Zhao Shangjiao (趙上交)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Shangjiao as an administrator, named individual, official, and scholar. This record brings together 15 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Shangjiao	趙上交	Zhao Shangjiao
Given	Shangjiao	上交	Shangjiao
Given name	Shangjiao	上交	Shangjiao
Title	Vice Minister of Rites	禮部侍郎
Surname	Zhao	趙	Zhao
Personal name	Zhao Shangjiao	趙上交	Zhao Shangjiao
Personal name	Zhao Shangjiao	趙上交	Zhào Shàngjiāo
Alternate	Zhao Shangjiao	趙上交	Zhao Shangjiao
Given		上交	Shangjiao
Surname		趙	Zhao

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0110, jiuwudaishi:130:s0062
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:105:s0055, jiuwudaishi:148:s0061, xinwudaishi:018:s0044

Roles

Administrator
Named Individual
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾祐三年 · Western Year: AD 950
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Source Date: Text: 乾祐至廣順初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 948 · End: AD 951
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Source Date: Text: 周廣順二年二月 · Western Year: AD 952
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Source Date: Text: 契丹主死 · Western Year: AD 947
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Source Date: Text: 廣順三年正月 · Western Year: AD 953
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Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Year: AD 953
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Source Date: Text: 長興中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 930 · End: AD 933
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Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:115:s0122

Career and standing

Label: Right Chancellor / 右丞相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 契丹主死 · Western Year: AD 947
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Label: Vice Director of Bureau of Parks; Six Armies investigating officer / 虞部員外郎；六軍諸衛推官 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0110
Label: acting supervisor of the examinations / 權知貢舉 · Action: held
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Label: Vice Minister of Revenue / 戶部侍郎 · Action: held
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Label: Vice Minister of Rites / 禮部侍郎 · Action: held · Source Date: Text: 周廣順二年二月 · Western Year: AD 952
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:148:s0061
Description: transferred from Heir Apparent mentor to Vice Minister of Personnel / 由太子賓客授吏部侍郎 · Western Year: AD 955
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:115:s0122

Places and affiliations

Label: Later Zhou / 周 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:148:s0061

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 周廣順二年二月 · Western Year: AD 952
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Kind: memorial · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廣順三年正月 · Western Year: AD 953
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:148:s0063
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Other Person Id: Li Congrong (李從榮)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0113, jiuwudaishi:051:s0114

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: deputy · Action: escort-Yun-to-dowager · Other Person Id: Liu Yun (劉赟)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:105:s0055
Kind: political · Role: memorialist · Action: reformed-jinshi-exam-content · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 廣順三年正月 · Western Year: AD 953
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:148:s0063, jiuwudaishi:148:s0064
Kind: political · Role: memorialist · Action: reformed-oral-to-written-meaning-tests · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 周廣順二年二月 · Western Year: AD 952
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:148:s0061, jiuwudaishi:148:s0062

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: became well known after Congrong's fall · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: Song History biography of Zhao Shangjiao / 宋史·趙上交傳
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:051:s0118

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:148:s0061

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 51Volume 51 Book of Later Tang 27: Biographies 3: Imperial Family · 5 passages

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〈（《宋史·趙上交傳》：秦王從榮開府兼判軍衛，以上交為虞部員外郎，充六軍諸衛推官。 (The Song History, biography of Zhao Shangjiao, records that when Prince Qin Congrong opened his headquarters and concurrently judged the army guards, Shangjiao was made Vice Director of the Bureau of Parks and investigating officer of the Six Armies and various guards.

李澣、張沆、魚崇遠皆白衣在秦府，悉與上交友善。 Li Han, Zhang Hang, and Yu Chongyuan, all commoners at the Qin Palace, became his close friends.

從榮素豪邁，不遵禮法，好昵群小，上交從容言曰：「王位尊嚴，當修令德以慰民望。 Congrong was by nature bold and lawless, fond of low company. Shangjiao said gently, "Your station is exalted; you should cultivate virtue to meet the people's hopes.

上交由是知名。）〉 Shangjiao thereby won renown.)〉

蕭翰率蕃首列拜於殿上，群官趨於殿下，乃偽署王鬆為左丞相，趙上交為右丞相。 Xiao Han led the Khitan chiefs in ranks bowing in the hall while the officials hurried to below the steps. He falsely appointed Wang Song Left Chancellor and Zhao Shangjiao Right Chancellor.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 105Volume 105 Book of Later Jin 7: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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郭威以書召道先歸，留其副趙上交、王度奉赟入朝太后，道乃辭赟先還。 Guo Wei summoned Dao back by letter, leaving deputies Zhao Shangjiao and Wang Du to escort Yun to the dowager; Dao took leave of Yun and went ahead.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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癸未，以太子賓客趙上交為吏部侍郎，以吏部侍郎於德辰、司徒詡並為太子賓客。 On guiwei Heir Apparent mentor Zhao Shangjiao became Vice Minister of Personnel, while Vice Ministers Yu Dechen and Situ Xu became Heir Apparent mentors.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 130Volume 130 Book of Later Zhou 32: Biographies 10: Wang Jun, Murong Yanchao, Yan Honglu, Cui Zhoudu · 5 passages

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是歲，戶部侍郎趙上交權知貢舉，上交嘗詣峻，峻言及一童子，上交不達其旨，榜出之日，童子不第，峻銜之。 That year Zhao Shangjiao, Vice Minister of Revenue, oversaw the examinations. Shangjiao had once visited Jun, who mentioned a certain candidate; Shangjiao did not take his meaning. When the results were posted the youth failed. Jun bore a grudge.

及上交引新及第人至中書，峻在政事堂厲聲曰：「今歲選士不公，當須覆試。」 When Shangjiao brought the new graduates to the Secretariat, Jun shouted in the Hall of Administration: "This year's examination was unfair. There must be a re-test."

峻愈怒，詬責上交，聲聞於外。 Jun grew angrier, reviled Shangjiao, and his shouting was heard outside the hall.

及罷，上交詣本廳謝峻，峻又延之飲酌從容。 When the ceremony ended, Shangjiao went to Jun's office to apologize; Jun received him again and shared wine at ease.

翌日，峻奏上交知舉不公，請致之於法，太祖頷之而已。 The next day Jun memorialized that Shangjiao had run the examinations unfairly and asked that he be punished by law. Taizu only nodded.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 148Volume 148: Treatises 10 Selection of Officials · 2 passages

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周廣順二年二月，禮部侍郎趙上交奏：「貢院諸科，今欲不試泛義，其口義五十道，改試墨義十道。」 In the second month of Guangshun 2 of Zhou, Zhao Shangjiao, Vice Minister of Rites, asked that all examination categories drop general-meaning tests and replace fifty oral questions with ten written ones.

三年正月，趙上交奏：「進士元試詩賦各一首，帖經二十帖、對義五通，今欲罷帖經、對義，別試雜文二首、試策一道。」 In the first month of year 3, Zhao Shangjiao asked that jinshi candidates no longer take classic paste and meaning-response tests but instead submit two literary pieces and one policy essay."

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 18Volume 18: The Later Han Imperial Family · 1 passage

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太祖以書召道先歸，留其副趙上交、王度奉赟入朝太后。 Guo Wei recalled Dao first and left Zhao Shangjiao and Wang Du to bring Yun to court.