Five Dynasties · Writer

Qin Zaisi 秦再思

Attested AD 921

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qin Zaisi was a Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 921 十八年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 72, passage 72

Works and attributed material

Records of Strange Events in Luoyang 洛中記異
Relation Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 72, passage 72

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 1 passage

〈（《通鑒考異》引秦再思《洛中記異》云：承業諫帝曰：「大王何不待誅克梁孽，更平吳、蜀，俾天下一家，且先求唐氏子孫立之，後更以天下讓有功者，何人輒敢當之！ (The 《Examination of Discrepancies in the Zizhi Tongjian》 cites Qin Zaisi's 《Records of Strange Events in Luoyang》: Chengye remonstrated with the emperor, saying, "Why does Your Highness not wait until the Liang rebels are destroyed and Wu and Shu are pacified, so that the realm becomes one family? First find a descendant of the Tang house and install him, then later yield the realm to the man of merit — who would dare take it!