Zhao Tingyin (趙廷隱) (883[1]-January 949[2][3][4]), formally Prince Zhongwu of Song (宋忠武王), was a major general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Shu.
Zhao Tingyin was also captured at that time, along with other officers Zhang Hanjie (張漢傑), Li Zhijie (李知節), and Liu Sibin (劉嗣彬).
Meng sent Li Renhan to command the army against the imperially-held Wuxin Circuit (武信, headquartered in modern Suining, Sichuan), with Zhao, who then carried the title of prefect of Han Prefecture (漢州, in modern Deyang, Sichuan), serving as his deputy and Zhang serving as his forward commander.
Meng thus diverted Zhao from Li Renhan's army, giving him 10,000 men to reinforce Dong's defenses at Jian Prefecture (劍州, in modern Guangyuan, Sichuan, near Jianmen Pass).
[8] With Li Siyuan having withdrawn the imperial army and made overtures of peace to both Meng and Dong (including executing his chief of staff An Chonghui, the main proponent of the campaign against the two circuits), Meng wanted peace with the imperial government as well and was willing to resubmit to Li Siyuan as a vassal.
Subsequently, with the two of them at a standoff, Meng decided to assume the military governorship of Dongchuan himself to avoid having Li and Zhao continue to struggle over it.
[9] Zhao Tingyin was made one of the imperial guard commanding generals, but continued to also serve as the military governor of Baoning.
[10] Immediately after Meng Chang's assumption of the throne, Li Renhan insisted on being put in command of the imperial guards.
Meng Chang initially reluctantly agreed and put him in command, making Zhao Tingyin his deputy.
However, Zhang Gongduo and several of Meng Chang's close associates thereafter accused Li Renhan of plotting treason.
(Shocked by the development, Li Zhao, who had previously refused to bow to the young emperor, changed his attitude and became very submissive.
)[10] In 941, as part of Meng Chang's reforms to end the practice of having high-level officials and generals hold office at the imperial government in Chengdu but continuing to serve also as military governors — as the end result was that they were not attentive to their circuits, and their staff members would effectively rule the circuit and mismanage them — several high level officials/generals who were doing so, including Zhao, who was then the military governor of Wude Circuit (武德, i.e., Dongchuan), were given some additional honors but stripped of their military governorships.
)[12] In 948, Zhang Ye, who was then serving as chancellor, was accused by Meng's close associates Sun Hanshao (孫漢韶), Li Hao, and An Siqian (安思謙).
Meng gave him the honorary titles Taifu (太傅) and Zhongshu Ling and created him the Prince of Song, and continued to consult him on important matters of state.