Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Zhong Chuan 鐘傳

Attested AD 1099

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhong Chuan was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1099 帥鐘傳行邊
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 253, passage 126

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 253, passage 126

Works and attributed material

Proposal · Author
Directly stated · History of Song 253, passage 127

Events and relationships

Impeached
Legal · Impeacher · With Keshi (可適)
Directly stated · History of Song 253, passage 132
Rescued
Military · Commander cut off · With Keshi (可適)
Directly stated · History of Song 253, passage 126

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 253Volume 253 Biographies 12: Zhe Deyi, Feng Jiye, Wang Chengmei, Li Jizhou, Sun Xingyou · 4 passages

帥鐘傳行邊，為敵所隔，以輕騎拔之，得歸。 When Commander Zhong Chuan was cut off on a border tour, Keshi broke through with light cavalry and brought him back.

傳議取靈武，環慶，亦請出師，命可適將萬騎往，即薄靈州川。 Chuan proposed taking Lingwu; Huanqing also requested to send troops; Keshi was ordered to lead ten thousand horsemen and advanced to the banks of the Lingzhou River.

詔使人覲，帝以傳策訪焉，對曰：「得之易，守之難，當先侵弱其地，待吾藩籬既固，然後可圖。」 Summoned to court, he was asked about Chuan's plan and answered, "It is easy to take but hard to hold; we should first wear down their territory and only when our frontier defenses are solid plan a full conquest."

大城蕭關，與傳議齟齬，會覆師數百於踏口，傳劾之，貶鄭州觀察使。 He built up Xiaoguan, quarreled with Chuan over strategy, and when several hundred men were lost at Tako, Chuan impeached him and he was demoted to observation commissioner of Zhengzhou.