Cao Bin (曹彬) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Cao Bin as a general, military officer, official, and statesman. This record brings together 20 passages from 10 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Cao Bin	曹彬	Cáo Bīn
Title	Attendant-in-Chief	侍中	Shizhong
Given	Bin	彬
Personal	Cao Bin	曹彬
Personal name	Cao Bin	曹彬	Cáo Bīn
Personal name	Cao Bin	曹彬	Cao Bin
Personal	Cao Bin	曹彬	Cao Bin
Title	Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs	樞密使	Shumi shi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0014, liaoshi:080:s0097, liaoshi:082:s0097, liaoshi:084:s0088, liaoshi:085:s0101, liaoshi:088:s0059, liaoshi:104:s0048
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:083:s0036, songshi:120:s0058
Value: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:079:s0078

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:085:s0101
Source Date: Text: 四年春 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:079:s0078
Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:011:s0014, liaoshi:083:s0036, liaoshi:084:s0088, liaoshi:088:s0059
Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0097, liaoshi:082:s0097
Source Date: Text: 後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 964 · End: AD 1007
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:120:s0057, songshi:120:s0058
Source Date: Text: 曹彬敗於休哥 · Western Year: AD 986
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:104:s0048

Career and standing

Label: Attendant-in-Chief / 侍中 · Action: held-concurrently
Explicit · songshi:120:s0058
Label: Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs / 樞密使 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:120:s0058

Places and affiliations

Label: Song / 宋 · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0014, liaoshi:080:s0097, liaoshi:084:s0088
Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · songshi:120:s0058

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: opponent · Action: defeated by Xiuge · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Yelü Zhao (耶律昭)
Explicit · liaoshi:104:s0048
Kind: military · Role: invading-general · Action: invaded Yan · Other Person Id: Mi Xin (米信) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年春 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
Explicit · liaoshi:079:s0078
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: invaded Yan
Explicit · liaoshi:080:s0097
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: invaded · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 統和四年 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 986
Explicit · liaoshi:011:s0014
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: invaded · Place: Zhuozhou / 涿州
Explicit · liaoshi:083:s0036
Kind: ritual · Role: subject · Action: specially-ordered-to-report-at-Secretariat
Explicit · songshi:120:s0058

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 11Volume 11 Annals 11: Shengzong 2 · 3 passages

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三月甲戌，於越休哥奏宋遣曹彬、崔彥進、米信由雄州道，田重進飛狐道，潘美、楊繼業雁門道來侵，岐溝、涿州、固安、新城皆陷。 In the third month, on jiaxu day, yuyue Xiuge reported that Song had sent Cao Bin, Cui Yanjin, and Mi Xin by the Xiongzhou route, Tian Chongjin by the Feihu route, and Pan Mei and Yang Jiye by the Yanmen route to invade; Qigou, Zhuo Prefecture, Gu'an, and Xincheng had all fallen.

宋將曹彬、米信北渡拒馬河，與於越休哥對壘，挑戰，南北列營長六七里。 Song generals Cao Bin and Mi Xin crossed the Juma River to the north and faced yuyue Xiuge in camp, challenging battle; the opposing camps stretched six or seven li north and south.

五月庚午，遼師與曹彬、米信戰於歧溝關，大敗之，追至拒馬河，溺死者不可勝紀。 In the fifth month, on gengwu day, the Liao army fought Cao Bin and Mi Xin at Qigou Pass and crushed them, pursuing to the Juma River; the drowned were beyond counting.

History of Liao, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 9: Shi Fang, Yelu Xianshi, Nu Li, Guo Xi, Yelu Ameili · 1 passage

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四年春，宋將曹彬、米信等侵燕，上親征，阿沒裏為都監，屢破敵軍。 In the spring of the fourth year the Song generals Cao Bin, Mi Xin, and others invaded Yan; the emperor took the field in person, with Ameli as chief overseer, and repeatedly routed the enemy.

History of Liao, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 10: Zhang Jian, Xing Baopu, Ma Dechen, Xiao Pu, Yelu Eight Brothers · 1 passage

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會宋將曹彬、米信侵燕，八哥以扈從有功，擢上京留守。 When Song generals Cao Bin and Mi Xin invaded Yan, Bagge, for meritorious service in the imperial retinue, was promoted to garrison commander of the Upper Capital.

