Five Dynasties · Court Actor

Zhou Za 周匝

Attested AD 918 - AD 923

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Za was a Court Actor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 918 其戰於胡柳也
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 27
AD 923 滅梁入汴
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 28

Career and standing

Entered
Captivity · At Liang 梁
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 27
Exited
Released
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 28

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passages 29-30

Events and relationships

Captured at huliu
AD 918 其戰於胡柳也 · Military · Captive
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 27
Returned at bian
AD 923 其後滅梁入汴 · Reunion · Subject · With Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 28
Relation Favorite of · Person Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 27

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 37, passage 27

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 37Volume 37 Biographies 17: · 4 passages

其戰於胡柳也，嬖伶周匝為梁人所得。 At Huliu his beloved actor Zhou Za fell into Liang’s hands.

其後滅梁入汴，周匝謁於馬前，莊宗得之喜甚，賜以金帛，勞其良苦。 When Liang fell and he entered Bian, Zhou Za knelt before his horse; Zhuangzong was delighted, heaped gifts on him, and praised his endurance.

周匝對曰：「身陷仇人，而得不死以生者，教坊使陳俊、内園栽接使儲德源之力也。 Zhou Za said: “I was in the enemy’s grip and should have died—Chen Jun of the Music Bureau and Chu Deyuan of the Inner Garden saved me.

踰年，而伶人屢以為言，莊宗謂崇韜曰：「吾已許周匝矣，使吾慙見此二人。 A year later the actors pressed him again. Zhuangzong said to Guo Chongtao: “I gave Zhou Za my word—I cannot bear to meet those two men now.