Zhao An (AD?) –1444) was a native of Didao County, Ming Lintao Province (present-day Lintao County, Dingxi City, Gansu). The Didaowusi Tibetans, descendants of Zhao Agopan, from their brother Zhao Qishi, who commanded Tongzhi, were executed for their crimes, and Zhao An was killed in Ganzhou.
In the first year of Ming Chengzu Yongle (1403), he sent an envoy to the Western Regions with the position of Lintao Hundred Households, and made meritorious achievements in the conquest and commanded the capital. In the second year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign (1427), when the people of Songpan, Sichuan were in turmoil, Zhao An was promoted to the post of governor of the capital with the general Chen Huaiping (陈淮平定) with the general Chen Huaiping.com. After the envoy Wu Sizang returned to China, he accompanied Shi Zhaoping to settle QuXian.
In the ninth year of Xuande (1434), the lieutenant Song Cheng and other envoys sent envoys to WuSizang, and Zhao An was ordered to command 1,500 troops to escort them to the Bilimu River, and then went out with the attendant Xu Xi to pacify Atai Duo'er.
In the first year of Emperor Yingzong's reign (1436), he served as the governor of the capital and deputy commander-in-chief of the left army, assisting Ren Lizhen in defending Gansu. Orthodoxy III (1438). Together with Wang Ji, Jiang Li, Jiang Gui, and others, they divided their forces and attacked together, and at Diao Ligou captured more than thirty people, including Daru Huachi below the Right Cheng, and sealed Chuanbo and Qianshi with meritorious service. The following year, the town was changed to Liangzhou. Zhao An was brave and talented, and had a slight talent, and was called a good general in the west with Ren Li and so on, and he protected the border and the people, and his merits were remarkable.
In the fifth year of orthodoxy (1440), the imperial court awarded Zhao An an iron coupon to avoid death. He died of illness in December of the ninth year of orthodoxy (1444).