Zhao Kuangzan (趙匡讚)

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Zhao Kuangzan was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 947 漢祖即位後
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 74, passage 130

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 74Volume 74 Book of Later Tang 50: Biographies 126: Kang Yanxiao, Zhu Shouyin, Yang Li, Dou Tingwan, Zhang Qianzhao, Yang Yanwen · 4 passages

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會晉昌軍節度使趙匡讚、鳳翔節度使侯益俱謀歸蜀，遂以虔釗為北面行營招討使，應接經營。 When Zhao Kuangzan of Jinchang and Hou Yi of Fengxiang both plotted to defect to Shu, Qianzhao was made northern-campaign pacification commissioner to coordinate the effort.

俄而趙匡讚、侯益請昶出師，掠定三秦，因命虔釗與韓保貞等總師五萬出散關，雄武軍節度使何重建出隴右，奉鑾肅衛都虞候李廷珪出子午穀，會於雍州。 Soon Zhao and Hou urged Chang to march and seize the Three Qin. Chang ordered Qianzhao and Han Baozhen to lead fifty thousand men through San Pass, He Chongjian of Xiongwu to advance through Longyou, and Li Tinggui of the Imperial Escort to march through Ziwu Valley. All were to converge on Yong.

廷珪始出子午穀，聞匡讚為王景崇所逼，棄城自拔東去，遂先退師。 Tinggui had barely left Ziwu Valley when he learned that Kuangzan was being driven by Wang Jingchong, abandoned his position, and fled east. He was the first to withdraw.

時虔釗、福誠、保貞師次陳倉，謀不相葉，而侯益聞匡讚已去，廷珪班師，亦誠款中變，閉壘不出。 By then Qianzhao, Fucheng, and Baozhen had halted at Chencang and could not agree among themselves. Hou Yi heard that Kuangzan was gone and Tinggui had withdrawn, changed his mind about submitting, and shut himself behind his walls.