An Shouzhong (安守忠)

Overview

An Shouzhong was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 756 天寶十五載
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 10-11

Events and relationships

Went into hiding
Military · Defender · At Chang'an 長安
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 11

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 1 passage

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居無何，屬賊黨同羅叛賊，長安守將安守忠、張通儒並亡匿。 Soon afterward the Tongluo contingent turned against the rebel forces, and Chang'an's defenders An Shouzhong and Zhang Tongru both vanished.