A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chang Shu-yeh

by Herbert A. Giles

109 Chang Shu-yeh 張叔夜 (T. 稽仲). Died A.D. 1127. A military commander under the Emperor Ch'in Tsung of the Sung dynasty. Summoned to aid in defending the capital against the Chin^a Tartars, he succeeded after a bloody fight, which lasted four days, in defeating their forces and killing two of their generals; but he was not able to keep his advantage, and the city fell. He urged instant flight, and would have got away with the Emperor, had not the latter been bent upon trying his own divine influence in the Tartar camp. The Emperor was made prisoner, and carried away northwards. Chang followed his master's fortunes; but grief prevented him from taking food, and he died on reaching 白溝 Po-kou in Chihli. Canonised as 忠文.