Five Dynasties · Defector Guard Commander

Zhang Wen 張溫

Attested AD 916 - AD 931

Passages
6
Chapters
5
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Wen as a general, military officer, official, and rebel. This record brings together 6 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhang Wen 張溫 Zhang Wen
Personal name Zhang Wen 張溫 Zhang Wen
Personal Zhang Wen 張溫
Personal name Zhang Wen 张温 Zhang Wen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official
  • Rebel

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天成元年 · Western Year: AD 926
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:037:s0118
  • Source Date: Text: 天成四年五月 · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0057
  • Source Date: Text: 貞明三年 · Western Year: AD 917
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0076
  • Source Date: Text: 贞明二年夏六月 · Western Year: AD 916
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:003:s0038
  • Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0097

Career and standing

  • Label: Right Dragon Martial commanding general; formerly Binzhou military commissioner / 右龍武統軍、邠州節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0097
  • Label: Lizhou Zhaowu army deputy regent / 利州昭武軍留後 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:037:s0118
  • Label: Yang prefecture military commissioner / 洋州節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0057
  • Label: commander of the captive-recruitment guard / 捉生都将 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0038

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: defector · Action: defected-to-Jin · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明二年夏六月 · Western Year: AD 916
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0038
  • Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: surrendered · Label: surrendered to Jin / 降晉
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:044:s0076

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Book of Later Tang 13: Mingzong Annals 3 · 1 passage
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 1 passage
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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Later Liang Annals 3: Later Emperors · 1 passage
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 2 passages
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