Overview
Cunxu was a ruler and General.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Age
- 11AD 895 存勖年十一，從克用破王行瑜 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 4
- 5AD 889 初，克用破孟方立於邢州…時存勖在側，方五歲 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 3
Attested activity
- AD 889 初，克用破孟方立於邢州…時存勖在側，方五歲Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 3
- AD 896 to AD 907 及長Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 5
- AD 910 天祐七年冬Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 15
- AD 908 天祐五年九月Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 13
- AD 908 天祐五年二月Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passages 8, 10-12
- AD 908 天祐五年正月Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passages 6-7
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- AD 911 天祐八年正月Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passages 16-18
- AD 909 天祐六年Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 14
- AD 895 存勖年十一，從克用破王行瑜Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 4
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Kin of Kening (克寧)paternal uncle 叔父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passages 7-8
- Child of Li Keyong (克用)eldest son 長子 · paternal lineDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 1
Career and standing
- king 王AD 908 天祐五年正月 · Assumed · At Taiyuan 太原Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 6
- arrested and executed Kening 執而戕之Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 8
- king 王AD 908 天祐五年正月 · At Taiyuan 太原Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 6
Places and affiliations
- Polity Jin 晉 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passages 6, 10
- AD 908 天祐五年正月At Taiyuan 太原 · Relation Acceded atDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 6
Learning and skills
- Subject Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 · Level studied-somewhatDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 5
- Skill music, song, dance, and comic performance 音聲歌舞俳優之戲 · Level delighted-inDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 5
- Skill horsemanship and archery 騎射 · Level excelledDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 5
Works and attributed material
- Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋Relation StudiedDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 5
- AD 908 天祐五年二月Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 10
- AD 908 天祐五年二月Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 11
Events and relationships
- Besieged Xingzhou then attacked WeiAD 911 天祐八年正月 · Military · Commander · At Xingzhou 邢州Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 17
- Broke Jia Fortress through fogAD 908 天祐五年二月 · Military · Commander · At Jia Fortress 夾城Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 12
- Defeated Liang at BaixiangAD 911 天祐八年正月 · Military · Commander · At Baixiang 柏鄉Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 16
- Followed in defeatingDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 4
- Led army to Yindi PassAD 909 天祐六年 · Military · Commander · At Yindi Pass 陰地關Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 14
- Marched on ShangdangAD 908 天祐五年二月 · Military · Commander · At Shangdang 上黨Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 11
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- Present at feastAD 889 初，克用破孟方立於邢州…時存勖在側，方五歲 · Military · Attendant · With Li Keyong (克用) · At Triple Mound Ridge 三垂崗Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 3
- Presented victory at capitalDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 4
- Reported victory at ancestral templeAD 908 天祐五年二月 · Ritual · OfficiantDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 12
- Rescued ZhaoDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 15
- Sent Zhou Dewei against JinzhouDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 13
- Sent Zhou Dewei to raid Liang territoryDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 18
- Relation Commander of · Person Zhou Dewei (周德威)Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passages 8, 13-14, 18
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment daring surpassed others; loved music and players · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 5
- AD 895 存勖年十一，從克用破王行瑜Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 4
- AD 895 存勖年十一，從克用破王行瑜Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 4
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 5, passage 1
References in the histories
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