Kang Huaiying (康懷英)

Overview

The translated histories identify Kang Huaiying as a general and military officer. This record brings together 13 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Kang Huaiying	康懷英	Kang Huaiying
Personal	Huaiying	懷英
Personal	Huaiying	懷英	Huaiying
Given	Huaiying	懷英	Huáiyīng
Personal	Kang Huaiying	康懷英	Kāng Huáiyīng
Personal name	Kang Huaiying	康懷英	Kāng Huáiyīng
Personal name	Kang Huaiying	康懷英	Kang Huaiying

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:005:s0067, xinwudaishi:041:s0073, xinwudaishi:044:s0008
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0154, xinwudaishi:002:s0041

Roles

General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾寧四年 · Western Year: AD 897
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:016:s0041
Source Date: Text: 光化初 · Western Year: AD 898
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0152, jiuwudaishi:017:s0154
Source Date: Text: 开平二年至开平三年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 908 · End: AD 909
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:002:s0041, xinwudaishi:002:s0085
Source Date: Text: 擊敗崇本 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 912
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:044:s0008
Source Date: Text: 梁攻匡凝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 903 · End: AD 905
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0073
Source Date: Text: 開平三年十一月 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:005:s0067

Career and standing

Label: chief defense officer of Lu Prefecture campaign army / 潞州行營都虞候 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0041
Label: military governor of Zhenguo / 镇国军节度使 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0085

Places and affiliations

Place: Shaan Prefecture / 陝州 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0067

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked-Bin-Ning · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平三年十一月 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0067
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked-Qi-took-Ning-Qing-Yan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 开平三年 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0085, xinwudaishi:002:s0086
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured Dengzhou
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0154
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured-Ning-Qing-Yan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平三年十一月 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0069
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-at-Jiacheng · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 开平二年五月己丑 · Western Year: AD 908
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0041
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-at-Shengping · Place: Shengping / 升平 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平三年十一月 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:005:s0070
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-by-Liu-Zhijun · Other Person Id: Liu Zhijun (劉知俊) · Place: Shengping
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0087

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 5Volume 5 Book of Later Liang 5: Taizu Annals 5 · 3 passages

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帝遣陝州康懷英、華州寇彥卿率兵攻迫邠、寧，以緩朔方之寇。 The Emperor sent Kang Huaiying of Shaan and Kou Yanqing of Hua to strike Bin and Ning and ease the Shuofang threat.

陝州康懷英侵秦，克甯、慶、衍三州。 Kang Huaiying of Shaan attacked Qin and took Ning, Qing, and Yan.

秦人來襲，懷英兵敗於升平。 Qin struck back and Huaiying was beaten at Shengping.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 2 passages

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從周乘勝伐兗，會朱瑾出師在徐境，其將康懷英以城降。 Pressing Yan he took it when Kang Huaiying surrendered while Jin was away.

太祖以從周抱疾既久，命康懷英代之，授左金吾上將軍，以風恙不任朝謁，改右衛上將軍致仕。 The Founder, since Congzhou's illness had long lingered, had Kang Huaiying replace him and made Congzhou Left Golden Crow general; wind ailment kept him from court, so he was changed to Right Guard general and retired.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7: Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man · 1 passage

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俄而康懷英攻下鄧州，匡凝懼，遣使乞盟，太祖許之，自是附庸於太祖。 Kang Huaiying took Deng; Kuangning sued for peace, the Founder agreed, and he became a vassal.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 3 passages

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五月己丑，潞州行營都虞候康懷英及晉人戰于夾城，敗績。 In the fifth month, on the day jichou, Kang Huaiying, chief defense officer of the Lu Prefecture campaign army, fought the Jin forces at Jiacheng and was defeated.

镇国军节度使康怀英伐岐。 Kang Huaiying, military governor of Zhenguo, marched against Qi.

十二月，怀英克宁、庆、衍三州。 In the twelfth month Huaiying captured Ning, Qing, and Yan.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 1 passage

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是時，梁已破兗、鄆，遣氏叔琮、康懷英等攻匡凝，叔琮取泌、隨二州，懷英取鄧州，匡凝懼，請盟，乃止。 Liang had already taken Yan and Yun. Zhu Wen sent Shi Shuzong and Kang Huaiying against Kuangning. Shuzong seized Bi and Sui; Huaiying took Deng. Kuangning sued for peace, and the assault stopped.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 3 passages

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是時，太祖方與諸將攻滄州，知俊不俟命，與康懷英等擊敗崇本，斬馘二萬，獲馬三千匹，執其偏裨百人。 The Founder was at Cangzhou with the main host. Zhijun did not wait for orders: with Kang Huaiying and others he smashed Chongben, took twenty thousand heads, three thousand horses, and a hundred officers prisoner.

韓遜告急，太祖遣康懷英、寇彥卿等攻邠寧以牽之。 Han Xun cried for help. The Founder sent Kang Huaiying, Kou Yanqing, and others against Bin and Ning to tie Maozhen down.

知俊大敗懷英於升平，殺梁將許從實。 At Shengping Zhijun crushed Huaiying and killed the Liang general Xu Congshi.