Sui and Tang · Military Officer

Zhao Wenqing 趙文㺹

Attested AD 887 - AD 888

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Wenqing was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Killed by troops
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 119
Killed by troops
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 127

Attested activity

AD 888 文德元年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 125
AD 887 趙文㺹
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 117

Career and standing

Acting governor of Weibo 知留後事
Installed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 125

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 125

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 5 passages

彥禎危憤而卒，眾推都將趙文㺹知留後事。 Yanzhen died in distress and anger. The troops acclaimed Chief Commander Zhao Wenkan to manage affairs as acting regent.

從訓自相州領兵三萬餘人至城下，文㺹按兵不出。 Congxun marched from Xiang with more than thirty thousand men and camped before the city. Wenkan held his troops inside and would not come out.

眾懷疑懼，復害文㺹，推羅弘信為帥。 The troops, fearful and suspicious, killed Wenkan in turn and acclaimed Luo Hongxin as their commander.

光啟末，彥禎子從訓忌牙軍，出居於外，軍眾廢彥禎，推趙文㺹權主軍州事。 At the end of the Guangqi era, Yanzhen's son Congxun, fearing the yamen guard, moved outside the city. The troops deposed Yanzhen and put Zhao Wenkan in charge of military and civil affairs.

及廢文㺹，軍人聚呼曰：「孰願為節度使者？」 When Wenkan was removed, the soldiers gathered and shouted, "Who will be military governor?"