Han Lingkun (韓令坤)

Overview

The translated histories identify Han Lingkun as a general, military officer, and statesman. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Han Lingkun	韓令坤	Han Lingkun
Alternate	Han Lingkun	韓令坤	Han Lingkun
Personal name	Han Lingkun	韓令坤	Hán Lìngkūn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

General
Military Officer
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 是時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 954 · End: AD 959
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Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
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Source Date: Text: 顯德六年 · Western Year: AD 959
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Family

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Child of Father of Han Lingkun
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

Label: Deputy Director-in-Chief of the Palace Horse and Foot Guards / 侍衛馬步都虞候 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年七月庚申 · Western Year: AD 959
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Label: Chief deployer of Ba / 霸州都部署 · Action: appointed
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Description: Palace Cavalry commander ordered to join the Huainan campaign / 侍衛馬軍都指揮使從征淮南 · Western Year: AD 955
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Later Zhou / 周 · Relation: served
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Counterpart: Khitan / 契丹 · Place: north of Bazhou / 霸州北 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德六年六月丁酉 · Western Year: AD 959
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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命侍衛馬軍都指揮使韓令坤等一十二將，各帶征行之號以從焉。 and twelve generals led by Palace Cavalry commander Han Lingkun were ordered to follow, each bearing a campaign title.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 119Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 · 1 passage

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〈（《宋史·韓令坤傳》：為霸州都部署，率所部兵戍之。）〉 (History of Song, Biography of Han Lingkun: he was made chief deployer of Ba and led his troops to garrison it.)〉

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 120Volume 120 Book of Later Zhou 22: Emperor Gong Annals · 2 passages

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以侍衛馬軍都指揮使、陳州節度使、檢校太傅韓令坤為侍衛馬步都虞候，依前陳州節度使，加檢校太尉； Han Lingkun, director of the Palace Horse Guards and Chenzhou commissioner, became deputy director of the Palace Horse and Foot Guards, kept Chenzhou, and was given acting Grand Marshal;

丁酉，北面兵馬都部署韓令坤奏，敗契丹五百騎於霸州北。 On dingyou Han Lingkun, northern armies commissioner, reported defeating five hundred Khitan horsemen north of Bazhou.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 20Volume 20: Shizong of Later Zhou's Family · 1 passage

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是時，王溥、汪晏、王彥超、韓令坤等同時將相，皆有父在洛陽，與守禮朝夕往來，惟意所為，洛陽人多畏避之，號「十阿父。」 At the time Wang Pu, Wang Yan, Wang Yanchao, Han Lingkun, and others were serving together as generals and chief ministers. Each had a father living in Luoyang who kept company with Shouli day and night and did as they pleased. The people of Luoyang mostly feared and avoided them, calling them the "Ten Foster Fathers."