During the massive An Lu-shan uprising in the 8th century against the Tang dynasty (618-907), Chang Hsun, a general encharged with defending Shuiyang, held the area until his supplies were totally exhausted and his troops dead, leaving the general to die a martyr, cursing the rebels even as his tongue was being cut out.
張巡是文天祥「正氣歌」中提到的張睢陽。安祿山造反時，張巡死守睢陽，糧盡城破，被割舌仍咒罵賊人不休。張巡剛烈、忠義的故事，在台西連孩童都能侃侃道來。