Sui and Tang · Rebel and Military Officer

Kang Chuyuan 康楚元

Kāng Chǔyuán

Attested AD 757 - AD 759

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Kang Chuyuan was a rebel and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 757 to AD 758 兩京平後、歲餘之前
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 186
AD 759 襄州將反
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 141, passage 29

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 112 Volume 108 Biographies 58: Wei Jiansu, Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Du Hongjian 1 passage
New Book of Tang, Chapter 141 Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao 1 passage

Career and standing

great general of Xiang Prefecture 襄州大將
AD 757 to AD 758 兩京平後、歲餘之前 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 186
Became
AD 757 to AD 758 兩京平後、歲餘之前 · Rebel
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 186

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 186

Events and relationships

Rebelled
AD 757 to AD 758 兩京平後、歲餘之前 · Rebellion · Leader · At Xiang Prefecture 襄州 · With Zhang Jiayan (張嘉延)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 186

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 112, passage 186

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 112Volume 108 Biographies 58: Wei Jiansu, Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Du Hongjian · 1 passage

襄州大將康楚元、張嘉延盜所管兵，據襄州城叛，刺史王政遁走。 Xiang Prefecture generals Kang Chuyuan and Zhang Jiayan seized the troops under their command, rebelled, and occupied Xiang city while the prefect Wang Zheng fled.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 1 passage

會襄州將康楚元、張嘉延反，陷荊、襄諸州，因拜持節荊、襄招討，充山南東道兵馬都使。 When the Xiangzhou generals Kang Chuyuan and Zhang Jiayan rebelled and seized the Jing and Xiang prefectures, he was appointed commissioner with credentials for Jing-Xiang pacification and overall commander of Shannan East Route forces.