Five Dynasties · Rebel Leader

Zhang Chujin 張處瑾

First attested AD 921; died AD 922

Passages: 7
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Zhang Chujin was a rebel Leader.

Life and dates

Death

AD 922 鎮州破
captured, legs broken, people asked to mince them 折足…請醢
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 101

Attested activity

AD 922 十九年三月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 95
AD 922 天贊元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 2, passage 55
AD 921 文禮卒後
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 92

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Zhang Chuqi (張處琪)
brother 子 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 101
Sibling of Zhang Chuqiu (張處球)
brother 子 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 92
Child of Mother of Zhang Chujin (張處瑾母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 101
Child of Zhang Wenli (張文禮)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 92; History of Liao 2, passage 55

Key source chapters

Events and relationships

Defeated Yan Bao
Military · Commander · With Yan Bao (閻寶)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 95
Relation Confidant of · Person Han Zhengshi (韓正時)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 62, passage 93

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 62Volume 62 Book of Later Tang 38: Biographies 14: Meng Fangli, Zhang Wenli, Dong Zhang · 6 passages

其子處瑾、處球秘不發喪，軍府內外，皆不知之，每日於寢宮問安。 His sons Chujin and Chuqiu concealed the death; inside and outside headquarters none knew, and each day they sent greetings to the bedchamber as if their father still lived.

處瑾與其腹心韓正時參決大事，同謀奸惡。 Chujin and his confidant Han Zhengshi decided major affairs together and plotted further treachery.

十九年三月，閻寶為處瑾所敗，莊宗以李嗣昭代之。 In the third month of the nineteenth year Yan Bao was defeated by Chujin, and Zhuangzong replaced him with Li Sizhao.

是時，處瑾危蹙日甚。 Chujin's situation grew more desperate by the day.

昭義軍節度判官任圜馳至城下，諭以禍福，處瑾登陴以誠告，乃遣牙將張彭送款於行台。 Ren Yuan, administrative aide of the Zhaoyi circuit, rode to the walls and explained the consequences; Chujin mounted the battlements in apparent sincerity and sent his officer Zhang Peng to offer surrender to headquarters.

是夜，趙將李再豐之子衝投縋以接王師，故諸軍登城，遲明畢入，獲處瑾、處球、處琪，並其母及同惡人等，皆折足送行台，鎮人請醢而食之。 That night Li Zaifeng's son Chong lowered a rope to admit the imperial army; the troops scaled the walls and by dawn had taken the city. Chujin, Chuqiu, Chuqi, their mother, and their accomplices were captured, their legs broken, and sent to headquarters; the townspeople begged that they be minced for food.

History of Liao, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

五月丁未，張文禮卒，其子處瑾遣人奉表來謝。 In the fifth month, on dingwei day, Zhang Wenli died; his son Chujin sent envoys with a memorial of gratitude.