Zhang Xichong (張希崇)

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Zhang Xichong was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 935 context
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 118

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 125Volume 125 Book of Later Zhou 27: Biographies 5: Lie Chuanwu, Zhao Hui, Wang Shou'en, Kong Zhijun, Wang Jihong, Feng Hui, Gao Yunquan, Zhe Congruan, Wang Rao, Sun Fangjian · 2 passages

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初，張希崇鎮靈州，以久在蕃，頗究邊事，數年之間，侵盜並息。 Earlier Zhang Xichong had governed Lingzhou. Having long served on the frontier, he knew border affairs well, and within a few years raiding and plundering ceased entirely.

希崇卒，未有主帥，蕃部寇鈔，無復畏憚，朝廷以暉強暴之名聞於遐僥，故以命之。 When Xichong died there was no commander, and the frontier tribes raided without restraint. The court knew Hui's reputation for violence had reached even distant lands, and appointed him for that reason.