Luo Shaowei (羅紹威)

Overview

Luo Shaowei was a Liang Official Whose Biography Is Cited.

Life and dates

Death

Date Source Date: Text: 天祐七年 · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 910 · already dead when Liang absorbed Weibo
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 106
AD 910 開平四年五月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 128

Attested activity

AD 910 開平四年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 59
AD 910 天祐七年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 106
AD 905 Tianyou 2
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 145
AD 908 九月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 159, 161
AD 900 光化三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 60
AD 906 天祐三年正月十六日夜
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 20, passages 106, 108

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AD 906 羅紹威殺牙軍之歲
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 218
AD 888 to AD 910 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 907 to AD 909 開平 recommendation and visit
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 120, 147
AD 909 開平三年十一月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 60
AD 907 開平元年正月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 208
AD 910 開平四年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 128
AD 900 to AD 910 魏州節度使署巡官
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 145

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Luo Yin (羅隱)
claimed nephew 侄 · Uncertain · claimed kinship in source
claimed uncle-nephew 叔侄 · Uncertain · claimed kinship in source
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 147, 150
Spouse of Liang princess married into Wei (梁女)
married 嫁 · Marriage · Ended
married into Wei 嫁魏 · Marriage · Ended
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 145
Parent of Luo Tingju (羅廷矩)
son 男
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 159
Parent of Luo Tingwang (羅廷望)
son 男
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 159

Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 159

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Career and standing

concurrent director of the Secretariat 兼中書令
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 128
Military Commissioner 節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 208
regent Grand Preceptor 守太師
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 128
Wei-Bo military commissioner 魏博節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 120
Weibo military governor 魏博節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 128
Minister of State (Director of State Affairs) 尚書令
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 129

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Prince of Ye 鄴王
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passages 60, 128; Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 147
Reported
Illness
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 60
screen-vassal of merit 籓屏勳臣
Meritorious frontier vassal
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 159

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 159
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 208
Polity Weibo 魏博 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 106
At Weibo 魏博 · Relation Governed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 159
At Weibo 魏博 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 106

Works and attributed material

Old History biography of Luo Shaowei 薛史羅紹威傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 59
AD 908 九月
Memorial · Author · With Emperor Taizu (太祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passage 161

Events and relationships

Requested Liang troops to destroy Wei's garrison army
AD 905 天祐二年 · Military · Planner
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 23, passage 145
Requested sons excused from seals and night duty
AD 908 九月 · Petition · Petitioner · With Luo Tingwang (羅廷望), Luo Tingju (羅廷矩)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 161-162
Slaughtered the Weibo guard army, the year used to date Zhang's father's death
AD 906 羅紹威殺牙軍之歲 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 218
Urged mandate transfer
AD 907 開平元年正月 · Political · Advisor · With Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 208-209
Welcomed Luo Yin with banners
Patronage · Host · With Luo Yin (羅隱)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 151
Relation Official under · Person Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 208-209

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Relation Recommender of · Person Luo Yin (羅隱)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 120

Assessments and attributes

Assessment loyal minister · Mode quoted-speech Speaker the Emperor (帝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 128

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 3, passages 159, 208; Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 60

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Book of Later Liang 3: Taizu Annals 3 · 3 passages

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節度使羅紹威以帝回軍，慮有不測之患，由是供億甚至，因密以天人之望切陳之。 Military Commissioner Luo Shaowei, fearing trouble when the Emperor marched home with his army, supplied provisions lavishly and privately urged that Heaven and men alike expected the transfer of the mandate.

魏博羅紹威二男廷望、廷矩，年在幼稚，皆有材器，帝以其籓屏勳臣之胄，宜受非次之用，皆擢為郎。 Luo Shaowei's sons Tingwang and Tingju, though young, showed talent; as sons of a loyal frontier lord both were made court gentlemen.

紹威乃上章，以齒幼未任公事，乞免主印、宿直。 Shaowei then asked that, being young, they be excused seals and night duty.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Book of Later Liang 5: Taizu Annals 5 · 2 passages

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己亥，以羅周韓為天雄軍節度副使，知府事，從鄴王紹威病請也。 On jihai Luo Zhouhan became vice military governor of Tianxiong and ran the prefecture at Shao Wei, Prince of Ye’s plea of illness.

魏博節度使、守太師、兼中書令、鄴王羅紹威薨，帝哀慟曰：「天不使我一海內，何奪忠臣之速也！」 Luo Shaowei, Prince of Ye, regent grand preceptor, director of the Secretariat, and military governor of Weibo, died; the Emperor grieved: "Heaven will not let me unite the realm—why take a loyal minister so soon!"

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Book of Later Liang 11: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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《薛史羅紹威傳》亦載開平四年，詔金華公主出家為尼。 The 《Old History》 biography of Luo Shaowei likewise records an edict in Kaiping 4 ordering Princess Jinhua to take the veil.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20 Book of Later Liang 20: Biographies 10: Xie Tong, Si Maye, Liu Han, Wang Jinrao, Gao Shao, Ma Sixun, Zhang Cunjin, Kou Yanqing · 3 passages

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及羅紹威將殺牙軍，遣使告於太祖，求為外援。 When Luo Shaowei planned to destroy the guard corps, he asked the Founder for reinforcements.

