Wang Xianzhi and Shang Junzhang capture Pu and Cao
Under its sixth-month sequence, the Zizhi tongjian records Wang Xianzhi and Shang Junzhang capturing Puzhou and Caozhou.
What this does and does not establish
Wikisource raw revision 1968421. Month 6 is inherited from line 202, before month 7 begins at line 210; no capture day is supplied. The two captures form one episode, separate from Wang Ying's rebellion. Subsequent recruitment and campaigning are not separately extracted.
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- 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
- 乾符二年六月（承前月；無日）
- How we use it
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Dating notes from the research record
Year heading: zztj252.wikitext line 176; month 6: line 202; captures: line 206; month 7 begins at line 210. Calendar headers and sinica-874-12-31.html and sinica-875-12-31.html lines 31–32 establish Julian 874-12-31 = Qianfu 1/11/19 and Julian 875-12-31 = Qianfu 2/11/30. Qianfu 2 month 6 lies between those boundaries, within Julian AD 875. Original quotation begins at line 206, character 10273.
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Zizhi tongjian
Sima Guang and collaborators
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
王仙芝及其黨尚君長攻陷濮州、曹州AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
Wang Xianzhi and his associate Shang Junzhang attacked and captured Puzhou and Caozhou.
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