Five Dynasties · General

Zhao Chao 趙晁

Zhào Cháo

Attested AD 956

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Chao was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 顯德三年夏四月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 125

Assessments and attributes

Assessment insubordinate and rapacious · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 143

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 1 passage

時周師久駐淮陽，都將趙晁、白延遇等驕恣橫暴，不相稟從，惟務貪濫，至有劫人婦女者。 The Zhou army had long camped at Huaiyang; commanders Zhao Chao and Bai Yanyu were insubordinate and rapacious, even abducting women.