Wang Shi-chong (English spelling)

Japanese: 王世充 - おうせいじゅう（英語表記）Wang Shi-chong; Wang Shih-ch`ung

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[Died] Butoku 4 (621)
One of the Chinese warlords at the end of the Sui and beginning of the Tang, Emperor Zheng (reigned 619-621). His pen name was Xingman. He was originally a Hu man from the Western Regions, but he gained the trust of Emperor Yang of Sui by ingratiating himself with him. However, sensing that the Sui dynasty's days were numbered, he secretly gathered forces and made a name for himself by suppressing rebellions. When Emperor Yang was killed, he installed a member of his family, Yang Dong, as emperor, but when a rift arose, he used his power to depose Yang Dong and establish the Zheng state, ascend to the throne, and poison Yang Dong to death. His rule was so harsh that he lost the hearts of the people, and he was eventually attacked, captured, and killed by Li Shimin (later Emperor Taizong of Tang).

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Japanese:

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[没]武徳4(621)
中国，隋末唐初の群雄の一人で鄭国 (ていこく) 皇帝 (在位 619～621) 。字は行満。もと西域の胡人で，隋の煬帝 (ようだい) に取入って信任を得たが，隋の余命がいくばくもないことを察してひそかに勢力を結集し，一方では反乱を鎮圧して名をあげた。煬帝が殺されると，その一族楊侗 (ようとう) を皇帝に立てたが，不和となると専権をふるい，楊侗を廃して鄭国を建て，帝位につき，楊侗を毒殺した。その支配は過酷をきわめたため人心を失い，やがて李世民 (のちの唐の太宗 ) に攻められて捕えられ殺された。

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