Zuo Xingqian (左行遷)

Overview

Zuo Xingqian was a Military Officer.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Executed after capture
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 71

Attested activity

AD 900 to AD 907 Weibo mutiny
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 70

Career and standing

Executed
Authority Fu Daozhao (符道昭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 71

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Book of Later Liang 21: Biographies 11: Pang Shigu, Huo Cun, Fu Daozhao, Xu Huaiyu, Guo Yan, Li Tangbin, Wang Qianyu, Liu Kangyi, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun · 2 passages

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及太祖幸魏州，討牙軍，中軍前有魏博將山河營指揮使左行遷，聞府中有變，引軍還屯曆亭，自稱留後，從亂者數萬人。 When the Founder went to Weizhou to crush the garrison mutiny, the Weibo commander Zuo Xingqian of the Mountain-and-River Camp heard of unrest at headquarters, marched back to Liting, declared himself acting regent, and tens of thousands rose with him.

道昭佐周彝與彥卿已下大破之，殺四萬餘人，擒左行遷，斬之。 Daozhao and Zhouyi, with Yanqing and the rest, shattered the rebels, killed more than forty thousand, took Zuo Xingqian, and executed him.