Zhao Hui (趙暉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhao Hui was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Chongguang	重光	Chongguang

Life and dates

Death

AD 954 尋卒
At his residence 其第
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 24

Age

67
AD 954 年六十七 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 24

Attested activity

AD 948 to AD 949 乾祐初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 13-20
AD 951 to AD 953 國初…三年春
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 21-22
AD 923 to AD 926 弱冠…莊宗帳前…同光中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 2-3
AD 926 明宗即位
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 4
AD 936 to AD 946 晉有天下
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 5
AD 946 to AD 947 開運末
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 6-7

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AD 954 顯德元年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 23-25

Career and standing

Military governor of the Guide army/circuit 歸德軍節度使
AD 953 三年春 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 22
Overall commander of the southwestern campaign 西南面行營都部署
AD 948 to AD 949 乾祐初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 14
Co-equal chief councilor 同平章事
AD 948 乾祐初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 13
Commander leading southern frontier garrison 分統所部南戍
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 3
Concurrent Director of the Chancellery 兼中書令
AD 951 國初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 21
Commander of the imperial/palace guard 禁軍指揮使
AD 926 明宗即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 4

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Acting Grand Guardian and concurrent Palace Attendant 檢校太保、兼侍中
AD 949 明年春 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 20
Commissioner overseeing Shaan, Guo, and adjoining prefectures 陜虢等州觀察處置等使
AD 947 漢祖…命暉 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 11
Military governor of Baoyi / Baoyi circuit 保義軍節度使
AD 947 漢祖…命暉 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 11
Acting Grand Marshal (检校太尉) 檢校太尉
AD 947 漢祖之幸東京 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 12
Commander of the imperial horse guard 馬直軍使
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗帳前 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 2
Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent with honorable discharge 太子太師致仕
AD 954 顯德元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 23
Joint commander of palace guard 參掌衛兵
AD 936 to AD 946 晉有天下 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 5
Military governor transferred to Fengxiang 移鎮鳳翔
AD 948 乾祐初 · Transferred
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 13
Commander of the Fengguo army 奉國指揮使
AD 936 to AD 946 晉有天下 · Transferred
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 5
Duke of Qin 秦國公
AD 954 顯德元年 · Advanced
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 23
Director of the Department of State Affairs 尚書令
AD 954 制贈 · Posthumously awarded
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 25
Entered
AD 954 顯德元年 · Retirement
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 23

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 7, 11, 13
Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 5-6
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 2-4
Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 21, 23
At Chanzhou 澶州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 1
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中
At southern tribal frontier 蠻陬 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 3

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AD 946 開運末
At Shaan 陜 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 6

Works and attributed material

AD 953 三年春
Memorial · Author · memorial requesting audience at court
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 22

Events and relationships

Accompanied
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中 · Military · Officer · With Prince of Wei (魏王) · At Shu 蜀 · accompanied Prince of Wei in conquest of Shu
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 3
Besieged
AD 936 to AD 946 晉有天下 · Military · Officer · With Ma Quanjie (馬全節) · At Anlu 安陸 · joined Ma Quanjie in siege of Anlu
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 5
Escorted
AD 947 漢祖之幸東京 · Ritual · Escort · With Founder of Later Han (漢祖) · At Shaan 陜 · in armor paid respects roadside and escorted imperial carriage to traveling palace
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 12
Fought
AD 923 to AD 926 莊宗帳前 · Military · Officer · Counterparts Later Liang armies 大梁兵 · fought more than a hundred battles against Great Liang / Later Liang armies
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 2
Fought
AD 936 to AD 946 晉有天下 · Military · Officer · With Du Chongwei (杜重威) · At Zongcheng 宗城 · aided Du Chongwei at battle of Zongcheng
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 5
Rejected appointment
AD 947 契丹入汴後 · Political · Actor · With Khitan emperor (契丹主) · executed Khitan envoy and burned edict appointing him acting Baoyi governor; Tongjian note · Mode named-source-report Source Work Zizhi Tongjian 通鑒
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 9-10

