Five Dynasties · Military commissioner and official

Cao Yijin 曹義金

Cáo Yìjīn

Attested AD 923 - AD 940

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Cao Yijin as an administrator, diplomat, military officer, and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Cao Yijin 曹義金 Cáo Yìjīn
Personal Cao Yijin 曹義金
Personal Yijin 義金 Yìjīn

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Diplomat
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 唐莊宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 923 · End: AD 926
  • Source Date: Text: 晉天福五年 · Western Year: AD 940
  • Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0004

Family

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  • Parent of Cao Yuande (曹元德)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Secretariat Director; Shazhou military commissioner / 兼中書令、沙州節度使 · Action: appointed-concurrently · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
  • Label: military governor of the Army of Returning Allegiance / 歸義軍節度使 · Action: appointed
  • Label: acting governor of Sha Prefecture / 沙州留後 · Action: held

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 138Volume 138: Foreign States Biographies 2: Tubo, Huihu, Goryeo, Bohai Tungusic Tribes, Heishui Tungusic Tribes, Silla, Tangut, Kunming Tribes, Yutian, Champa, Zangkeman · 2 passages