Duan Ning (段凝) | 24 Histories

Overview

Duan Ning was an official and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Li Shaoqin	李紹欽	Li Shaoqin

Life and dates

Death

AD 927 明年，長流遼州，賜死
Executed · At Liaozhou 遼州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 175

Attested activity

AD 927 明年，長流遼州，賜死
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 175
AD 923 莊宗已下魏博，與梁相距河上
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 157

Career and standing

deputy pacification commissioner 招討使副
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 157
military governor of Taining 泰寧軍節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 167
pacification commissioner 招討使
Appointed · At Wangcun 王村
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 161
military governor of Wusheng 武勝軍節度使
Transferred
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 172
sent home to his village 勒歸田里
Dismissed · Authority Mingzong (明宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 174
distant exile to Liaozhou; granted death 長流遼州，賜死
Exiled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 175

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released from repayment 莊宗釋之
Pardoned · Authority Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 168

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 157
Polity Later Tang 唐 · Relation Surrendered to
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 164

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 165

Events and relationships

Cut yellow river from suanzao
Military · Commander · At Suanzao 酸棗
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 162
Served under yanzhang
Military · Deputy commander · With Wang Yanzhang (王彥章)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 157
Surrendered with 50000
Military · Surrenderer · With Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 164
Took yanzhang merit
Political · Usurper of credit · With Wang Yanzhang (王彥章)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 160
Relation Protege of · Person Li Shaohong (李紹宏)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 171
Relation Deputy of · Person Wang Yanzhang (王彥章)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 157

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Relation Client of · Person Zhang Hanjie (張漢傑)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 158
Relation Client of · Person Zhao Yan (趙巖)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 158

Assessments and attributes

Assessment rode the last Liang favorites into treachery · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 158
Assessment walked Tang halls without shame, treating ministers like players · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 166
Item brocade robe and imperial mount 錦袍、御馬 · Relation Bestowed · With Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 164

Source notes

From Ning 凝 · To Li Shaoqin 李紹欽 · Authority Zhuangzong (莊宗)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 167

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 45Volume 45 Miscellaneous Biographies 25: Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Youqian, Yuan Xiangxian, Zhu Hanbin, Duan Ning, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu, Lu Siduo · 12 passages

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梁以王彥章為招討使，凝為副。 Liang named Wang Yanzhang pacification commissioner and Ning his second.

是時，末帝昏亂，小人趙巖、張漢傑等用事，凝依附巖等為奸。 The Last Emperor was lost; Zhao Yan, Zhang Hanjie, and their kind ruled. Ning rode their coattails into treachery.

而凝與彥章各自上其功，巖等從中匿彥章功狀，悉歸其功於凝。 Ning and Yanzhang each filed merit. Yan’s clique buried Yanzhang’s report and gave Ning the whole credit.

凝因納金巖等，求代彥章，末帝惑巖等言，卒以凝為招討使，軍於王村。 Ning bought Yan with gold and asked to replace Yanzhang. The Last Emperor listened; Ning became pacification commissioner at Wangcun.

是時，唐已下鄆州，凝乃自酸棗決河東註鄆，以隔絕唐軍，號「護駕水」。 Tang had Yun. Ning cut the Yellow River east from Suanzao to flood toward Yun and wall off Tang’s host, calling it the “Imperial-Guard Water.”

莊宗自鄆趨汴，汴兵悉已屬凝，京師無備，乃遣張漢倫馳驲召凝於河上，漢倫中道墜馬，傷不能進。 Zhuangzong ran from Yun on Bian. Every soldier at Bian answered to Ning; the capital was bare. They sent Zhang Hanlun by relay to pull Ning off the river—Hanlun fell midway and could not ride on.

已而梁亡，凝率精兵五萬降唐，莊宗賜以錦袍、御馬。 Liang fell. Ning brought fifty thousand elite horse to Tang. Zhuangzong gave brocade and an imperial mount.

明日，凝奏：「故梁奸人趙巖、張漢傑等十餘人侮弄權柄，殘害生靈，請皆族之。」 Next day he memorialized: “Liang’s villains Zhao Yan, Zhang Hanjie, and a dozen more played with power and ruined the people—exterminate every clan.”

凝出入唐朝無隗色，見唐將相若倡優，因伶人景進納賂劉皇后，以求恩寵。 He walked Tang’s halls without shame, treating ministers like players. Through the actor Jing Jin he bought Empress Liu’s favor.

莊宗甚親愛之，賜姓名曰李紹欽，以為泰寧軍節度使。 Zhuangzong doted on him, gave him the name Li Shaoqin, and made him military governor of Taining.

莊宗遣李紹宏監諸將備契丹，凝軍瓦橋關，以諂事紹宏，紹宏數薦凝可大用，郭崇韜每以為不可。 Zhuangzong sent Li Shaohong to watch the generals against the Khitan. Ning held Waqiao Pass and flattered him; Shaohong kept pushing Ning for high office, and Guo Chongtao kept saying no.

趙在禮反，紹宏請以凝招討，莊宗使凝條奏方略，凝所請偏裨，皆其故黨，莊宗疑之，乃止。 When Zhao Zaili rose, Shaohong wanted Ning as pacifier. Zhuangzong asked his plan; every deputy Ning named was an old crony. Zhuangzong smelled a plot and stopped.