Wang Chengzong (王承宗)

Overview

Wang Chengzong was a Military Governor of Zhen.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 9; Old Book of Tang 185, passage 11

Attested activity

AD 806 to AD 820 元和中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 139
AD 814 to AD 817 元和十二年前後
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 237, 239
AD 811 to AD 817 元和間
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passage 23
AD 817 十二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passages 88, 90
AD 819 師道敗亡時事
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 131
AD 809 to AD 820 憲宗
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 60

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AD 809 to AD 820 憲宗敬宗間
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 50
AD 809 to AD 820 承宗時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 177
AD 808 to AD 811 方吉甫在淮南
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 176
AD 809 to AD 820 河北兵討王承宗
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 52, passage 201
AD 821 王承宗
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 11
AD 809 to AD 820 王承宗叛
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 175, passage 203
AD 821 鎮州王承宗死
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 9
AD 821 長慶初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 5

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Hostage son of Wang Chengzong (王承宗質子)
hostage son 質子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 88
Parent of Son of Wang Chengzong
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 60
Sibling of Wang Chengqing (王承慶)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 131

two sons as hostages 二子入質
Kinship Role sons · Count 2
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 175, passage 206

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Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 9
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 146, passage 176
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 237; New Book of Tang 173, passage 23
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 173, passage 88
At De 德 · Relation Surrendered
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 88
At Di 棣 · Relation Surrendered
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 88

Events and relationships

Allied in defiance
Military · Rebel leader · With Wu Yuanji (吳元濟)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 237
Campaigned against by Hebei forces
Military · Target
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 52, passage 201
Imperial campaign intervened
AD 808 to AD 811 方吉甫在淮南 · Military · Target
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 176
Planted assassins
Political · Conspirator · With Li Shidao (李師道)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 23
Power split by new combined circuit
AD 817 十二年 · Political · Subject
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 90
Surrendered De and Di and sent hostage son
AD 817 十二年 · Political · Subject · With Pei Du (裴度)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 88

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 54, passage 4; New Book of Tang 54, passage 237; New Book of Tang 173, passages 23, 88

References in the histories

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History

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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 · 1 passage

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鎮州王承宗死，弘正自魏移領鎮州。 When Wang Chengzong of Zhenzhou died, Hongzheng left Wei to assume control of Zhenzhou.

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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四代祖廷湊，事鎮帥王承宗為牙將。 His fourth-generation ancestor Tingcou served the military governor of Zhen, Wang Chengzong, as a guard officer.

長慶初，承宗卒，穆宗命田宏正為成德軍節度使。 In the early Changqing reign Chengzong died, and Emperor Muzong appointed Tian Hongzheng military governor of the Chengde army.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 · 1 passage

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是時，河北兵討王承宗，於是募人入粟河北、淮西者，自千斛以上皆授以官。 While Hebei forces fought Wang Chengzong, the court recruited grain donors of a thousand bushels or more to Hebei and Huai-Xi with official posts.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 · 1 passage

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會吳元濟、王承宗連衡拒命，以七道兵討之，經費屈竭。 When Wu Yuanji and Wang Chengzong rebelled in alliance, seven armies were mobilized and the treasury was drained.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 3 passages

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王承宗請割德、棣而遣子入侍也，憲宗選堪使者，以命從。 When Wang Chengzong offered to surrender De and Di prefectures and send his son to court as hostage, Xianzong chose a capable envoy and appointed Cong.

議者謂承宗狠譎，非單使可屈。 Critics said Chengzong was fierce and treacherous and could not be swayed by a lone envoy.

集軍士球場宣詔，為陳逆順大節禍福之效，音辭暢厲，士感動，承宗自失，貌愈恭，至泣下，即按二州戶口、符印上之。 He gathered the troops on the drill ground, read the edict, and expounded the great principles of loyalty and rebellion and the consequences of fortune and ruin; his voice rang clear and forceful. The soldiers were moved; Chengzong was thrown off balance, grew ever more deferential, even to tears, and at once submitted the household registers and seals of the two prefectures.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 3 passages

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元和中，丁父喪未官，從史即獻計誅王承宗，陰向帝旨，繇是奪服，復領澤、潞。 In the Yuanhe era, while still in mourning for his father and not yet in office, Congshi at once offered a plan to execute Wang Chengzong, secretly aligning with the emperor's intent; thereby he was released from mourning garments and again took command of Ze and Lu.

因詔討賊，而勒兵逗留，陰與承宗交，得其密號授軍中，又高芻粟直以售度支。 By edict he was to attack the rebels, yet he held his troops and lingered, secretly communicating with Chengzong, obtaining his secret signals and passing them to the army, and also raised the price of fodder grain to sell to the Department of Revenue.

元和中，以左威衛將軍隨吐突承璀討王承宗，諸將多覆軍，獨霞寓有功，詔藏所獲鎧仗於神策庫以旌之。 In the Yuanhe era, as left Weiwu guard general he followed Tutu Chengcui to attack Wang Chengzong; many generals lost their armies, but Xiayu alone distinguished himself, and an edict stored the armor and weapons he captured in the Shence arsenal to honor him.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 146Volume 146 Biographies 71: Two Li's · 1 passage

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方吉甫在淮南，聞吳少陽立，上下攜泮，自請徙壽州，以天子命招懷之，反間以撓其黨，會討王承宗，未及用。 While Jifu was in Huainan he heard that Wu Shaoyang had succeeded to power and that his followers were divided; he volunteered to transfer to Shouzhou to win him over by imperial command and use counterintelligence to divide his faction; but the campaign against Wang Chengzong intervened and the plan was never carried out.