Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Warlord and Official

Zhou Di 周迪

Attested AD 556 - AD 562

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Di was a warlord and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 562 天嘉三年春
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 51
AD 558 永定二年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 44
AD 556 紹泰二年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 34

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of Zhou Di (周迪子)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 47
Sibling of Zhou Fangxing (周方興)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 49

Career and standing

Pacifying-the-south General (advanced title 安南將軍) 安南將軍
AD 559 to AD 560 世祖嗣位 · Advanced
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 45
Pacifying-the-south General and Opener equal to the Three Dukes 平南將軍、開府儀同三司
AD 558 永定二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 44
Interior Administrator of Linchuan 臨川內史
AD 556 紹泰二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 34
Envoy-credential Scattered-cavalry Regular Attendant, Trustworthy-prestige General, Inspector of Heng, Interior Administrator of Linchuan 使持節、散騎常侍、信威將軍、衡州刺史，領臨川內史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 35
Quelling-the-distance General and Inspector of Jiangzhou 振遠將軍、江州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 38
Augmented
Households 1500 · 增邑一千五百戶
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 44

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pipes and drums 鼓吹一部
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 44

Places and affiliations

Polity Chen 陳 · Relation Served then rebelled
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passages 39, 56

Works and attributed material

Warrant · Subject · 尚书下符 denouncing Zhou Di
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passages 52, 56

Events and relationships

Besieged and destroyed Xiong Tanlang with Zhou Fu and Huang Fading
Military · Besieger · With Xiong Tanlang (熊曇朗)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 46
Defeated Li Xiaoqin, Fan Meng, Yu Xiaoqing at Gongtang
Military · Victor
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 43
Refused summons to Poyang and to send son to court
Political · Refuser
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 47
Secretly allied with Liu Yi
Military · Ally · With Liu Yi (留異)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 48
Sent brother Fangxing against Zhou Fu
Military · Attacker · With Zhou Fangxing (周方興)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 49
Watched Zhou Wenyu vs Xiao Bo then supplied grain
Military · Observer then supplier · With Zhou Wenyu (周文育)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passages 36-37

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Relation Patron of · Person Zhou Fu (周敷)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 48

Assessments and attributes

Assessment rebel who sprang from humble ranks and plundered the hills · Mode official-document Warrant
Directly stated · Book of Chen 35, passage 56

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 35Volume 35: Xiong Tanlang; Zhou Di; Liu Yi; Chen Baoying · 12 passages

周文育之討蕭勃也，迪按甲保境，以觀成敗。 When Zhou Wenyu attacked Xiao Bo, Di kept his men in camp and guarded his borders, watching the outcome.

文育使長史陸山才說迪，迪乃大出糧餉，以資文育。 Wenyu sent chief clerk Lu Shan'cai to win Di over; Di then poured out grain and stores to feed Wenyu's army.

高祖受禪，王琳東下，迪欲自據南川，乃總召所部八郡守宰結盟，聲言入赴，朝廷恐其為變，因厚慰撫之。 When the Founder took the throne and Wang Lin went east, Di meant to keep the southern rivers; he called the eight commandery heads to swear alliance, saying he would march to answer the summons; the court feared revolt and soothed him generously.

猛等與余孝頃相合，眾且二萬，來趨工塘，連八城以逼迪。 Meng joined Yu Xiaoqing; together they neared twenty thousand men and pressed Gongtang, chaining eight forts against Di.

迪使周敷率眾頓臨川故郡，截斷江口，因出與戰，大敗之，屠其八城，生擒李孝欽、樊猛、余孝頃送于京師，收其軍實，器械山積，并虜其人馬，迪並自納之。 Di sent Zhou Fu to hold the old Linchuan seat and choke the river mouth, then sallied and crushed them, razed the eight forts, and sent Li Xiaoqin, Fan Meng, and Yu Xiaoqing alive to court; arms and stores heaped like hills—and men and horses Di kept.

世祖嗣位，進號安南將軍。 When Emperor Wen took the throne, Di was advanced to pacifying-the-south general.

[2]熊曇朗之反也，迪與周敷、黃法𣰋等率兵共圍曇朗，屠之，盡有其眾。 [2] When Xiong Tanlang rebelled, Di with Zhou Fu and Huang Fading jointly besieged him, destroyed him, and absorbed all his men.

王琳敗後，世祖徵迪出鎮湓城，又徵其子入朝，迪趑趄顧望，並不至。 After Wang Lin's defeat, Emperor Wen called Di to garrison Pencheng and his son to court; Di wavered and would not come—neither of them.

豫章太守周敷本屬於迪，至是與黃法𣰋率其所部詣闕，世祖錄其破熊曇朗之功，並加官賞，迪聞之，甚不平，乃陰與留異相結。 Yuzhang administrator Zhou Fu had once served Di; now he and Huang Fading brought their troops to court; Emperor Wen credited their part in breaking Tanlang and heaped honors on them; Di, hearing it, burned with resentment and secretly allied with Liu Yi.

及王師討異，迪疑懼不自安，乃使其弟方興率兵襲周敷，敷與戰，破之。 When the court moved on Liu Yi, Di, uneasy with fear, sent his brother Fangxing against Zhou Fu; Fu met him and broke him.

天嘉三年春，[3]世祖乃下詔赦南川士民為迪所詿誤者，使江州刺史吳明徹都督眾軍，與高州刺史黃法𣰋、豫章太守周敷討迪。 In spring of Tianjia year 3 (562), Emperor Wen pardoned the southern-river people who had been misled by Di and ordered Jiangzhou inspector Wu Mingche to command all forces, together with Gaozhou inspector Huang Fading and Yuzhang administrator Zhou Fu, in a campaign against Di.

逆賊周迪，本出輿臺，有梁喪亂，暴掠山谷。 The rebel Zhou Di sprang from humble ranks; in Liang's collapse he plundered the hills.