Song, Liao, and Jin · Writer

Zhao Dingchen 趙鼎臣

Attested AD 1091 - AD 1126

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Dingchen was a Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1091 to AD 1126 趙鼎臣《竹隱畸士集》
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 23

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 23

Works and attributed material

Collected Writings of the Eccentric Gentleman of Bamboo Retreat 竹隱畸士集
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 23

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 23

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 118Volume 118 Book of Later Zhou 20: Shizong Annals 5 · 1 passage

又，趙鼎臣《竹隱畸士集》云：當城中之危也，彥卿方與諸將立城上，因泣諫以周、唐強弱，勢不足以相支，又城危甚，而外無一人援，恐旦夕徒死無益，勸彥卿趣降。 Zhao Dingchen's 《Collected Writings of the Eccentric Gentleman of Bamboo Retreat》 also records that when the city was in peril Yanqing was standing on the wall with his generals. One of them wept and urged surrender, arguing that Zhou and Tang were too mismatched in strength to hold out, that the city was in grave danger with no relief coming from outside, and that they would only die in vain if they waited.