Five Dynasties · National Revenue Commissioner

Chen Kuangfan 陳匡範

Chén Kuāngfàn

Attested AD 939 - AD 944

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Kuangfan was a National Revenue Commissioner.

Life and dates

Death

Died of anxiety then corpse mutilated
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passages 149-150

Attested activity

AD 939 to AD 944 曦世
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 148

Career and standing

National Revenue Commissioner 國計使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 148

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 3 passages

國計使陳匡范增算商之法以獻，曦曰：「匡範人中寶也。」 National Revenue Commissioner Chen Kuangfan proposed heavier merchant taxes. Xi declared, "Kuangfan is a treasure among men."

已而歲入不登其數，乃借於民以足之，匡範以憂死。 When annual revenue still fell short, officials borrowed from the people to make up the deficit. Kuangfan died of anxiety.

其後知其借於民也，剖棺斷屍，棄之水中。 When Xi later learned the deficit had been covered by forced loans from the people, he had Kuangfan's coffin opened, the corpse dismembered, and the remains thrown into the river.