Yao Hong (姚洪) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yao Hong as a general, military officer, and soldier. This record brings together 9 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yao Hong	姚洪	Yao Hong
Personal name	Yao Hong	姚洪	Yao Hong

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0146
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:070:s0076

Roles

General
Military Officer
Soldier

Life and dates

Death

Manner: flayed and flesh eaten · Cause: executed by Dong Zhang · Authority Person Id: Dong Zhang (董璋)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0089
Manner: killed / 害之 · Other Person Id: Dong Zhang (董璋)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:062:s0146

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 933 · Western Year: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:026:s0156
Source Date: Text: 長興元年 · Western Year: AD 930
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:062:s0146
Source Date: Text: 長興初 · Western Year: AD 930
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:070:s0077

Family

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 2
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0090

Places and affiliations

Label: Later Liang / 梁 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0076

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Dong Zhang (董璋) · Quoted: true
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0082, jiuwudaishi:070:s0083, jiuwudaishi:070:s0084, jiuwudaishi:070:s0085, jiuwudaishi:070:s0086, jiuwudaishi:070:s0087, jiuwudaishi:070:s0088

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defended · Place: Langzhou / 閬州 · Other Person Id: Dong Zhang (董璋)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0078, jiuwudaishi:070:s0079
Relation: former-subordinate-of · Person Id: Dong Zhang (董璋)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0077

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: loyal unto death · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:070:s0087, jiuwudaishi:070:s0088

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 1 passage

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尋率其兵陷閬州，擒節度使李仁矩、軍校姚洪等害之。 He soon marched on Langzhou, captured Governor Li Renju and the officer Yao Hong, and executed them.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22: Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda · 7 passages

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姚洪，本梁之小校也。 Yao Hong had begun as a junior officer in the service of Liang.

璋叛，領眾攻閬州，璋密令人誘洪，洪以大義拒之。 When Zhang rebelled he marched on Langzhou. Zhang secretly sent agents to win Hong over, but Hong refused on grounds of loyalty and duty.

及璋攻城，洪悉力拒守者三日，禦備既竭，城陷被擒。 When Zhang laid siege to the city, Hong defended it with everything he had for three days. When his supplies and defenses were spent the city fell and he was taken.

璋謂洪曰：「爾頃為健兒，由吾獎拔至此； Zhang said to Hong, "Only recently you were a common fighting man whom I promoted and raised to where you stand now.

洪大罵曰：「老賊，爾為天子鎮帥，何苦反耶！ Hong shouted back, "You old traitor! The Son of Heaven made you a frontier commander—why must you rebel!

璋怒，令軍士十人，持刀刲割其膚，燃鑊於前，自取啖食，洪至死大罵不已。 Zhang in fury ordered ten soldiers with knives to slice flesh from his body, set a cauldron blazing before him, and eat the pieces themselves. Hong cursed him without stopping until he died.

明宗聞之泣下，置洪二子於近衛，給賜甚厚。 When Mingzong heard of it he wept and placed Hong's two sons in the inner guard, granting them generous rewards.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 26Volume 26 Later Tang Biographies 6: Fu Xi, Wu Zhen, Kong Qian, Zhang Yanlang, Li Yan, Li Renju, Mao Zhang · 1 passage

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仁矩素為安重誨所親信，自璋有異志，重誨思有以制之，乃分東川之閬州為保寧軍，以仁矩為節度使，遣姚洪將兵戍之。 Renju had long stood in An Chonghui’s trust. Once Zhang turned disloyal, Chonghui looked for a way to pin him. He split Lang prefecture from Dongchuan to form the Baoning army, made Renju its military governor, and sent Yao Hong to garrison it.