Overview
Zhou Chang was an official and Strategist.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|
| Courtesy name |
Peigong |
培公 |
Péigōng |
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- At Jingmen 荊門 · Relation Native of
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 251Volume 251 Biographies 38: Tu Hai, Li Zhifang · 11 passages
圖海用幕客周昌策，招輔臣降。
Tu Hai followed a plan devised by his adviser Zhou Chang to win Fuchen's surrender.
昌，字培公，荊門諸生。
Chang, whose style was Peigong, was a licentiate of Jingmen.
圖海次潼關，以策乾之，客諸幕。
When Tu Hai encamped at Tong Pass he sought Chang's counsel and retained him on his staff.
輔臣所署置總兵黃九疇、布政使龔榮遇皆昌鄉人，屢勸輔臣反正，以蠟丸告昌，昌白圖海。
Regional commander Huang Jiuchou and provincial administration commissioner Gong Rongyu, whom Fuchen had appointed, were both natives of Chang's home district. They repeatedly urged Fuchen to return to the Qing side, sent messages to Chang in wax pellets, and Chang informed Tu Hai.
圖海即令昌入城諭降，輔臣遣其將從昌出謁，圖海聞上，上許之。
Tu Hai immediately sent Chang into the city to negotiate surrender. Fuchen dispatched a general with Chang to pay his respects; Tu Hai reported to the throne, and the emperor gave his consent.
乃假昌參議道，賚詔往撫。
Chang was then given the acting rank of participation commissioner and sent with an imperial edict to win Fuchen over.
輔臣使榮遇上軍民冊，子繼貞繳三桂所授敕印，顧猶觀望，復命昌偕兄子保定諭之，乃薙發降。
Fuchen had Rongyu submit the register of troops and civilians, and his son Jizhen returned the commission and seal Sangui had granted him. Still he wavered, so Chang was sent again with his nephew Baoding to persuade him, and only then did Fuchen shave his head and surrender.
周昌初入城，自陳父明季死流寇，母孫剜目破面觸棺死，原捐軀表母烈。
On first entering the city, Zhou Chang explained that his father had been killed by bandits in the late Ming and that his mother Sun had gouged out her eyes, disfigured her face, and dashed herself against the coffin to die. He asked to give his own life in testimony to her martyrdom.
上命旌其母，遣官致祭，授昌布政使參政。
The emperor ordered honors for Chang's mother, sent officials to perform the sacrifices, and appointed Chang provincial administration commissioner.
昌复參蔡毓榮軍事，事平，授山東登萊道，攝布政使，以與總兵互訐罷。
Chang again served on Cai Yurong's staff. When the campaign ended he was made intendant of the Deng-Lai circuit in Shandong and acting provincial administration commissioner, but was dismissed after quarreling with the regional commander.
昌既罷，猶喜言兵。
Even after his dismissal, Chang still loved to talk of military affairs.