Five Dynasties · General and Official

Zhang Cong'en 張從恩

Attested AD 945

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Cong'en was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 945 開運二年春正月己未
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 135, 137

Career and standing

Acting Eastern Capital commissioner 權東京留守
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 135, 137
Yanzhou military governor 鄆州節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 135, 137

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 135, 137

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 83Volume 83 Book of Later Jin 9: Emperor Shao 3 · 2 passages

己未，以前許州節度使李從溫為北面行營都招撫使，以鄆州節度使張從恩權東京留守。 On jiwei, Li Congwen, former military governor of Xuzhou, was made overall pacification commander of the northern campaign; Zhang Cong'en, military governor of Yanzhou, was appointed acting regent of the Eastern Capital.

初，帝以不豫初平，未任親禦軍旅，既而張從恩、馬全節相次奏賊軍充斥，恒州杜威告事勢危急，帝曰：「北敵未平，固難安寢，當悉眾一戰，以救朔方生靈。 At first, with his illness only just abating, the Emperor was not yet fit to take personal command; then Zhang Cong'en and Ma Quanjie reported in turn that enemy armies swarmed everywhere, and Du Wei at Hengzhou warned that the crisis was acute. The Emperor said, "The northern foe is still abroad—how can I sleep easy? We must throw every man into one great battle to rescue the people of the north.