Sui and Tang · Official and General

Zhao Guozhen 趙國珍

Died AD 768

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Guozhen as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Zhao Guozhen 趙國珍 Zhao Guozhen
Given name Guozhen 國珍 Guozhen
Surname Zhao 趙 Zhao
Personal name Zhao Guozhen 趙國珍 Zhao Guozhen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: illness · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大歷三年九月 · Lunar Month: 9 · Western Year: AD 768
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0035

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大歷三年九月 · Lunar Month: 9 · Western Year: AD 768
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0035
  • Source Date: Text: 天寶中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 742 · End: AD 756
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0030
  • Source Date: Text: 廣德元年 · Western Year: AD 763
    Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:119:s0034

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Label: Governor of Qian Prefecture / 黔府都督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天寶中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 742 · End: AD 756
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0030
  • Label: Minister of Works / 工部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廣德元年 · Western Year: AD 763
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0034
  • Label: Commissioner of the Circuit Military Affairs / 本管經略等使 · Action: held · Concurrent: true · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天寶中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 742 · End: AD 756
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0030
  • Label: Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0035

Places and affiliations

  • Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
    Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:119:s0029
  • Place: Five Streams / 五溪 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天寶中十余年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 742 · End: AD 756
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0033

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: held Qian streams secure · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0133
  • Assessment: kept Qianzhong secure while central plains at war · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0033

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 4 passages
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