Five Dynasties · General

Zhang Jingda 張敬達

Zhāng Jìngdá

Attested AD 936

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Jingda was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年八月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 136

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 136

Works and attributed material

battle reports from Taiyuan
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 136, 139-140

Events and relationships

Built Five Dragons Bridge and fought at Taiyuan
AD 936 清泰三年八月 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 136, 139-140
Defeated by Khitan withdrew to Jinan camp
AD 936 清泰三年九月甲辰 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 140, 143-144

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 5 passages

張敬達奏，造五龍橋攻太原城次。 Zhang Jingda reported that he was building the Five Dragons Bridge to attack the walls of Taiyuan.

辛巳，張敬達奏，賊城內出騎軍三十隊、步卒三千人衝長連城，高行周襲殺入壕，溺死者大半，擒賊將安小喜以下百餘人，甲馬一百八十匹。 On xinsi Zhang Jingda reported that from within the rebel city thirty cavalry units and three thousand infantry had charged the long linked camps. Gao Xingzhou attacked them as they entered the moat; more than half drowned. Over a hundred rebel generals including An Xiaoxi were captured, along with one hundred eighty suits of armor and horses.

九月甲辰，張敬達奏，此月十五日，與契丹戰於太原城下，王師敗績。 On jiachen in the ninth month Zhang Jingda reported that on the fifteenth day of that month he had fought the Khitan below the walls of Taiyuan and the imperial army had been defeated.

巳時後，蕃軍復成列，張敬達、楊光遠、安審琦等陣於賊城西北，倚山橫陣，諸將奮擊，蕃軍屢卻。 After the si hour the barbarian army re-formed its ranks. Zhang Jingda, Yang Guangyuan, An Shenqi, and others arrayed northwest of the rebel city in a line along the mountains. The generals fought fiercely and the barbarian army repeatedly fell back.

是日，遣侍衛步軍都指揮使符彥饒率兵屯河陽，詔範延光率兵由青山路趨榆次，詔幽州趙德鈞由飛狐路出敵軍後，輝州防禦使潘環合防戍軍出慈、隰以援張敬達。 That day Fu Yanrao, commander of the Palace Guard infantry, was dispatched to station troops at Heyang. Fan Yanguang was ordered to lead troops by the Qingshan route toward Yuci; Zhao Dejun of Youzhou was to come out behind the enemy by the Flying Fox route; and Pan Huan, Defender of Huizhou, was to combine frontier garrison troops and advance from Ci and Xi to relieve Zhang Jingda.