Zhao Siwen (趙思溫) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Siwen as an aristocrat, diplomat, envoy, and general. This record brings together 13 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Siwen	趙思溫	Zhao Siwen
Posthumous name	Duke of Wei	魏國公
Given name	Siwen	思溫
Given	Siwen	思溫	Sīwēn
Courtesy name	Wenmei	文美	Wénměi
Surname	Zhao	趙
Personal name	Zhao Siwen	趙思溫	Zhào Sīwēn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:002:s0011
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:076:s0107, liaoshi:113:s0125
Value: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0045

Roles

Aristocrat
Diplomat
Envoy
General
Official

Life and dates

Death

Expression: died after a meteor fell in his courtyard / 有星隕於庭，卒 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同二年 · Western Year: AD 939
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0121

Attested activity

Western Year: c. AD 926 · Source Date: Text: Chronology stated or entailed by s0045
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:073:s0045
Source Date: Text: 天贊二年 · Western Year: AD 923
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:002:s0060
Source Date: Text: 天顯十一年 · Western Year: AD 936
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0118
Source Date: Text: 會同二年 · Western Year: AD 939
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0121
Source Date: Text: 會同元年 · Western Year: AD 938
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:113:s0125
Source Date: Text: 會同初 · Western Year: AD 938
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0120
Source Date: Text: 神冊二年 · Western Year: AD 917
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0114

Family

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Parent of Zhao Yanjing (趙延靖)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Parent of Zhao Yanzhao (趙延照)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Occupation: general
Explicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0045
Label: Acting Grand Preceptor / 檢校太師 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同初 · Western Year: AD 938
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0120
Label: Acting Grand Guardian and military governor of the Baojing army / 檢校太保、保靜軍節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0117
Label: prefect of Pingzhou / 平州刺史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0113
Label: Southern Capital regent and Lulong military governor / 南京留守、盧龍軍節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0119
Label: Merit Lord Who Conspires in Counsel, Pacifies Disorder, and Assists the Sage / 協謀靜亂翊聖功臣 · Action: granted
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0119
Title: Grand Preceptor and Duke of Wei / 太師、魏國公 · Action: posthumously-granted
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0122
Action: refused Shulü’s order to go to Mount Muye and was spared
Explicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0045, xinwudaishi:073:s0050

Places and affiliations

Polities: liao, Khitan, China
Explicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0045
Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0114, liaoshi:113:s0125
Place: China
Explicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0045
Place: Lulong / 盧龍
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0107

Learning and skills

Skills: talent, courage
Explicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0045

Events and relationships

Relation: favored-by · Person Id: Abaoji (阿保機)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:073:s0045

Assessments and attributes

Kind: physical-description · Statement: arrow wound to the eye
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0110

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

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二年春正月丙申，大元帥堯骨克平州，獲刺史趙思溫、裨將張崇。 In the second year, on bingchen day in the first month of spring, Grand Marshal Yaogu took Pingzhou, capturing Prefect Zhao Siwen and Assistant General Zhang Chong.

History of Liao, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 6: Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, Zhang Li · 8 passages

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耶律解裏耶律拔裏得耶律朔古耶律魯不古趙延壽高模翰趙思溫耶律漚裏思張礪 Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, and Zhang Li

趙思溫，字文美，盧龍人。 Zhao Siwen, whose courtesy name was Wenmei, came from Lulong.

李存勖問罪於燕，思溫統偏師拒之。 When Li Cunxu marched against Yan, Siwen led a detached force to hold him off.

神冊二年，太祖遣大將經略燕地，思溫來降。 In the second year of Shence, when Taizu sent a great general to take charge of the Yan region, Siwen came over to surrender.

及伐渤海，以思溫為漢軍都團練使，力戰，拔扶餘城。 In the campaign against Bohai he was made overall regimental commissioner of the Han forces; he fought hard and captured Fuyu.

太宗即位，以功擢檢校太保、保靜軍節度使。 When Taizong came to the throne, Siwen was promoted for his achievements to Acting Grand Guardian and military governor of the Baojing army.

天顯十一年，唐兵攻太原，石敬瑭遣使求救，上命思溫自嵐、憲間出兵援之。 In the eleventh year of Tianxian, when Tang attacked Taiyuan, Shi Jingtang sent envoys begging for aid; the emperor ordered Siwen to march out through Lan and Xian to relieve the city.

上遣使賻祭，贈太師、魏國公。 The emperor sent envoys with funeral gifts and sacrifices and posthumously enfeoffed him Grand Preceptor and Duke of Wei.

History of Liao, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 43: Rebellious Officials 2 · 1 passage

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會同元年，與趙思溫持節冊晉帝。 In the first year of Huitong he joined Zhao Siwen in bearing credentials to invest the Jin emperor.