Five Dynasties · Official and Envoy

Chen Jue 陳覺

Chén Jué

First attested AD 956; died AD 959

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Jue was an official and Envoy.

Life and dates

Death

AD 959 是月
Killed · Authority Li Jing (李景)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 198, 202

Attested activity

AD 959 是月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 198, 202
AD 956 丙申
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 49-50
AD 956 to AD 958 帝之南征也
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 199-200

Career and standing

illegitimately styled Vice Minister of War 偽兵部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 198
Vice Minister of War 兵部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 49
Entered
AD 959 是月 · Demoted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 202

Places and affiliations

Polity Jiangnan 江南 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 49, 198

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Bearer · With Li Jing (李景)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 49, 64

Events and relationships

Astonished at fleet
Personal · Witness
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 50
Presented memorial and tribute
AD 956 丙申 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Li Jing (李景)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passages 49-50
Requested execution
AD 956 to AD 958 帝之南征也 · Political · Accuser · With Li Deming (李德明)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 200
Urged entrust state
AD 956 to AD 958 帝之南征也 · Political · Advisor · With Li Jing (李景)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 199
Relation Student of · Person Song Qiqiu (宋齊丘)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 199

Assessments and attributes

AD 956 to AD 958 帝之南征也
Assessment regarded-Deming-as-selling-out-the-state · About Person Id Li Deming (李德明) · Mode speaker-attribution Speaker Chen Jue (陳覺)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 200

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 118, passage 49

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 118Volume 118 Book of Later Zhou 20: Shizong Annals 5 · 7 passages

丙申，江南李景遣其臣兵部侍郎陳覺奉表陳情，兼貢羅縠紬絹三千匹，乳茶三千斤，及香藥犀象等。 On bingshen Li Jing of Jiangnan sent his minister, Vice Minister of War Chen Jue, to present a memorial stating his case, together with tribute of three thousand bolts of gauze and silk, three thousand jin of milk tea, and aromatics, rhinoceros horn, ivory, and the like.

覺至行在，睹樓船戰棹已泊於江岸，以為自天而降，愕然大駭。 When Jue reached the field headquarters and saw tower ships and battle vessels already moored on the riverbank, he thought they had descended from heaven and was utterly stunned.

先是，李景以江南危蹙，謀欲傳位於世子，使附庸於我，故遣陳覺上表陳敘。 Earlier, seeing Jiangnan in peril, Li Jing had planned to abdicate in favor of his heir and become a vassal of the Zhou court, and therefore sent Chen Jue to present a memorial stating his case.

是月，江南李景殺其臣偽太傅中書令宋齊丘、偽兵部侍郎陳覺、偽鎮南軍節度副使李徵古等。 That month Li Jing of Jiangnan killed his ministers the illegitimately styled Grand Preceptor and Chief Minister Song Qiqiu, illegitimately styled Vice Minister of War Chen Jue, illegitimately styled Pacifying South Army deputy military governor Li Zhenggu, and others.

初，帝之南征也，吳人大懼，覺與徵古皆齊丘門人，因進說於景，請委國事於齊丘，景繇是銜之。 Initially, when the emperor campaigned south, the Wu people were greatly afraid. Jue and Zhenggu were both disciples of Qiqiu and therefore urged Jing to entrust state affairs to Qiqiu. Jing thereby harbored resentment against him.

及吳人遣鐘謨、李德明奉表至行在，帝尋遣德明復命於金陵，德明因說李景請割江南之地求和於我，而陳覺、李徵古等以德明為賣國，請戮之，景遂殺德明。 When the Wu people sent Zhong Mo and Li Deming to present a memorial at the field headquarters, the emperor soon sent Deming back to report at Jinling. Deming therefore urged Li Jing to cede Jiangnan territory and seek peace with the Zhou court. But Chen Jue, Li Zhenggu, and others regarded Deming as selling out the state and requested his execution, and Jing then killed Deming.

放齊丘歸九華山，覺等貶官，尋並害之。 Qiqiu was released to Mount Jiuhua; Jue and others were demoted, and soon all were killed.