An Chonghui | |
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 Modern portrait of An Chonghui | |
| Shumishi of Later Tang | |
| In office 925–931 | |
| Monarch | Li Siyuan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ying Prefecture (應州, modern Shuozhou, Shanxi) |
| Died | June 25, 931 Hezhong |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Zhongmenshi (中門使) |
| Battles/wars | Zhu Wen campaigns against Zhu Xuan Li Siyuan campaigns against Li Cunxu |
An Chonghui (d. June 25, 931?[1][2][3]) (Chinese: 安重誨; Wade–Giles: An Ch'ung-hui, fl. 10th century) was the chief of staff (Shumishi) and chief advisor to Li Siyuan (Emperor Mingzong) (r. 926–933) of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang.
For most of Emperor Mingzong's reign, An was the most powerful figure at court, making key military and political decisions that, in his eyes, sought to strengthen the authority of the Later Tang imperial state. However, his ruthless actions toward political enemies—including Emperor Mingzong's adoptive son Li Congke the Prince of Lu—created much resentment. After the campaign against the regional warlords Meng Zhixiang and Dong Zhang, which An instigated, stalled, An was forced to retire, and then was killed in retirement, under accusations that he had alienated Meng, Dong, and the Later Tang nominal vassal Qian Liu the King of Wuyue, from the Later Tang emperor. He was said to have, at his death, lamented that he was not able to rid the state of Li Congke.
- ^ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 277.
- ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
- ^ The description of the events in the Zizhi Tongjian implied that An Chonghui's death was on June 25, but does not clearly state it. Emperor Mingzong's edict ordering An's execution was on June 26, but based on the Zizhi Tongjian description was issued after An's death.