Zhao Wenqing (趙文㺹)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Wenqing as a general and military officer. This record brings together 10 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Wenqing	趙文㺹	Zhao Wenqing
Personal	Zhao Wenkan	趙文㺹
Personal name	Zhao Wenqing	趙文㺹	Zhao Wenqing

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:181:s0125

Roles

General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

Cause: killed by troops
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Manner: killed by troops
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 文德元年 · Western Year: AD 888
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Source Date: Text: 趙文㺹 · Western Year: AD 887
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Career and standing

Label: Acting governor of Weibo / 知留後事 · Action: installed
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Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
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References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan · 5 passages

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彥禎危憤而卒，眾推都將趙文㺹知留後事。 Yanzhen died, broken with anger and fear; the troops set up the chief commander Zhao Wenqing to manage affairs as acting governor.

從訓自相州領兵三萬餘人至城下，文㺹按兵不出。 Congxun marched from Xiang with more than thirty thousand men and halted beneath the walls; Wenqing kept his army inside and refused battle.

眾懷疑懼，復害文㺹，推羅弘信爲帥。 The army grew fearful and restless; they killed Wenqing in turn and set up Luo Hongxin as commander.

光啟末，彥禎子從訓忌牙軍，出居於外，軍眾廢彥禎，推趙文㺹權主軍州事。 Late in the Guangqi reign, Congxun, fearing the yajiun, withdrew to an outside post; the soldiers deposed Yanzhen and set Zhao Wenqing to govern the circuit provisionally.

及廢文㺹，軍人聚呼曰：「孰願爲節度使者？」 When Wenqing was removed, the soldiers cried out together, "Who will be military governor?"

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 5 passages

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彥禎危憤而卒，眾推都將趙文㺹知留後事。 Yanzhen died in distress and anger. The troops acclaimed Chief Commander Zhao Wenkan to manage affairs as acting regent.

從訓自相州領兵三萬餘人至城下，文㺹按兵不出。 Congxun marched from Xiang with more than thirty thousand men and camped before the city. Wenkan held his troops inside and would not come out.

眾懷疑懼，復害文㺹，推羅弘信為帥。 The troops, fearful and suspicious, killed Wenkan in turn and acclaimed Luo Hongxin as their commander.

光啟末，彥禎子從訓忌牙軍，出居於外，軍眾廢彥禎，推趙文㺹權主軍州事。 At the end of the Guangqi era, Yanzhen's son Congxun, fearing the yamen guard, moved outside the city. The troops deposed Yanzhen and put Zhao Wenkan in charge of military and civil affairs.

及廢文㺹，軍人聚呼曰：「孰願為節度使者？」 When Wenkan was removed, the soldiers gathered and shouted, "Who will be military governor?"