Xu Zhigao (徐知誥) | 24 Histories

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Xu Zhigao was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 926 to AD 933 明宗朝
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 66, passage 14

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8: an Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun · 2 passages

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其後，戶部尚書李鏻吳諜者言：「徐知誥欲奉吳國以稱藩，願得安公一言以為信。」 Later Minister of Revenue Li Lin relayed a Wu spy's message: "Xu Zhigao wishes to submit Wu as a tributary state and asks for Lord An's word as assurance."

重誨大喜，以為然，乃以玉帶與諜者，使遺知誥為信，其直千緡。 Chonghui was delighted, took it for truth, and gave the spy a jade belt to carry to Zhigao as token—worth a thousand strings of cash.