Overview
Chen Wo was a Later Zhou judicial official sentenced to death.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 955 顯德二年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 101
Career and standing
- vice director in the Ministry of Punishments 刑部員外郎AD 955Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 101
- sentenced to death over an inaccurate land inspection report 因檢民田失實賜死AD 955Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 101
Assessments and attributes
- remembered as austere, principled, and excessively punished for a minor fault 清苦有守而以微累極刑，時論惜之AD 955 · Mode narratorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 115, passage 102
References in the histories
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