Sui and Tang · Rebel and Military Officer

Zheng Wenxiu 鄭文秀

Attested AD 617

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Zheng Wenxiu was a rebel and Military Officer.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 87Volume 87 Biographies 12: Xiao, Fu, Shen, Li, Liang · 2 passages
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大業十三年，岳州校尉董景珍、雷世猛，旅帥鄭文秀、許玄徹、萬瓚、徐德基、郭華，沔人張繡等謀反隋，且推景珍為主，景珍曰：「吾素微，雖假名號，眾不厭。 In the thirteenth year of Daye, the Yuezhou adjutant Dong Jingzhen and Lei Shimeng, together with the itinerant commanders Zheng Wenxiu, Xu Xuanche, Wan Zan, Xu Deji, Guo Hua, Zhang Xiu of Mian, and others, plotted to rebel against Sui and meant to set up Jingzhen as their leader. Jingzhen said, "I have always been insignificant; even if we borrow a title for me, the people will not be content.