Five Dynasties · General

Zhang Wu 張武

First attested AD 930; died AD 931

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Wu was a general.

Life and dates

Death

AD 931 長興元年至二年
died of illness 病卒
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 72

Attested activity

AD 930 to AD 931 長興
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 67

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64: Hereditary House of Later Shu · 2 passages

知祥遣李仁罕、張業、趙廷隱將兵三萬人會璋攻遂州，別遣侯弘實將四千人助璋守東川，又遣張武下峽取渝州。 Zhixiang sent Li Renhan, Zhang Ye, and Zhao Tingyin with thirty thousand men to join Zhang in attacking Suizhou, dispatched Hou Hongshi with four thousand to help hold Eastern River, and sent Zhang Wu through the gorges to seize Yu Prefecture.

張武已取渝州，武病卒，其副將袁彥超代將其軍，又取黔州。 Zhang Wu had already taken Yu Prefecture; when Wu died of illness his deputy Yuan Yanchao assumed command and seized Qian Prefecture as well.