Zhang Guihou (張歸厚)

Overview

Zhang Guihou was a general.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Dekun	德坤	Dekun

Life and dates

Death

AD 911 乾化元年...以疾卒
Cause Illness
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 162

Attested activity

AD 911 乾化元年，拜鎮國軍節度使，以疾卒
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 162
AD 884 歸霸少與其弟歸厚、歸弁俱從黃巢
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 141

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhang Hanqing (張漢卿)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 163
Sibling of Zhang Guiba (張歸霸)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 141

Learning and skills

Skill bow and spear 弓槊
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 150

Assessments and attributes

lost left eye to an arrow; later body pierced by more than ten arrows
Physical description
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 153, 158

References in the histories

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History

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 22Volume 22 Later Liang Biographies 2: Kang Huaiying, Liu Xun, Niu Cunjie, Zhang Guiba, Wang Zhongshi, Xu Huaiyu · 8 passages

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歸霸少與其弟歸厚、歸弁俱從黃巢，巢敗東走，歸霸兄弟乃降梁。 As youths Guiba and his brothers Guihou and Guibian followed Huang Chao; when Chao broke and fled east they surrendered to Liang.

弟歸厚 Younger brother Guihou

弟歸厚，字德坤。 Younger brother Guihou, styled Dekun.

張晊屯赤岡，歸厚與晊獨戰陣前，晊憊而却，諸將乘之，晊遂大敗。 Zhang Zhi held Chigang; Guihou met him alone in front of the lines; Zhi tired and fell back; the other generals piled on and Zhi was routed.

梁攻時溥，歸厚以麾下先進九里山，遇徐兵而戰，梁故將陳璠叛在徐，歸厚望見識之，瞋目大罵，馳騎直往取之，矢中其左目。 In Liang’s assault on Shi Pu, Guihou led the van at Jiuli Mountain and met Xu troops; Chen Fan, a former Liang general now at Xu, was spotted—Guihou glared, cursed, and spurred straight at him; an arrow took his left eye.

太祖卒與鄆兵遇，太祖登高望之，鄆兵才千人，太祖與歸厚以廳子軍直沖之，戰已合，鄆兵大至，歸厚度不能支，以數十騎衛太祖先還。 Taizu suddenly ran into Yan troops, climbed a rise to look—only a thousand men; he and Guihou charged with the palace guard; as battle joined Yan reinforcements poured in; Guihou could barely hold and rode back first with a few dozen cavalry to shield Taizu.

歸厚馬中矢僵，乃持槊步鬥。 Guihou’s horse took an arrow and collapsed; he took up his spear and fought on foot.

歸厚體被十餘箭，得筠馬乃歸，太祖見之，泣曰：「爾在，喪軍何足計乎！」 More than ten arrows pierced Guihou; he seized Yun’s horse and made it back; Taizu saw him and wept: “You’re alive—what is the loss of an army!”