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Zhang Zangying 張藏英

Attested AD 953 - AD 959

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhang Zangying 張藏英 Zhang Zangying
Personal Zhang Cangying 張藏英 Zhang Cangying

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 廣順三年秋七月 · Western Year: AD 953
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0109
  • Source Date: Text: 顯德六年 · Western Year: AD 959
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:119:s0062

Career and standing

  • Label: Khitan Lutai army commissioner / 契丹盧臺軍使 · Action: held
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0109

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: defector · Action: fled-to-Zhou
    Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0109
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: routed-Khitan-cavalry · Place: north of Waqiao Pass / 瓦橋關北
    Explicit · jiuwudaishi:119:s0062

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 119Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 · 1 passage
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 1 passage
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