Sui and Tang · Adopted Son and Military Officer

Zhao Ba 趙霸

Zhào Bà

Attested AD 900 - AD 913

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Ba was an Adopted Son and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 904 甲子年九月
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 1, passage 29
AD 900 to AD 913 討黑車子室韋時
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 73, passage 38

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liu Rengong (劉仁恭)
adopted son 養子 · Adoptive parentage
Directly stated · History of Liao 73, passage 38; History of Liao 1, passage 29

Key source chapters

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 1Volume 1 Annals 1: Taizu 1 · 4 passages

九月，討黑車子室韋，唐盧龍軍節度使劉仁恭發兵數萬，遣養子趙霸來拒。 In the ninth month he marched against the Black-Cart Shiwei. Liu Rengong, Tang governor of the Lulong Army, raised tens of thousands of men and sent his adopted son Zhao Ba to meet him.

霸至武州，太祖諜知之，伏勁兵桃山下。 Ba reached Wuzhou; Taizu, warned by his scouts, lay in wait with elite troops beneath Peach Mountain.

遣室韋人牟裏詐稱其酋長所遣，約霸兵會平原。 He sent a Shiwei named Moli to pose as an envoy from the chieftain and invite Ba's army to a rendezvous on the open plain.

既至，四面伏發，擒霸，殲其眾，乘勝大破室韋。 When Ba came, ambushers rose on every side. They took Ba prisoner, wiped out his army, and drove on to shatter the Shiwei.

History of Liao, Chapter 73Volume 73 Biographies 3: Yelu Helu, Xiao Dilu, Yelu Xieniechi, Yelu Yuwen, Yelu Haili · 1 passage

太祖討黑車子室韋，幽州劉仁恭遣養子趙霸率眾來救。 Taizu campaigned against the Black Cart Shiwei. Liu Rengong of Youzhou sent his adopted son Zhao Ba with an army to relieve them.