Zhao Zhongqing (趙仲卿)

Overview

Zhao Zhongqing was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Solemn	肅

Life and dates

Death

AD 604 其年，卒
Age Value: 64 · Reckoning: Sui sui
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 185

Age

64
Reckoning Sui · At death
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 185

Attested activity

AD 601 to AD 604 仁壽中
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 180
AD 597 十七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passages 162-163
AD 575 to AD 578 周齊王憲甚禮之
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 140
AD 577 平齊之役
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 144
AD 598 明年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 175
AD 604 煬帝嗣位
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 184-185

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AD 580 王謙作亂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 146
AD 583 開皇三年
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 150
AD 581 高祖受禪
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 149

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Gang (剛)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 139
Parent of Hongsi (弘嗣)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 188

Career and standing

Pillar of State 上柱國
AD 597 以功進位上柱國 · Advanced
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 172
Acting Minister of Agriculture 檢校司農卿
AD 601 to AD 604 仁壽中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 180
Grand Commander 大都督
AD 575 to AD 577 以功授大都督 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 143
Area Commander-in-chief of Shuozhou 朔州總管
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 155
Governor of Shizhou 石州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 152
Metropolitan Commandery Central Grandee 畿伯中大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 145

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Grand Administrator of Zhao Commandery 趙郡太守
AD 577 平齊之役 · Concurrently appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 144
concurrent overseer of the ministries of War and Works 判兵部、工部二曹尚書事
AD 604 煬帝嗣位 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 184
palace guard duty 典宿衛
Held
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 143
Great General 大將軍
AD 580 及謙平，進位大將軍 · Promoted
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 148
Senior Grand Master for Court Audience 上儀同
AD 577 平齊之役 · Promoted
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 144
Campaign Commander 行軍總管
AD 583 開皇三年 · Served
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 150
Governor of Yanzhou 兗州刺史
Transferred but did not take office · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 155
Duke of Changyuan County 長垣縣公
AD 580 封長垣縣公，邑千戶 · At Changyuan County 長垣縣 · Households 1000 · Enfeoffed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 148
Pillar of State 上柱國
AD 597 以功進位上柱國 · Advanced
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 172
Solemn 肅
Posthumous title
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 186
Duke of Hebei Commandery 河北郡公
AD 581 高祖受禪，進爵河北郡公 · Advanced
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 149
Duke of Changyuan County 長垣縣公
AD 580 封長垣縣公 · Enfeoffed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 148
Removed from office
Dismissal
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 179
Investigated
AD 598 上令御史王偉按之 · Investigation · Authority Wang Wei (王偉) · Outcome Charges proved true not punished
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 176
Removed from office
Dismissal · Reason grew still more unrestrained
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 179

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 齊 · Relation Campaigned against
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 141
Polity Northern Zhou 周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 139-140
Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 149
At Longxi in Tianshui 天水隴西
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 138
At Lizhou 利州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 146
At Longxi in Tianshui 天水隴西 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 138

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At Pingliang 平涼 · Relation Garrisoned
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 152
At Shizhou 石州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 152
At Shuozhou 朔州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 155
At Yizhou 益州 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 181
At Zhao Commandery 趙郡 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 144

Events and relationships

Advanced by separate route found no enemy
AD 583 開皇三年 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 151
Appointed for merit
Appointment · Appointee
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 143
Attacked and pacified
AD 575 to AD 577 從擊齊 · Military · Commander · At Linqin, Tongrong, Weiyuan, Fulong, and Zhangbi 臨秦、統戎、威遠、伏龍、張壁 · Counterpart Northern Qi 齊
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 141
Beat or dragged responsible officers through brambles
Punishment · Administrator
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 157
Built forts to house
AD 598 明年 · Construction · Supervisor · With Qimin Khan (啟民可汗) · At Jinhe and Dingxiang 金河、定襄
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 175
Defeated
AD 575 to AD 577 又擊齊將段孝先于姚襄城 · Military · Commander · With Duan Xiaoxian (段孝先) · At Yaoxiang Fortress 姚襄城
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 142

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Directed military colonies
Administration · Overall commander · At northern frontier 塞北
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 156
Expanded harvests and relieved frontier supply worry
Administration · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 159
Flogged chief clerk
Administration · Governor · Quantity Strokes: 200
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 153
Followed
AD 597 其年 · Military · Subordinate commander · With Gao Jiong (高熲) · At White Road 白道
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 165
Followed
AD 583 開皇三年 · Military · Campaign commander · With Hong, Prince of Hejian (河間王弘) · At Helan Mountain 賀蘭山
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 150
Formed square array and fought on four sides
AD 597 其年 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 168
Fought seventeen engagements
AD 580 為謙所攻 · Military · Commander · With Wang Qian (王謙)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 147
Intercepted and beheaded over a thousand
AD 597 仲卿自樂寧鎮邀擊 · Military · Commander · At Lening Fort 樂寧鎮 · With Tardu (達頭)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 174
Joined to resist rebellion
AD 580 王謙作亂 · Military · Commander · With Dou Lu Ji (豆盧勣) · At Lizhou 利州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 146
Led over one thousand cavalry to relieve
AD 597 十七年 · Military · Reliever · With Qimin Khan (啟民可汗)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 163
Lured over twenty thousand households
AD 597 十七年 · Military · Commander · With Qimin Khan (啟民可汗)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 164
Ordered to investigate exhaustively
AD 601 to AD 604 奉詔往益州窮按之 · Legal · Investigator · With Xiu, Prince of Shu (蜀王秀) · At Yizhou 益州
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 181
Ordered to settle surrendered Turks
AD 597 其年 · Administration · Settler · At Heng'an 恆安
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 171
Pursued and defeated again
AD 597 其年 · Military · Commander · At Qifu Marsh 乞伏泊 · Captives more than a thousand · Livestock tens of thousands
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 167
Pursued beyond Qin Mountain
AD 597 其年 · Military · Pursuer · At White Road and Qin Mountain 白道、秦山
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 170
Served in pacification of Qi
AD 577 平齊之役 · Military · Officer
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 144
Sowed discord among kin
Diplomatic · Agent · With Qimin Khan (啟民可汗)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 161
Stationed twenty thousand in reserve
AD 597 令仲卿屯兵二萬以備之 · Military · Commander · With Qimin Khan (啟民可汗)
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 173
Twisted law to ensnare associates
Legal · Prosecutor · With Xiu, Prince of Shu (蜀王秀)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 182
Won after seven days
AD 597 其年 · Military · Vanguard · At Zulü Mountain 族蠡山
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 166
Relation Predecessor of · Person Hongsi (弘嗣)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 188

Assessments and attributes

Assessment cruel and violent · 酷暴 · Mode named-source-report
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 176
Assessment people of the day called him a savage beast · 時人謂之猛獸 · Mode named-source-report Source Work people of the time 時人
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 158
Assessment stern and fierce in law; officials trembled and bandits were silenced; all praised his effectiveness · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passages 153-154
Assessment upright and pure; hated by subordinates · Mode speech Speaker Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 177
rough and violent; possessed great physical strength
Character · 性粗暴，有膂力
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 140
AD 597 賜物三千段
Item three thousand lengths of goods 物三千段 · Relation Bestowed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Sui 74, passage 172

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Item fifty slave men and women, two hundred taels of gold, five thousand shi of grain, and rare treasures in like measure 婢奴五十口，黃金二百兩，米粟五千石，奇寶雜物稱是 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 183
Item five hundred lengths of burial goods 贈物五百段 · Relation Bestowed posthumously
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 187
Item five hundred lengths of goods 物五百段 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Book of Sui 74, passage 178