Five Dynasties · Official

Kang Cheng 康澄

Kāng Chéng

Attested AD 933

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Kang Cheng was an official.

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Later Tang Annals 3: Mingzong · 3 passages
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當是時，大理少卿康澄上疏言時事，其言曰：「為國家者有不足懼者五，深可畏者六：三辰失行不足懼，天象變見不足懼，小人訛言不足懼，山崩川竭不足懼，水旱蟲蝗不足懼也； Then Kang Cheng, vice director of the Court of Judicial Review, memorialized on the times. He wrote: “For the man who holds a state, five things need not be feared and six should deeply alarm him. The sun, moon, and stars astray—no matter; omens in the sky—no matter; rumor from small men—no matter; mountains falling and rivers failing—no matter; flood, drought, insects, and locusts—no matter;