An Jinquan (安金全) | 24 Histories

Overview

An Jinquan was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Nickname	An of the Five Roads	安五道	An Wudao

Life and dates

Death

AD 928 俄而病卒
Cause Illness
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 17

Attested activity

AD 916 天祐中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 5, 7
AD 915 平河朔
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 4
AD 926 to AD 928 明宗登極至病卒
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 16-17
AD 883 to AD 908 武皇時
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 3
AD 908 to AD 926 終莊宗世
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 15
AD 908 莊宗之救潞州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 4

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AD 883 to AD 928 金全本傳所載仕歷
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 200

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of An Shentong (審通)
nephew 猶子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 21
Sibling of Sibling of An Jinquan (安金全之兄弟)
sibling 兄弟 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 21
Parent of An Shenqi (審琦)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 20

Kinship Role sons and younger kinsmen · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 11
Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 20

Origins and identity

His family had served for generations as frontier commanders.
世為邊將
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 2

Career and standing

Associate Grand Councillor 同平章事
AD 926 明宗登極 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 16
military commissioner of Zhenwu 振武軍節度使
AD 926 明宗登極 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 16
prefect 刺史
Held repeatedly
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 4
cavalry commander 騎將
AD 883 to AD 908 武皇時 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 3
military commissioner of Zhenwu 振武軍節度使
AD 928 在任二年後詔赴闕 · Recalled
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 17
court audiences suspended for two days 廢視朝二日
AD 928 病卒 · Bestowed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 18

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Entered
Retirement · Reason age and illness · At Taiyuan 太原
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 4
gained no further promotion throughout Zhuangzong's reign
AD 908 to AD 926 終莊宗世 · Unrewarded
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 15

Places and affiliations

AD 926 明宗登極
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 16
AD 883 to AD 908 武皇時
Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 3
At northern Dai 代北
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 1
AD 926 to AD 928 在任二年
At Zhenwu 振武 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 16-17
At Taiyuan 太原 · Relation Resided
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 4

Learning and skills

Skill mounted archery 騎射 · Level adept from youth
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 2

Works and attributed material

AD 916 天祐中
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Zhang Chengye (張承業) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 7-9

Events and relationships

Distinguished himself in the pacification of Heshuo
AD 915 平河朔 · Military · Officer · At Heshuo 河朔
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 4
Distinguished himself in the relief of Luzhou
AD 908 莊宗之救潞州 · Military · Officer · At Luzhou 潞州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 4
Regularly captured Liang raiding cavalry along the front
AD 916 to AD 923 南北對壘 · Military · Captor
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 19
Sallied from the north gate at night and routed Liang troops in the livestock enclosure
AD 916 天祐中 · Military · Commander · At Bingzhou 并州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 11-12
Took part in many campaigns under the Martial Emperor
AD 883 to AD 908 武皇時 · Military · Officer
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 3
Volunteered to defend Bingzhou against Wang Tan
AD 916 天祐中 · Military · Defender · At Bingzhou 并州 · With Wang Tan (王檀)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 5, 7-9

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Relation Old associate of · Person Emperor Mingzong (明宗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 16

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Civil administration was not his strength. · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 17
Assessment Without his desperate stand the city would nearly have fallen. · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 14
Assessment Won a frontier command through military service and a place in the annals. · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 200
From youth he was bold and valiant.
Character
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 2

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 61Volume 61 Book of Later Tang 37: Biographies 13: An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, An Zhongba, Liu Xun, Zhang Jingxun, Liu Yancong, Yuan Jianfeng, Xifang Ye, Zhang Zunhui, Sun Zhang · 9 passages

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安金全，代北人。 An Jinquan came from northern Dai.

外攻甚急，金全遽出謂承業曰：「老夫退居抱病，不任軍事。 As the assault grew fierce, Jinquan came forward at once and told Chengye, "I have retired and am ill; I am in no condition to command.

金全被甲跨馬，召率子弟及退閑諸將，得數百人。 He armored himself, mounted, and rallied his sons and kinsmen along with retired officers until he had several hundred men.

微金全之奮命，城幾危矣。 Without Jinquan's desperate stand, the city would almost certainly have fallen.

莊宗性矜伐，凡大將立功，不時行賞，故金全終莊宗世，名位不進。 Emperor Zhuangzong was vain and slow to reward victorious commanders, and Jinquan therefore gained no further promotion throughout Zhuangzong's reign.

明宗與之有舊，及登極，授金全同平章事，充振武軍節度使。 Emperor Mingzong had known him long before; on taking the throne he made Jinquan Associate Grand Councillor and commissioner of the Zhenwu circuit.

初，南北對壘，汴之遊騎每出，必為金全所獲，故梁之偵邏者鹹懼，目之為「安五道」，蓋比鬼將有五道之名也。 Earlier, while the two sides faced each other along the front, Liang raiders sent out were almost always taken by Jinquan; Liang scouts dreaded him and nicknamed him "An of the Five Roads," after a demon general of that name.

審通，金全之猶子也。 Shentong was a nephew of Jinquan.

良以適遭亂世，得奮雄圖，故金全而下，咸以軍旅之功，坐登藩閫之位，垂名簡冊，亦可貴焉。 Having come of age in turmoil and seized their chance to prove themselves, Jinquan and the men below him won frontier commands through military service and a place in the annals—an achievement worth honoring.