Zhao Ying (趙瑩) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Ying as a named individual, official, and statesman. This record brings together 12 passages from 7 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Ying	趙瑩	Zhào Yíng
Given	Ying	瑩	Ying
Personal name	Zhao Ying	趙瑩	Zhào Yíng
Personal name	Zhao Ying	趙瑩	Zhao Ying
Personal	Zhao Ying	趙瑩	Zhao Ying

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0132, liaoshi:005:s0055, xinwudaishi:011:s0085
Value: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0039

Roles

Named Individual
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 夏五月壬戌朔 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0055

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三月己卯朔，趙瑩罷。 · Western Year: AD 943
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:009:s0045
Source Date: Text: 夏五月壬戌朔 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0055
Source Date: Text: 天福七年至八年 · Western Year: AD 942
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:096:s0131, jiuwudaishi:096:s0132, jiuwudaishi:096:s0138
Source Date: Text: 天福二年使契丹 · Western Year: AD 937
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0061
Source Date: Text: 天福二年頃；宰相趙瑩 · Western Year: AD 937
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:010:s0010
Source Date: Text: 天福元年 · Western Year: AD 936
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0039
Source Date: Text: 廣順元年八月 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0085
Source Date: Text: 明年正月 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:085:s0098

Career and standing

Label: co-grand councilor / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0039
Label: Director of the Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 開運二年十二月 · Western Year: AD 945
Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0158
Label: vice director of the Chancellery / 門下侍郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0039
Label: Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent / 太子太傅 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 夏五月壬戌朔 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0055
Label: Chief minister; governor of Xian and Qin / 宰相出鎮鹹秦 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:096:s0132
Status: dismissed · Action: left-office · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天福八年三月己卯朔 · Western Year: AD 943
Explicit · xinwudaishi:009:s0045

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:005:s0055
Place: Bian / 汴 · Relation: ordered-buried-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 夏五月壬戌朔 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:005:s0055

Events and relationships

Kind: other · Role: deceased · Action: remains-returned-by-Khitan
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0085
Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: went on embassy to the Khitan
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0061

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 85Volume 85 Book of Later Jin 11: Emperor Shao 4 · 1 passage

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宰臣趙瑩、樞密使馮玉、侍衛馬軍都指揮使李彥韜隨帝入蕃，契丹主遣三百騎援送而去。 Grand Counsellor Zhao Ying, Commissioner Feng Yu, and Li Yantao, commander of the Imperial Guard cavalry, accompanied the emperor into Khitan territory while the Khitan lord sent three hundred horsemen as escort.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 4 passages

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宰相趙瑩出鎮鹹秦，以受益朝班舊僚，眷待甚至。 When chief minister Zhao Ying was posted to Xian and Qin, he treated Shouyi, an old court colleague, with exceptional favor.

屬天下率借金谷，乃謂瑩曰：「京兆戶籍登耗，民力虛實，某備知之矣，品而定之，可使平允。」 When the empire levied grain and cash loans, he told Ying, "I know the capital district's household registers, gains and losses, and the people's real capacity. Grade them properly and the levies can be made fair."

瑩信之，因使與王人同掌其事。 Ying believed him and therefore had him manage the matter jointly with the imperial commissioner.

及贓汙事發，騰於眾口，瑩不得已，遂按之，其直百萬。 When the bribery scandal broke and public outcry mounted, Ying had no choice but to investigate; the sum involved reached a million cash.

History of Liao, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Shizong · 1 passage

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夏五月壬戌朔，太子太傅趙瑩薨，輟朝一日，命歸葬於汴。 On the renxu new moon of the fifth summer month Grand Mentor of the Heir Apparent Zhao Ying died; court was suspended for one day, and he was ordered interred at Bian.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 2 passages

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閏月丙寅，翰林學士承旨、尚書戶部侍郎趙瑩為門下侍郎，桑維翰為中書侍郎：同中書門下平章事，兼樞密使。 On bingyin of the intercalary month Zhao Ying, Hanlin director, entered the Chancellery; Sang Weihan joined the Secretariat—both as co-grand councilors, Sang also as commissioner of military affairs.

趙瑩使於契丹。 Zhao Ying went on embassy to the Khitan court.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9Volume 9 Later Jin Annals 2: the Emperor That Fled · 2 passages

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三月己卯朔，趙瑩罷。 On the jimao new moon of the third month Zhao Ying was dismissed.

開封尹趙瑩為中書令，李崧守侍中、樞密使。 Zhao Ying, metropolitan magistrate of Kaifeng, became director of the Secretariat; Li Song kept his posts as palace secretary and Bureau commissioner.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 1 passage

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高祖怒，欲罷其兵職，宰相趙瑩以為不可，高祖乃遣端明殿學士和凝就第宣諭，知遠乃受命。 Jin Gaozu, furious, meant to remove him from command, but Chancellor Zhao Ying dissuaded him. He Ning of the Duanming Hall was sent to Zhiyuan’s home to read the imperial reassurance, and only then did Zhiyuan take up his duties again.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 1 passage

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八月壬寅，契丹來歸趙瑩之喪。 On renyin in the eighth month the Khitan sent back Zhao Ying’s remains.