Five Dynasties · Warlord

Zhou Xingfeng 周行逢

Attested AD 950 - AD 960

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Xingfeng was a warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 950 to AD 960 事希萼至顯德居武陵
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 66, passages 159, 174

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Lady Yan (嚴氏)
wife 夫人
husband 夫
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 66, passage 176

Places and affiliations

At Wuling 武陵
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 66, passage 159

Assessments and attributes

Assessment frugal yet ruthless; eased severity after Lady Yan remonstrated · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 66, passages 174, 184

References in the histories

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History

15 passages

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu · 15 passages

周行逢，武陵人也。 Zhou Xingfeng was a native of Wuling.

進逵攻邊鎬，行逢別破益陽，殺李景兵二千餘人，擒其將李建期。 While Jinkui fought Bian Hao, Xingfeng separately took Yiyang, killed more than two thousand Southern Tang troops, and captured General Li Jianqi.

進逵為武安軍節度使，拜行逢集州刺史，為進逵行軍司馬。 When Jinkui became military commissioner of Wu'an, Xingfeng was named prefect of Jizhou and served as his staff marshal.

進逵與劉言有隙，行逢為畫謀策襲殺言。 When Jinkui and Liu Yan fell out, Xingfeng devised the plot that killed Yan.

進逵據武陵，行逢據潭州。 Jinkui held Wuling while Xingfeng held Tanzhou.

顯德元年，拜行逢武清軍節度使，權知潭州軍府事。 In the first year of Xiande (954) he was appointed military commissioner of Wuqing and given provisional control of Tanzhou headquarters.

乃還岳州，遣其客將李簡率武陵人迎行逢於潭州。 He returned to Yuezhou and sent his client officer Li Jian with Wuling men to bring Xingfeng from Tanzhou.

行逢入武陵，或請以潭州與叔嗣，行逢曰：「叔嗣殺主帥，罪當死，以其迎我，未忍殺爾。 When Xingfeng entered Wuling, some suggested giving him Tanzhou. Xingfeng said, "Shusi murdered his commander and deserved death. Because he brought me in, I spared him.

叔嗣怒，稱疾不至，行逢怒曰：「是又欲殺我矣！」 Shusi refused in anger, pleading illness. Xingfeng raged, "He plans to kill me again!"

行逢故武陵農家子，少貧賤無行，多慷慨大言。 Xingfeng had been a farmer's son from Wuling, poor and rough in youth, prone to grandiose talk.

大將十餘人謀為亂，行逢召宴諸將，酒半，以壯士擒下斬之，一境皆畏服。 When more than ten senior generals plotted mutiny, Xingfeng feasted them, and at mid-banquet had brawny men seize and behead them. The whole region submitted in fear.

行逢怒曰：「此外事，婦人何知！」 Xingfeng snapped, "That is men's business—what does a woman know!"

行逢往就見之，勞曰：「吾貴矣，夫人何自苦邪！」 Xingfeng visited and said, "I am a great man now—why do you punish yourself so?"

行逢強邀之，以群妾擁升肩輿，嚴氏卒無留意，因曰：「公用法太嚴而失人心，所以不欲留者，一旦禍起，田野間易為逃死爾。」 He forced her into a sedan surrounded by concubines, but she would not stay. She said, "Your laws are too harsh and you have lost the people's hearts. If trouble comes, the countryside is the easiest place to escape death."

行逢為少損。 Xingfeng eased his severity somewhat.