capDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 98
Attested activity
- AD 926 契丹犯塞，代房知溫軍於盧台Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 105-107
- AD 918 to AD 926 少孤從軍至遇害Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 96, 98, 106
- AD 921 聞張文禮弑王鎔Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 99
- AD 922 鎮州平授刺史Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 103
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Mother of Wu Zhen (烏震母)mother 母Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 100
- Spouse of Wife of Wu Zhen (烏震妻)wife 妻Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 100
- Kinship Role children · Quantity included among ten household members with his mother and wifeDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 100
- Kinship Role father · Quantity died while Zhen was youngDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 97
Career and standing
- squad leader of Zhenzhou 鎮州隊長Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 98
- prefect of Shen and Zhao 深、趙二州刺史AD 922 鎮州平 · Appointed · At Shen and Zhao 深趙Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 103
- northern commissioner for water and land transport and pacification 北面水陸轉運、招撫等使Held concurrentlyDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 104
- section commander 部將HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 98
- titular military commissioner of Xuanzhou 遙領宣州節度使HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 105
- deputy Hebei campaign commissioner 河北道副招討PromotedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 105
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- prefect of Yizhou 易州刺史TransferredDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 104
- Grand Tutor 太傅AD 926 明宗聞之，詔贈太傅 · Posthumously grantedDated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 107
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 105, 107
- At Xindu, Ji Prefecture 冀州信都Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 96
- At Hebei 河北 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 104
- At Lutai 盧台 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 105
- At Xindu, Ji Prefecture 冀州信都 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 96
Learning and skills
- Institution district school 鄉校 · Relation Studied atDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 97
- Subject Zuo Commentary 左氏傳 · Relation StudiedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 108
- Skill poetry 詩 · Level practicedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 108
- Skill epistolary writing 筆劄 · Level skilledDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 108
Works and attributed material
- Zuo Commentary 左氏傳Relation ReaderDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 108
Events and relationships
- Campaigned along the Yellow RiverDated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 98
- Killed in mutinyDated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 106
- Led grain three times into JimenAD 926 契丹犯塞 · Military · Convoy commander · At Jimen 薊門Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 105
- Refused hostage lure and pressed siegeDated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 100-102
- Vowed to avenge lordDated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passages 99-100
- Relation Subordinate colleague of · Person Fu Xi (符習)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 98
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- Relation Successor of · Person Fang Zhiwen (房知溫)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 105
- Relation Vassal of · Person Wang Rong (王鎔)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 99
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment lamented by men of Yan and Zhao after his death · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 109
- Assessment plain, upright, and uniquely famed for good government in Hebei · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 104
- Assessment won strong loyalty from his men · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 98
Source notes
- left inscriptions at post stations and Buddhist templesField inscriptionsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 59, passage 108
References in the histories
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