Jing Kuo (敬括) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Jing Kuo as an official, scholar, and writer. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Jing Kuo	敬括	Jing Kuo
Surname	Jing	敬	Jing
Personal name	Jing Kuo	敬括	Jing Kuo
Given name	Kuo	括	Kuo

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:119:s0050

Roles

Official
Scholar
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大歷六年三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 771
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0061

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 大歷六年三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 771
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0061
Source Date: Text: 大歷初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 766 · End: AD 768
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0057
Source Date: Text: 天寶末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 755 · End: AD 756
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0053

Career and standing

Label: Prefect of Tong / 同州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大歷初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 766 · End: AD 768
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0057
Label: Prefect of Guo / 果州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天寶末 · Western Interval: Start: AD 755 · End: AD 756
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0053
Label: Attending Censor in the Palace Bureau / 殿中侍御史 · Action: appointed
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Label: Censor-in-Chief / 御史大夫 · Action: appointed
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Label: Chief of the Court of Judicial Review / 大理卿 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0054
Label: Imperial Attendant / 給事中 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0054
Label: Inner Attendant / 內供奉 · Action: appointed
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Label: Right Reminder / 右拾遺 · Action: appointed
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Label: Vice Minister of War / 兵部侍郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0054

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:119:s0050
Place: Hedong / 河東
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0050

Learning and skills

Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: earned
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0052
Credential: special palace examination / 制科 · Action: earned
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Skill: literary talent / 文詞 · Level: renowned
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: dealt sincerely with subordinates · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0133
Assessment: deep and steady; modest; did not seek fame · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Assessment: sincere with subordinates; cultivated standing without enforcing discipline · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiutangshu:119:s0059, jiutangshu:119:s0060

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 4 passages

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敬括，河東人也。 Jing Kuo came from Hedong.

天寶末，宰臣楊國忠出不附己者，括以例為果州刺史。 At the end of the Tianbao era, Chief Minister Yang Guozhong drove out those who would not align with him; by precedent Kuo was sent out as prefect of Guo.

大歷初，叛臣周智光伏誅，詔選循良為近輔，以括為同州刺史。 Early in the Dali era, after the rebel Zhou Zhiguang was executed, an edict called for humane officials to serve near the throne, and Kuo was made prefect of Tong.

國珍守黔溪，瓘修禮法，括推誠馭下，元甫為政寬簡，少遊規檢集事，皆可稱者。 Guozhen held the Qian streams secure, Guan restored ritual and law, Kuo dealt sincerely with subordinates, Yuanfu governed with lenience and simplicity, and Shaoyou kept to regulations and brought affairs to completion—each has something to praise.