Luo Hongxin (羅弘信)

Overview

Luo Hongxin was a Weibo Commissioner and Prince of Zhao.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Defu	德孚	Defu
Posthumous name	Zhuangsu	莊肅

Life and dates

Death

AD 898 光化元年九月
Age Value: 63 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 159
AD 898 光化元年九月
Age 63
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 151
AD 912 乾化二年二月
already deceased when posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 16

Age

63
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 159
Years 63 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 151

Attested activity

AD 898 光化元年九月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 159; Old Book of Tang 185, passage 151
AD 890 大順元年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 52
AD 890 大順元年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 41
AD 888 文德元年四月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 143
AD 888 to AD 898 羅紹威為節度副大使，頲以所業幹之，幕客公乘億為延譽，羅宏信署為府參軍，辟館驛巡官。
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 27
AD 889 to AD 889 龍紀中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 145

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Luo Zhen (羅珍)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 124
Descendant of Luo Xiu (羅秀)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 124
Parent of Luo Wei (羅威)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passages 160-161; Old Book of Tang 185, passages 152, 156
Child of Luo Rang (羅讓)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 132
Child of Luo Rang (羅讓)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 124

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Career and standing

Military governor of Weibo 魏博節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 144
Wei-Bo military governor 魏博節度觀察處置等使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 136
Weibo Military Commissioner 魏博節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 16
Prince of Zhao 趙王
AD 912 乾化二年二月 · Posthumously enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 16
Grand Preceptor 太師
Posthumous
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 159
Zhuangsu 莊肅
Type posthumous-name
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 151

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Duke of Yuzhang 豫章郡公
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 145
King of Linqing 臨清王
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 150
Prince of Linqing 臨清王
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 158
Prince of Beiping 北平王
Posthumous
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 159
King of Northern Ping 北平王
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 151

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 144
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 2
At Guixiang in Weizhou 魏州貴鄕
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 131
At Guixiang, Weizhou 魏州貴鄉 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 123

Works and attributed material

AD 888
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 132
Report · Recipient · With Neighbor of Luo Hongxin · Mode hearsay
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passages 128-129
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 140

Events and relationships

Defeated
Military · Commander · With Le Congxun (樂從訓)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 120
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Li Cunxin (李存信)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 150
Refused passage
Political · Refuser · With Wang Yuyu (王虔裕)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 52
Relation Ally of · Person Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passages 150, 157; Old Book of Tang 185, passages 142, 149
Relation Served under · Person Le Yanzhen (樂彥禎)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 133
Relation Served under · Person Han Jian (韓簡)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 133

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 17 passages

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史憲誠子孝章何進滔子弘敬韓允忠子簡樂彥禎子從訓羅弘信子威 Shi Xiancheng and his son Xiaozhang; He Jintao and his son Hongjing; Han Yunzhong and his son Jian; Le Yanzhen and his son Congxun; Luo Hongxin and his son Wei

眾懷疑懼，復害文㺹，推羅弘信為帥。 The troops, fearful and suspicious, killed Wenkan in turn and acclaimed Luo Hongxin as their commander.

弘信以兵出戰，敗之。 Hongxin marched out to fight and defeated him.

弘信遣將程公佐領兵討擊，大敗之，梟從訓首於軍門，時文德元年春也。 Hongxin sent the general Cheng Gongzuo against him, routed his army, and displayed Congxun's head at the camp gate. This was in the spring of Wende 1.

羅弘信，字德孚，魏州貴鄉人。 Luo Hongxin, courtesy name Defu, was a native of Guixiang in Weizhou.

弘信少從戎役，歷事節度使韓簡、樂彥禎。 Hongxin entered military service young and served under the military governors Han Jian and Le Yanzhen.

眾復以為不便，因推弘信為帥。 The troops soon found this arrangement unsatisfactory and acclaimed Hongxin as their commander instead.

先是，有鄰人密謂弘信曰：「某嘗夜遇一白鬚翁，相告雲，君當為土地主。 Earlier a neighbor had told Hongxin in secret, "One night I met a white-bearded old man who said to me, 'Your neighbor shall be lord of this land.

弘信竊異之。 Hongxin had privately wondered at this.

弘信即應之曰：「白鬚翁早以命我。」 Hongxin answered at once, "The white-bearded old man long ago destined me for it."

存信御軍無法，侵魏之芻牧，弘信不平之。 Cunxin disciplined his troops poorly and encroached on Wei's fodder and pastures. Hongxin resented this.

弘信乃托好於汴，出師三萬攻存信，敗之。 Hongxin then feigned friendship with Bian, marched thirty thousand men against Cunxin, and defeated him.

硃全忠方事兗鄆，懼弘信離貳，每歲時賂遺，必卑辭厚禮答貺。 Quanzhong was then occupied with Yan and Yanzhou and feared Hongxin might turn against him. Every year he sent gifts, and Hongxin always replied with humble words and lavish courtesy.

全忠對魏使北面拜而受之，曰：「六兄比予倍年已上，兄弟之國，安得以常鄰遇之。」 Quanzhong would bow northward to Wei's envoy as he received the gifts, saying, "Sixth Elder Brother is more than twice my age. As brother states, how can we treat each other as ordinary neighbors?"

弘信以為厚己，亦推心焉。 Hongxin took this as genuine regard for himself and gave Quanzhong his trust in return.

弘信累官至檢校太師、守侍中、臨清王。 Hongxin rose in due course to Acting Grand Preceptor, Guardian Palace Attendant, and King of Linqing.

弘信卒，襲父位為留後，朝廷從而命之。 When Hongxin died, Wei succeeded him as acting regent, and the court confirmed the appointment.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Book of Later Liang 7: Taizu Annals 7 · 1 passage

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《五代會要》，二月，追封故魏博節度使羅宏信為趙王。《Five Dynasties Huiyao》: In the second month the court posthumously enfeoffed the late Weibo commissioner Luo Hongxin as Prince of Zhao.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 1 passage

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全忠方攻時溥，不即至，命王虔裕以精甲數百赴之，假道羅宏信，不許，乃趨間入邢州。 Quanzhong was besieging Shi Pu and could not come immediately; he sent Wang Yuyu with several hundred elite troops by a secret path after Luo Hongxin refused passage, and they slipped into Xingzhou.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 1 passage

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羅紹威為節度副大使，頲以所業幹之，幕客公乘億為延譽，羅宏信署為府參軍，辟館驛巡官。 He sought patronage from Luo Shaowei, vice commissioner of the circuit; the staff member Gongcheng Yi vouched for him, and Luo Hongxin made him a staff adjutant and post-station inspector.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 1 passage

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大順元年，梁軍擊魏，會及葛從周破黎陽、臨河，遂敗羅弘信於內黃。 Dashun 1: Liang struck Wei. Hui and Ge Congzhou took Liyang and Linhe and at Neihuang beat Luo Hongxin.