Zhou Jiong (周炅) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhou Jiong as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhou Jiong	周炅	Zhōu Jiǒng
Given	Jiong	炅	Jiǒng
Surname	Zhou	周	Zhōu
Personal name	Zhou Jiong	周炅	Zhōu Jiǒng
Posthumous	Zhuang	壯	Zhuàng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Administrator
General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died-in-office · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建八年 · Western Year: AD 576
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Age

Age: 64 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建八年 · Western Year: AD 576
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 五年 · Inherited From: 太建 · Western Year: AD 573
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Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Source Date: Text: 太建八年 · Western Year: AD 576
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Family

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Parent of Zhou Faseng (周法僧)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Bearer of the Staff with full credentials / 使持節 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年 · Inherited From: 太建 · Western Year: AD 573
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Label: Inspector of Anzhou / 安州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年 · Inherited From: 太建 · Western Year: AD 573
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Label: Western Route Area Commander over Military Affairs in the six prefectures An, Qi, Jiang, Heng, Si, and Ding / 西道都督安蘄江衡司定六州諸軍事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年 · Inherited From: 太建 · Western Year: AD 573
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Label: Grand Commander of the Northern Yangzi Route / 江北道大都督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Label: Inspector of Dingzhou / 定州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Label: Inspector of Sizhou / 司州刺史 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建八年 · Western Year: AD 576
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Label: General Who Harmonizes with the Rong / 和戎將軍 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Label: General Who Pacifies the North / 平北將軍 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Label: Scattered-Cavalry Regular Attendant / 散騎常侍 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Label: Bearer of the Staff and area command / 持節、都督 · Action: retained · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Title: Marquis of Longyuan county / 龍源縣侯 · Action: changed-to · Households: 1000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年 · Inherited From: 太建 · Western Year: AD 573
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Title: Marquis of Longyuan / 龍源縣侯 · Action: fief-increased · Households: 1500 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Title: Marquis / 侯 · Action: fief-increased · Households: 2000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Title: Duke of Wuchang commandery / 武昌郡公 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建八年 · Western Year: AD 576
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Title: Marquis of Longyuan county / 龍源縣侯 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年 · Inherited From: 太建 · Western Year: AD 573
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Title: Duke of Wuchang commandery / 武昌郡公 · Action: posthumously-held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太建八年 · Western Year: AD 576
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Places and affiliations

Label: Chen / 陳 · Relation: served
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Place: Anzhou / 安州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年 · Inherited From: 太建 · Western Year: AD 573
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Place: Dingzhou / 定州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Works and attributed material

Kind: historian-comment · Role: subject-of-praise · Extent Unit Ids: s0176
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaigned-against · Other Person Id: Tian Longsheng (田龍升) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573 · Outcome: defeated and beheaded Longsheng and Longyan; Gao Jing'an fled; recovered the north bank
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Kind: military · Role: subordinate-commander · Action: campaigned-north · Other Person Id: Wu Mingche (吳明徹) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573 · Outcome: took twelve cities in one month
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Place: Bazhou / 巴州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Lu Qian (陸騫) · Place: Ba and Qi route / 巴蘄 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573 · Outcome: routed Lu Qian and captured abundant arms and livestock
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Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: recalled-to-court · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Kind: military · Role: beneficiary · Action: received-surrenders · Place: cities north of the Yangzi and Guyang / 江北諸城及穀陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: rose to govern provinces and won marquisates through recognizing fortune's turn · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Item: a troupe of female entertainers / 女妓一部 · Relation: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其年 · Western Year: AD 573
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References in the histories

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Book of Chen, Chapter 13Volume 13: Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong · 8 passages

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五年，進授使持節、西道都督安蘄江衡司定六州諸軍事、安州刺史，改封龍源縣侯，增邑并前一千戶。 In year five he was promoted to full bearer of the staff, western-route commander of armies in An, Qi, Jiang, Heng, Si, and Ding, and inspector of Anzhou; his title was changed to marquis of Longyuan, with fief raised to one thousand households in all.

齊遣尚書左丞陸騫以眾二萬出自巴、蘄，與炅相遇。 Qi sent Lu Qian, left assistant in the department of state affairs, with twenty thousand men from Ba and Qi, and he met Jiong.

炅留羸弱輜重，設疑兵以當之，身率精銳，由間道邀其後，大敗騫軍，虜獲器械馬驢，不可勝數。 Jiong left the weak and the baggage, posted decoys to hold them, and led picked men by a hidden route to strike their rear; he routed Qian's army and seized arms, horses, and mules beyond count.

仍敕追炅入朝。 An edict then recalled him to court.

及炅入朝，龍升以江北六州七鎮叛入于齊，齊遣歷陽王高景安帥師應之。 but when Jiong came to court, Longsheng rebelled with six prefectures and seven garrisons north of the river and defected to Qi, which sent the Prince of Liyang, Gao Jing'an, with an army to aid him.

於是令炅為江北道大都督，總統眾軍，以討龍升。 The court then made Jiong grand commander on the northern Yangzi route and gave him all armies to crush Longsheng.

炅乃分兵各當其軍，身率驍勇先擊龍升，龍升大敗，龍琰望塵而奔，並追斬之，高景安遁走，盡復江北之地。 Jiong split his force to hold each enemy host, led his champions in a first blow on Longsheng, and routed him; Longyan fled at the dust and both were run down and killed; Gao Jing'an escaped; and the whole north bank was recovered.

贈司州刺史，封武昌郡公，諡曰壯。 He was posthumously made inspector of Sizhou and duke of Wuchang commandery, with the posthumous name Zhuang.