Zang Zhi (臧玠) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zang Zhi was a Military Officer and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 770 大歷五年四月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 44
AD 766 to AD 779 大歷中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 71

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119 Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng 4 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 141 Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao 2 passages

Career and standing

Army Commissioner 兵馬使
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 44

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Summary If trouble comes, where will you run?
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 45

Events and relationships

Killed Daxi Gou
Military · Perpetrator · With Daxi Gun (達奚覯)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 141, passage 73
Stormed prefectural city
Military · Mutineer · With Daxi Gun (達奚覯)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 47

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 4 passages

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大歷五年四月，會月給糧儲，兵馬使臧玠與判官達奚覯忿爭，覯曰：「今幸無事。」 In the fourth month of 770, at the monthly distribution of grain stores, army commissioner Zang Zhi quarreled with legal aide Daxi Gun. Gun said, "For the moment all is well."

玠曰：「有事何逃？」 Zhi retorted, "If trouble comes, where will you run?"

是夜，玠遂構亂，犯州城，以殺達奚覯為名。 That night Zhi incited a mutiny and stormed the prefectural city on the pretext of killing Daxi Gun.

瓘惶遽走，逢玠兵至，遂遇害。 Guan fled in panic, ran into Zhi's soldiers, and was slain.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 2 passages

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別將臧玠、判官達奚覯忿爭，覯曰：「今幸無事。」 The deputy commander Zang Jie and the judicial officer Daxi Gou quarreled in anger; Gou said, "We are fortunate to have no trouble now."

玠曰：「欲有事邪？」 Jie said, "Do you want there to be trouble?"