History of Liao, Chapter 82Volume 82 Biographies 12: Yelu Longyun, Yelu Boguzhe, Xiao Yanga, Wu Bai, Xiao Changge, Yelu Hugu · 2 passages

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四年，宋遣曹彬、米信將十萬眾來侵，隆運從太后出師敗之，加守司空，封楚國公。 In the fourth year, when Song sent Cao Bin and Mi Xin with a hundred thousand men to invade, Longyun accompanied the empress dowager on campaign and routed them. He received the additional title Defender of the Minister of Works and was enfeoffed as Duke of Chu.

統和四年，宋將曹彬等侵燕，勃古哲擊之甚力，賜輸忠保節致主功臣，總知山西五州。 In the fourth year of Tonghe, when Song generals led by Cao Bin invaded Yan, Boguzhe struck them hard. He received the merit title of Loyal Submission, Integrity Preservation, and Sovereign Service and was given overall charge of the five Shanxi prefectures.

History of Liao, Chapter 83Volume 83 Biographies 13: Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelu Xidi, Yelu Xuegu · 6 passages

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曹彬、米信出雄、易，取歧溝、涿州，陷固安，置屯。 while Cao Bin and Mi Xin marched from Xiong and Yi, seized Qigou and Zhuozhou, took Gu'an, and entrenched.

曹彬等以糧運不繼，退保白溝。 When supplies failed, Cao Bin and his colleagues fell back to Baigou.

聞太后軍至，彬等冒雨而遁。 When they heard the empress dowager's army was coming, Bin and his commanders fled through the rain.

至夜，彬、信以數騎亡去，餘眾悉潰。 By night Cao Bin and Mi Xin slipped away with a few horsemen while the rest broke and fled.

會宋將曹彬、米信出雄、易，楊繼業出代州。 When Song generals Cao Bin and Mi Xin advanced from Xiong and Yi, Yang Ye marched out from Daizhou.

論曰：宋乘下太原之銳，以師圍燕，繼遣曹彬、楊繼業等分道來伐。 The historians comment: Song, riding the momentum of taking Taiyuan, besieged Yan with their army and then sent Cao Bin, Yang Ye, and others to attack by separate routes.

History of Liao, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 14: Yelu Sha, Yelu Mozhi, Xiao Gan, Yelu Shanbu, Yelu Haili · 2 passages

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宋將曹彬、米信等侵邊，抹只引兵至南京，先繕守禦備。 When the Song generals Cao Bin, Mi Xin, and others invaded the frontier, Mozhi marched to Nanjing and first strengthened the city’s defenses.

及曹彬、米信等來侵，海裏有卻敵功，賜資忠保義匡國功臣。 When Cao Bin, Mi Xin, and others invaded, Haili distinguished himself in repelling the enemy and was granted the title Meritous Minister Loyal in Purpose, Righteous in Conduct, and Stabilizing the State.

History of Liao, Chapter 85Volume 85 Biographies 15: Xiao Talin, Xiao Guanyinnu, Yelu Tizi, Yelu Xieli, Yelu Nugua, Xiao Liu, Gao Xun, Xi Heshuonu, Xiao Taliege, Yelu Sahe · 1 passage

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四年，宋曹彬、米信等來侵，和朔奴與休哥破宋兵於燕南，手詔褒美。 In the fourth year, when Song generals Cao Bin, Mi Xin, and others invaded, Heshuonu and Yelu Xiuge routed the Song army south of Yan, and the emperor sent them a personal edict of commendation.

History of Liao, Chapter 88Volume 88 Biographies 18: Xiao Dilie, Yelu Pennu, Xiao Paiya, Yelu Zizhong, Yelu Yaozhi, Yelu Honggu, Gao Zheng, Yelu Delu, Da Kangyi · 2 passages

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四年，破宋將曹彬、米信兵於望都。 In the fourth year he defeated the Song generals Cao Bin and Mi Xin at Wangdu.

會宋將曹彬、米信侵燕，耶律休哥與恒德議軍事，多見信用，為東京留守。 When the Song generals Cao Bin and Mi Xin invaded Yan, Yelü Xiuge and Hengde deliberated on military affairs. Hengde was often trusted and made regent of the Eastern Capital.

History of Liao, Chapter 104Volume 104 Biographies 34: Literature 2 · 1 passage

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故謝玄以八千破苻堅百萬，休哥以五隊敗曹彬十萬。 Thus Xie Xuan with eight thousand routed Fu Jian's million, and Xiuge with five detachments defeated Cao Bin's hundred thousand.

History of Song, Chapter 120Volume 120 Treatises 73: Rites 23 · 1 passage

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後以曹彬兼侍中，為樞密使，特令赴中書上事。 Later, because Cao Bin concurrently held Attendant-in-Chief while serving as Bureau commissioner, he was specially ordered to report at the Secretariat.