Person
Hou Jing
The man behind the Hou Jing revolt in the Liang realm, who attacked the capital in the winter of 548 according to the Chen shu. The Complete Annals record that in 550 this revolt got Tran Ba Tien called back, leaving the war against Trieu Viet Vuong to Duong San.
At a glance
- Dates
- Attacked the Liang capital in the winter of 548; in the first month of 550 Tran Ba Tien was still leading his army north against him (Chen shu)1
- Role
- In the Giao Chau story, the Hou Jing revolt is the reason the Complete Annals give for Tran Ba Tien being called back in 550, leaving the war against Trieu Viet Vuong to his deputy general Duong San; the Chen shu records that Ba Tien meant to lead his army to the capital's relief from the winter of 54821
Life
The old chronicles say
By the Chen shu, in the winter of 548 Hou Jing attacked the Liang capital, and Tran Ba Tien meant to lead his army to its relief; in the seventh month of 549 Ba Tien gathered volunteer troops at Nam Hai, and in the first month of 550 he set out from Shixing, crossed the Dayu mountains and advanced to camp at Nankang, leading his army north against Hou Jing. The Complete Annals tell it differently: in 550 Ba Tien was still in Giao Chau, planning to hold out until Trieu Viet Vuong in his marsh ran out of grain, when the Liang had the revolt of Hou Jing; he was called back and handed the war to his deputy general Duong San, and when the king let loose his troops, San was defeated and died and the Liang army broke and fled north. The two cannot both be right about where Ba Tien stood that month, and the surviving texts are not enough to decide between them.12
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