Yuan · Military Officer

Kan Wenxing 闞文興

Died AD 1280

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kan Wenxing was a Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Fierce and Loyal	英烈

Life and dates

Death

AD 1280 至元十七年
Killed in battle
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 47

Attested activity

AD 1280 至元十七年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 47

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wang Chouchou (王氏醜醜)
wife 妻
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 45

Career and standing

clerk of the wanhu office 萬戶府知事
Held · At Zhangzhou 漳州
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 46
Fierce and Loyal 英烈
AD 1332 至順三年 · Posthumous name
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 51
Marquis 侯爵
AD 1332 至順三年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · History of Yuan 200, passage 51

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 200Volume 200 Biographies 87: Exemplary Women 1 · 4 passages

闞文興妻王氏，名醜醜，建康人也。 Wang, wife of Kan Wenxing, called Chouchou, was from Jiankang.

文興從軍漳州，為其萬戶府知事，王氏與俱行。 Wenxing went to Zhangzhou with the army as clerk of the wanhu office, and Wang went with him.

至元十七年，陳吊眼作亂，攻漳州，文興率兵與戰，死之。 In the seventeenth year of Zhiyuan Chen Diaoyan rebelled and attacked Zhangzhou. Wenxing led troops against him and was killed.

至順三年，事聞，贈文興侯爵，諡曰英烈； In the third year of Zhishun the matter reached the court. Wenxing was posthumously enfeoffed as marquis with the posthumous title Fierce and Loyal;