Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Attendant

Chen Zhaogun 陳昭袞

Chén Zhāogǔn

Attested AD 983 - AD 1016

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Zhaogun as an attendant, military officer, and official. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chen Zhaogun 陳昭袞 Chén Zhāogǔn
Surname Chen 陳
Personal name Chen Zhaogun 陳昭袞 Chén Zhāogǔn
Childhood name Wang Jiu 王九 Wáng Jiǔ
Given name Zhaogun 昭袞

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Attendant
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 統和中 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0051
  • Source Date: Text: 開泰五年秋 · Western Year: AD 1016
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0052

Career and standing

  • Label: associate defender of the Supreme Capital / 同知上京留守 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0061
  • Label: attendant gentleman / 祗候郎君 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 統和中 · Reign Id: liao-tonghe · Western Interval: Start: AD 983 · End: AD 1012
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0051
  • Label: grand guardian of Dunmu Palace / 敦睦宮太保 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0051
  • Label: grand master of the hunting grounds / 圍場都太師 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0060
  • Label: military commissioner of the Guiyi Army / 歸義軍節度使 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0061
  • Label: overseer of the Xi Zhuaila guard / 奚拽剌詳穩 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0051
  • Label: overseer of the imperial hunting grounds / 掌圍場事 · Action: concurrent
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0051
  • Label: overall overseer of punitive campaigns in the southwest / 西南面招討都監 · Action: held
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0061
  • Label: imperial clan surname / 國姓 · Action: granted
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0060
  • Label: command baton / 節鉞 · Action: specially-granted
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0060

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: had qualities worthy of praise · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0086
  • Kind: character · Statement: brave
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0050
  • Item: all gold and silver vessels on the banquet table / 席上金銀器 · Relation: bestowed
    Explicit · liaoshi:081:s0060

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 81Volume 81 Biographies 11: Yelu Shilu, Wang Jizhong, Xiao Xiaozhong, Chen Zhaogun, Xiao Hezhuo · 6 passages
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