Wu Shao Yang

Wu Shaoyang ( chino simplificado :吴少阳; chino tradicional :吳少陽) (fallecido el 29 de septiembre de 814 ^{[ 1 ]} ) fue un general militar y político chino de la dinastía Tang , quien, después de tomar el control del circuito de Zhangyi (彰義/彰义, con sede en la actual Zhumadian , Henan ) en 809, lo gobernó de manera de facto independiente del gobierno imperial hasta su muerte en 814.

Se desconoce la fecha de nacimiento de Wu Shaoyang, pero se sabe que su familia era de la prefectura de Cang (滄州/沧州, en la actual Cangzhou , Hebei ). Su padre se llamaba Wu Xiang (吳翔), y tanto él como su padre sirvieron en el ejército del Circuito de Weibo (魏博, con sede en la actual Handan , Hebei ), donde entabló amistad con otro soldado de Weibo, Wu Shaocheng . ^{[ 2 ]}

Sometime after Wu Shaocheng became military governor (jiedushi) of Zhaoyi Circuit in 786,^[3] he sent gold and silk to Weibo Circuit, requesting that he be allowed to have Wu Shaoyang. Weibo allowed Wu Shaoyang to report to Zhangyi. Wu Shaocheng claimed that Wu Shaoyang was a cousin and gave him various commissions; Wu Shaoyang was also given access to Wu Shaocheng's mansion. Still, because Wu Shaocheng was cruel and suspicious, Wu Shaoyang requested a position not at headquarters, and Wu Shaocheng made him the prefect of Shen Prefecture (申州, in modern Xinyang, Henan). It was said that because Wu Shaoyang was lenient, he became favored by the army.^[4] When Wu Shaocheng grew ill in 809 and fell unconscious, his servant Xianyu Xiong'er (鮮于熊兒/鲜于熊儿), forged an order in Wu Shaocheng's name recalling Wu Shaoyang to serve as deputy military governor. Wu Shaoyang put Wu Shaocheng's son Wu Yuanqing (吳元慶/吴元庆) to death and took over the circuit. After Wu Shaocheng died around the new year 810, Wu Shaoyang claimed the title of acting military governor.^[5] As then-reigning Emperor Xianzong was already waging a campaign against another warlord, Wang Chengzong, who ruled Chengde Circuit (成德, headquartered in modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei), at the time, he felt that he could not act against Wu Shaoyang as well, so he made his son Li You the Prince of Sui the titular military governor of Zhaoyi and gave Wu Shaoyang the title of acting military governor in spring 810.^[4][5] In spring 811, Wu was made military governor.^[5]

It was said that during the years he was military governor, Wu Shaoyang did not pay homage to the emperor. As his territory had many plains and meadows, he cultivated husbandry of horses and mules. He often pillaged the hills of neighboring Shou Prefecture (壽州/寿州, in modern Lu'an, Anhui), which were known for growing tea, to rob the tea merchants. He also often accepted those persons who were under prosecution by other circuits and put them into his army. However, as he often submitted tributes of horses to Emperor Xianzong, Emperor Xianzong did not act against him.^[4][6]

Wu Shaoyang murió en 814. Su hijo Wu Yuanji inicialmente no anunció su muerte e intentó obtener la aprobación imperial para sucederle. Cuando el emperador Xianzong se negó a otorgarle un cargo, Wu Yuanji reaccionó saqueando los circuitos circundantes, y el emperador Xianzong declaró una campaña general contra él, ^{[ 6 ]} finalmente derrotándolo y matándolo. ^{[ 4 ]}

• Libro antiguo de Tang , vol. 145 Archivado el 21/06/2008 en Wayback Machine .
• Nuevo Libro de Tang , vol. 214 .
• Zizhi Tongjian , vols. 238 , 239 .