Duan Ning (段凝) | 24 Histories

Overview

Duan Ning was an official and General.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 907 to AD 912 事太祖，為軍巡使
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 147

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Duan Ning (段凝之父)
father 父
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 146
Sibling of Younger sister of Duan Ning (段凝之妹)
younger sister 妹
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 148

Career and standing

army patrol commissioner 軍巡使
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 147
chief clerk of Mianchi 澠池主簿
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 145
prefect of Huai 懷州刺史
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 150
prefect of Zhengzhou; river army supervisor 鄭州刺史，使監兵於河上
Transferred
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 152

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 147
At Kaifeng 開封
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 143

Assessments and attributes

Assessment sly and quick to read a man’s mood · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 149

Source notes

From Mingyuan 明遠 · To Ning 凝
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 45, passage 144

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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 · 8 passages

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段凝，開封人也。 Duan Ning came from Kaifeng.

初名明遠，後更名凝。 He was born Mingyuan and later took the name Ning.

後凝棄官，亦事太祖，為軍巡使。 Ning quit the clerkship and entered Zhu Wen’s service as army patrol commissioner.

凝為人憸巧，善窺迎人意，又以妹故，太祖漸親信之，常使監諸軍。 Ning was sly and quick to read a man’s mood. The sister won him trust; Zhu Wen often set him to watch the armies.

為懷州刺史，梁太祖北征，過懷州，凝獻饋甚豐，太祖大悅。 They made him prefect of Huai. When Zhu Wen marched north he passed Huai; Ning’s gifts were lavish and the Founder was delighted.

過相州，相州刺史李思安獻饋如常禮，比凝為薄，太祖怒，思安因以得罪死。 At Xiang, Prefect Li Si’an gave the usual tribute—nothing beside Ning’s feast. Zhu Wen raged; Si’an offended and died for it.

遷凝鄭州刺史，使監兵於河上。 They moved him to Zhengzhou and set him over the river armies.

李振亟請罷之，太祖曰：「凝未有罪。」 Li Zhen begged to remove him. Zhu Wen said, “Ning has done no crime.”