天祐三年正月十六日夜，嗣勳與紹威親軍同攻牙軍，至曙，盡殪之。 On the night of the sixteenth of the first month of Tianyou 3, Sixun and Shaowei's own troops struck the guard corps and wiped them out by dawn.

羅紹威將殺牙軍，遣使告於太祖，太祖命彥卿使於魏，密與紹威謀之。 When Luo Shaowei moved against the guard corps he asked the Founder for help; the Founder sent Yanqing to Wei to conspire with him.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 4 passages

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初，隱罷上中書之日，費窘，因抵魏謁鄴王羅紹威，將入其境，先貽書敘其家世，鄴王為侄。 Once, broke after failing the Secretariat exam, he went to Wei to see Luo Shaowei and beforehand sent a letter claiming kinship—the prince was his nephew.

紹威素重士，且曰：「羅隱名振天下，王公大夫多為所薄，今惠然肯顧，其何以勝！ Shaowei, who loved scholars, said: "Luo Yin's name fills the realm; lords and ministers he has often scorned—now he honors me—how can I not be overwhelmed!

及將行，紹威贈以百萬，他物稱是，仍致書於鏐謂叔父，鏐首用之。）〉 On his departure Shaowei gave him a million cash and rich gifts, and wrote Qian Liu as to an uncle—Liu took him up at once.)〉

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Book of Later Tang 3: Zhuangzong Annals 1 · 1 passage

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是時，梁祖以羅紹威初卒，全有魏博之地，因欲兼並鎮、定，遣供奉官杜廷隱、丁延徽督魏軍三千人入於深、冀，鎮人懼，故來告難。 The Liang Founder had just absorbed Weibo after Luo Shaowei's death and now aimed at Zhen and Ding as well; he sent Du Tingyin and Ding Yanhui with three thousand Wei troops into Shen and Ji, and the frightened Zhen lords sent word that they were in peril.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 54Volume 54 Book of Later Tang 30: Biographies 6: Wang Rong, Wang Zhaohui, Wang Chuzhi · 2 passages

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〈（《新唐書》：羅紹威諷鎔絕太原，共尊全忠，鎔依違，全忠不悅。）〉 (The 《New Book of Tang》: Luo Shaowei urged Rong to break with Taiyuan and jointly honor Quanzhong; Rong wavered, and Quanzhong was displeased.) 〉

其後梁祖常慮河朔悠久難製，會羅紹威卒，因欲除移鎮、定。 Thereafter the Founding Emperor of Liang constantly worried that the Hebei provinces would long resist control. When Luo Shaowei died, he sought to replace the governors of Zhen and Ding.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 61Volume 61 Book of Later Tang 37: Biographies 13: An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, An Zhongba, Liu Xun, Zhang Jingxun, Liu Yancong, Yuan Jianfeng, Xifang Ye, Zhang Zunhui, Sun Zhang · 1 passage

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父為宗城令，羅紹威殺牙軍之歲，為梁軍所害。 His father had been magistrate of Zongcheng and was killed by Liang troops in the year Luo Shaowei slaughtered the guard army.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68 Book of Later Tang 44: Biographies 20: Xue Tinggui, Cui Yi, Liu Yue, Liu Ye, Feng Shunqing, Dou Mengzheng, Li Baoyin, Gui Ai, Kong, Miao, Zhang Wenbao, Chen Yi, Liu Zan · 1 passage

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魏州節度使羅紹威署巡官，罷歸京師，依開封尹劉鄩。 Luo Shaowei, military commissioner of Weizhou, appointed him touring officer. When that post ended he went to the capital and attached himself to Kaifeng prefect Liu Yan.

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 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 3 passages

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羅紹威時，牙兵盡死，魏勢孤，始為梁所制。 Under Luo Shaowei the garrison troops were destroyed; Wei stood alone and at last fell fully under Liang’s hand.

天祐二年，羅紹威將誅牙軍，乞兵於梁，梁女嫁魏，適死，太祖乃遣嗣勳以長直千人為綵輿入魏，致兵器於輿中，聲言助葬。 In the second year of Tianyou Luo Shaowei meant to destroy the garrison troops and begged Liang for troops. A Liang princess married into Wei had just died; Taizu sent Sixun with a thousand Long-Direct troops in a funeral escort into Wei, weapons hidden in the carriage, claiming they came to assist the burial.

嗣勳館銅臺，夜與魏新鄉鎮兵攻石柱門，入迎紹威家屬，衞之。 Sixun lodged at the Bronze Terrace. By night he and the Xin township garrison troops of Wei attacked Shizhu Gate, entered to receive Shaowei’s household, and guarded them.

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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乃召羅紹威故吏司空颋曰：「為我作奏，若復依違，則渡河虜之耳！」 He called Luo Shaowei’s old clerk Sikong Ting: “Write my memorial—if they keep stalling, I will cross the river and make captives of them!”