An Chongruan (安崇阮)

Overview

The translated histories identify An Chongruan as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	An Chongruan	安崇阮	An Chongruan
Personal	An Chongruan	安崇阮
Personal name	An Chongruan	安崇阮	An Chongruan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0048, jiuwudaishi:040:s0179
Value: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:042:s0079
Value: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0019

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 晉天福二年五月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Lunar Month: 5 · Western Year: AD 937
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:010:s0196, jiuwudaishi:010:s0197
Source Date: Text: 晉天福三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 938
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0048
Source Date: Text: 天成四年五月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0057
Source Date: Text: 天成四年春正月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0179
Source Date: Text: 紀年語境（天福-9年） · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0019
Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0079, jiuwudaishi:042:s0080

Career and standing

Label: Kuizhou military commissioner / 夔州節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0057
Label: Qiannan military commissioner / 黔南節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0179
Label: Kuizhou military commissioner / 夔州節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0079
Label: Left Guard senior general / 左衛上將軍 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0197, jiuwudaishi:040:s0179
Label: Right Palace Guard general / 右衛將軍 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0048
Action: pardoned · Statement: Abandoned Kuizhou, returned to court awaiting punishment, and was released by edict. · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0079

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: officiant · Action: buried-Last-Emperor-head-with-consort · Other Person Id: Youzhen (友貞)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:011:s0048
Kind: flight · Role: military commissioner · Action: fled before Dong Zhang's raids · Other Person Id: Dong Zhang (董璋) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0080
Kind: burial · Role: appointed agent · Action: ordered to collect and bury the Last Emperor's head · Other Person Id: Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0197

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: honest official · Provenance: Mode: imperial-edict · Source Person Id: Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0019

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

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時右衛上將軍婁繼英請之，會繼英得罪，乃詔左衛上將軍安崇阮收葬焉。 Lou Jiying requested the head; when he fell from favor, An Chongruan of the Left Guard was ordered to bury it.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Book of Later Liang 11: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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案《歐陽史次妃郭氏傳》云：晉天福三年，詔太社先藏罪人首級，許親屬收葬，乃出末帝首，遣右衛將軍安崇阮與妃同葬。 Ouyang’s 《History》 biography of Consort Guo notes that in Tianfu 3 Jin permitted families to claim criminals’ heads from the Grand Altar; the Last Emperor’s head was released and General An Chongruan buried it with his consort.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 2 passages

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以左衛上將軍安崇阮為黔南節度使。 Left Guard senior general An Chongruan became Qiannan commissioner.

乙酉，以黔州節度使安崇阮為夔州節度使，以左驍衛上將軍張溫為洋州節度使，以黔州留後楊漢賓為本州節度使。 On yiyou An Chongruan moved from Qian to Kuizhou, Zhang Wen became Yang commissioner, and Yang Hanbin full Qian commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 2 passages

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夔州節度使安崇阮棄城歸闕，待罪於閣門，詔釋之。 An Chongruan of Kuizhou abandoned his post and surrendered at the gate; he was pardoned.

時董璋寇峽內諸州，崇阮望風遁走。 Dong Zhang was raiding the gorges and Chongruan had fled before him.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 1 passage

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是時，諸侯多不奉法，鄧州陶玘、亳州李鄴皆以贓汙論死，明宗下詔書褒廉吏普州安崇阮、洺州張萬進、耀州孫嶽等以諷天下，而以敬瑭為首。 Feudatories then flouted the law wholesale; Tao Qi of Deng and Li Ye of Bo died for graft. Mingzong published an edict holding up honest governors—An Chongruan, Zhang Wanjin, Sun Yue, and the rest—with Jingtang first among them.