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Seized
AD 947 開運末…漢祖建義 · Military · Commander · At Shaan prefecture 陜州 · With Wang Yan (王晏), Hou Zhang (侯章) · with Wang Yan and Hou Zhang expelled Khitan-appointed officials and seized Shaan
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 7
Suppressed
AD 948 to AD 949 乾祐初 · Military · Commander · With Wang Jingchong (王景崇) · At Qishan / Fengxiang 岐山 · campaign against Wang Jingchong; used feigned Shu relief to ambush sortie; took city next spring
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 14, 16-20

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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 · 13 passages

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趙暉，字重光，澶州人也。 Zhao Hui, whose style was Chongguang, was a native of Chanzhou.

同光中，從魏王破蜀，命暉分統所部，南戍蠻陬。 During the Tongguang reign he accompanied the Prince of Wei in the campaign that conquered Shu. He was then ordered to lead his own detachment south to guard the frontier against the southern tribes.

明宗即位，征還，授禁軍指揮使。 When Emperor Mingzong acceded, Hui was recalled to court and made commander of the imperial guard.

〈（《通鑒》：契丹主賜趙暉詔，即以為保義留後。 (According to the 《Zizhi Tongjian》: The Khitan emperor issued an edict to Zhao Hui and immediately appointed him acting military governor of Baoyi.

暉斬契丹使者，焚其詔，遣支使河間趙矩奉表晉陽。）〉 Hui executed the Khitan envoy, burned the edict, and sent his staff officer Zhao Ju of Hejian to submit a memorial at Jinyang.)〉

漢祖乃命暉為保義軍節度、陜虢等州觀察處置等使。 The Han founder then appointed Hui military governor of the Baoyi circuit and commissioner overseeing Shaan, Guo, and the adjoining prefectures.

漢祖之幸東京，路出於陜，暉戎服朝於路左，手控六飛達於行宮，君臣之義如舊結焉，旋加檢校太尉。 When the Han founder journeyed to the Eastern Capital, his route passed through Shaan. Hui, in full armor, paid his respects by the roadside, took the reins of the imperial carriage, and escorted it to the temporary palace. The bond between sovereign and minister seemed renewed, and he was soon given the honorary rank of Grand Marshal.

屬王景崇叛據岐山，及期不受代，朝廷即命暉為西南面行營都部署，統兵以討之。 Wang Jingchong had rebelled and seized Qishan, and when his term ended he refused to step down. The court promptly named Hui overall commander of the southwestern campaign and sent him with an army to suppress him.

暉領兵數千，數戰而勝，然後塹而圍之。 Hui led several thousand men, won battle after battle, and then invested the city with trenches and a siege line.

暉屢使人挑戰，賊終不出，乃潛使千餘人，於城南一舍之外，擐甲執兵，偽為蜀兵旗幟，循南山而下，詐令諸軍聲言川軍至矣。 Hui repeatedly challenged the enemy to fight, but the rebels would not sally forth. He then secretly sent more than a thousand men a lodge's distance south of the city wall. They donned armor, took up weapons, and bore Shu banners and standards as they came down from the southern hills, while the main army shouted that Shu reinforcements had arrived.

須臾，西南塵起，城中以為信，乃令數千人潰圍而出，以為應援，暉設伏而待，一鼓而盡殪之。 Soon dust rose in the southwest. The garrison took this for truth and sent several thousand men out through a breach in the siege lines to meet the supposed allies. Hui's ambush was waiting; at a single drumbeat his men annihilated them.

三年春，拜章請覲，詔從之，入朝授歸德軍節度使。 In the third year of the reign he submitted a memorial asking to come to court. The emperor assented, and on his arrival Hui was appointed military governor of the Guide circuit.

顯德元年，受代歸闕，以疾告老，授太子太師致仕，進封秦國公。 In the first year of Xiande he was replaced and returned to court. Citing illness, he asked to retire and was made Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent with honorable discharge, and was advanced in rank to Duke of Qin.