Duan Ning (段凝) | 24 Histories

Overview

Duan Ning was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 923 召段凝於河上
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passages 47-48

Events and relationships

had ulterior ambitions
Military · Commander · Withheld crack troops and did not come
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 21, passage 48

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 21Volume 21 Later Liang Biographies 1: Jing Xiang, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou, Huo Cun, Zhang Cunjing, Fu Daozhao, Liu Han, Kou Yangqing · 3 passages

Open chapter

其後，王彥章敗於中都，末帝懼，召段凝於河上。 Later, when Wang Yanzhang fell at Zhongdu, the Last Emperor panicked and called Duan Ning back from the river line.

是時，梁精兵悉在凝軍，凝有異志，顧望不來。 Liang’s crack troops were all with Ning; Ning had his own ambitions and hung back.

陛下初用段凝，臣已爭之，今凝不來，敵勢已近，欲為陛下謀，則小人間之，必不見聽。 I fought your choice of Duan Ning from the start; now he won’t come and the foe is close—if I counsel you, slanderers will cut me off and you won’t hear me.