Sui and Tang · General and Military Governor

Wu Chongyin 烏重胤

Attested AD 806 - AD 828

Passages: 10
Chapters: 6
Histories: 2

Overview

Wu Chongyin was a general and Military Governor.

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 198

Attested activity

AD 814 to AD 817 令李光顏、烏重胤實當旗鼓
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 139
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 259
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passages 235, 238
AD 818 十三年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 193, passages 262-263
AD 814 會暴疾卒
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 178
AD 827 to AD 828 烏重胤…卒
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passages 186, 189, 198

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AD 821 to AD 822 硃克融、王廷湊亂河朔
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 173, passage 118
AD 810 部勒
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 148

Key source chapters

Career and standing

military governor replacing Tongjie 代之
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 186
held Heyang 守河陽
AD 814 會暴疾卒 · Held · At Heyang 河陽
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 178
Pushe 僕射
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 260
Vice Director (Pushe) 僕射
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 236

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 139; Old Book of Tang 203, passage 235
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 146, passage 178; New Book of Tang 173, passage 118

Events and relationships

Assigned actual banners and drums with Li Guangyan
Military · Field commander
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 139
Failed to defeat rebels
AD 821 to AD 822 硃克融、王廷湊亂河朔 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 118
Ordered to attack
Military · Commander · With Li Tongjie (李同捷) · At Yun and Qi 鄆、齊
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 189
Requested her deed entered in historical records
Political · Petitioner · With Wife of Li Tuan (李湍妻)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 193, passage 262
Requested historical record
Petition · Petitioner · With Wife of Li Tuan (李湍妻)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 238

Assessments and attributes

Assessment claw-and-fang-general · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Muzong (穆宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 173, passage 118

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 203, passage 235; New Book of Tang 173, passage 118

References in the histories

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History

10 passages

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 1 passage

及用嚴綬為招討，為賊所敗，弘方鎮汴州，當兩河賊之沖要，朝廷慮其異志，欲以兵柄授之，而令李光顏、烏重胤實當旗鼓。 When Yan Shou was appointed campaign commander and defeated, Hong still held Bianzhou at the strategic junction of the two He rebels; the court feared disloyalty and wished to give him nominal command while Li Guangyan and Wu Chongyin led the actual fighting.

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 203Volume 193 Biographies 143: Exemplary Women · 3 passages

元和中，淮南未平，湍心懷向順，乃急渡溵河，東降烏重胤。 During the Yuanhe reign, with Huainan not yet pacified, Tuan harbored loyal intentions and urgently crossed the Yin River to surrender to Wu Chongyin in the east.

其妻遂為賊束縛在樹，臠而食之，至死，叫其夫曰：「善事烏僕射。」 His wife was bound to a tree by the rebels, cut to pieces and eaten alive; until her death she called to her husband, "Serve Vice Director Wu well."

至是，重胤以其事請列史冊。 Chongyin then petitioned that her story be entered in the historical records.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 1 passage

從者驚亂，斬數十人，諭以密詔，而大將烏重胤素忠果，部勒其眾，乃定。 His followers were alarmed and in disorder; several tens were beheaded and instructed with the secret edict, but the great general Wu Zhongyin, who was by nature loyal and resolute, marshaled the troops, and order was restored.

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

烏重胤守河陽，吉甫以汝州捍蔽東都，聯唐、許，當蔡西面，兵寡不足憚寇，而河陽乃魏博之津，弘正歸國，則為內鎮，不宜戍重兵示不信，請徙屯汝州。 Wu Chongyin held Heyang; Jifu argued that Ruzhou shielded the eastern capital, linked Tang and Xu, and faced Cai on the west, and with few troops could not deter the enemy; yet Heyang was Weibo's strategic crossing—with Hongzheng's return it became an inner command and should not be heavily garrisoned as a sign of distrust; he asked to move the garrison to Ruzhou.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 173Volume 173 Biographies 98: Pei Du · 1 passage

時帝以李光顏、烏重胤爪牙將，倚以擊賊，兵十余萬，有所畏，無尺寸功。 The emperor had relied on Li Guangyan and Wu Chongyin, his fiercest generals, with more than a hundred thousand men to crush the rebels, yet they fought cautiously and won not a single victory.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 3 passages

俄而文宗立，同捷以帝新嗣位，必大開貸示四方，乃遣弟同志、同巽入朝，而使其屬崔長奉表請命，有詔拜兗海節度使，以烏重胤代之。 When Wenzong succeeded, Tongjie assumed a new emperor would show leniency; he sent his brothers Tongzhi and Tongxun to court and had Cui Chang petition for confirmation—but the edict named him Yan-Hai governor and sent Wu Chongyin to replace him.

乃下詔削官爵，命重胤率鄆、齊兵進討。 The court stripped his titles and ordered Wu Chongyin to lead Yun and Qi forces against him.

自重胤卒後，李寰、傳良弼不終事，更以左金吾衛大將軍李祐代，而智興將李君謀以輕兵絕河，夜殘無棣，降饒安壁五千兵。 After Wu Chongyin died, Li Huan and Fu Liangbi failed to finish the job; Li You of the Left Golden Crow Guard replaced them; Zhixing's Li Junmou crossed the river with light troops, raided Wudi by night, and induced five thousand men at Raoyan to surrender.