Zhao Tingyin (趙廷隱)

Overview

Zhao Tingyin was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 龍德三年冬十月甲戌
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 166
AD 925 冬十月 western campaign into Shu
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passages 101, 103
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 59
AD 932 長興三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 167
AD 930 長興元年冬
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 174-175

Key source chapters

Career and standing

great general 大將軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 174
Captured by Tang forces at Zhongdu
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 166

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 103

Works and attributed material

Nine States Institutes · Biography of Zhao Tingyin 九國誌·趙廷隱傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 103

Events and relationships

Besieged
Military · Commander · At Suizhou 遂州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 174
Feigned retreat then defeated Zhang
Military · Commander · With Dong Zhang (董璋) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Records of the Nine Kingdoms 九國誌
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 169
Forbade burning and plunder in Shu
Military · Commander · Mode named-source-report Source Work Nine States Institutes · Zhao Tingyin Biography 九國誌·趙廷隱傳
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 103

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Shu people grateful for forbidding plunder · Mode named-source-report Source Work 九國誌·趙廷隱傳
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 103

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 174

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

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甲戌，唐帝引師襲中都，王彥章兵潰，於是彥章與監軍張漢傑及趙廷隱、劉嗣彬、李知節、唐文通、王山興等皆為唐人所獲。 On jiaxu the Tang emperor stormed Zhongdu; Yanzhang’s army broke; he, Zhang Hanjie, Zhao Tingyin, and others were taken.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 33Volume 33 Book of Later Tang 9: Zhuangzong Annals 7 · 1 passage

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〈（《九國誌·趙廷隱傳》云：自入敵境，即禁兵士焚廬舍，剽財物，蜀人德之。）〉 (The 《Nine States Institutes · Zhao Tingyin》 says that on entering Shu they forbade burning homes or looting, and the people were grateful.)〉

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 2 passages

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〈（《九國誌·趙廷隱傳》：董璋襲廣漢，將攻成都，時東川廩藏充實，部下多敢死之士，其來也，眾皆畏之。 (From the biography of Zhao Tingyin in the Records of the Nine Kingdoms: Dong Zhang raided Guanghan and was marching on Chengdu; Eastern Chuan's stores were full and his men were fearless; his advance struck terror into every heart.

廷隱偽遁，璋逐之，知祥與張公鐸繼進，璋軍亂不成列，廷隱整陣，與知祥合擊之，璋軍大敗。）〉 Tingyin feigned retreat; Zhang pursued; Zhixiang and Zhang Gongduo pressed forward; Zhang's army fell into disorder; Tingyin reformed his line and joined Zhixiang in a combined assault that shattered Zhang's force.)〉

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70 Book of Later Tang 46: Biographies 22: Yuan Xingqin, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Li Yan, Li Renju, Kang Sili, Zhang Jingda · 2 passages

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〈（《九國誌·趙庭隱傳》：王彥章守中都，庭隱在其軍中。 (From the Biography of Zhao Tingyin in the Jiuguo Zhi: Wang Yanzhang defended Zhongdu, and Tingyin served in his army.

及彥章敗，庭隱為莊宗所獲，將以就戮，大將夏魯奇奏曰：「此矬也，其材可用。」 When Yanzhang was defeated, Tingyin was taken by Zhuangzong and was about to be executed. The great general Xia Luqi memorialized, "He is a short man, but his abilities are worth keeping."

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 136Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3: Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang · 1 passage

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知祥慮唐軍驟至，與遂、閬兵合，則勢不可支吾，遂與璋協謀，令璋以本部軍先取閬州，知祥遣大將軍李仁罕、趙廷隱率軍圍遂州。 Zhixiang feared that if Tang troops arrived suddenly and joined forces from Suizhou and Langzhou he could not hold out. He plotted with Zhang: Zhang would seize Langzhou first with his own troops while Zhixiang sent Generals Li Renhan and Zhao Tingyin to besiege Suizhou.