Di Qing defeats Nong Zhigao at Yongzhou
The Song shi basic annals record that in the first lunar month of Huangyou 5 (AD 1053) Di Qing (狄青) defeated Zhigao (智高, Nong Zhigao) at Yongzhou (邕州), beheading more than five thousand, and that Zhigao fled.
What this does and does not establish
The Song shi is a Yuan-compiled (1343-45) official history drawing on Song court records; the English is an AI working translation. The number killed is as the annals report it. The date may be that on which the court entered or received the news rather than the day of the battle.
- Read through an AI working translation.
- Region
- East Asia
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 皇祐 5 (皇祐五年 as numbered by the annals), lunar month 1
- How we use it
- Year assigned from the lunar month under which the annals enter the item; the sexagenary day was not converted to a Julian day.
The date reference is this project’s reading of the source’s date. It may give an era name, a reign or a calendar in a normalised form rather than in the source’s own words; the dating notes say what the source prints.
Dating notes from the research record
Lunar month 1 of 皇祐 5 = Julian 1053-01-23 to 1053-02-20, per Academia Sinica 兩千年中西曆轉換 year table(s) 皇祐5.html (sha256 aad717eb0e03…); the whole month lies in AD 1053.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Song shi (History of Song), basic annals
Toghto (脫脫) et al., Yuan court historiographers
The credit or link shown here was corrected after an audit of the retained source.
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
戊午，狄青敗智高於邕州，斬首五千余級，智高遁去。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
On the wuwu day, Di Qing defeated Zhigao at Yongzhou, taking more than five thousand heads; Zhigao fled.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: Song shi, juan 12, zh.wikisource transcription (revision 7908327). English renderings are AI working translations, not published translations.
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