Kang Xuan 康絢

Other names

Family

• Kin of Kang Yuanlong (康元隆)
  paternal uncle 世父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 119
• Descendant of Kang Mu (康穆)
  paternal line · 2 generations
  grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 18, passages 115, 119
• Descendant of Great-grandfather of Kang Xuan (康絢曾祖)
  great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 115
• Descendant of Kangju hostage prince (康居侍子)
  ancestor 先
  ancestors 先
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 111, 113
• Child of Kang Yuanfu (康元撫)
  father 父 · paternal line
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 119
• Child of Mother of Kang Xuan (康絢母)
  mother 母
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 123
• Parent of Yue (悅)
  son 子
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 159

Origins and identity

• Group Kangju origin 康居
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 111
• line sprang from Kangju; later took Kang as surname 其先出自康居，其後卽以康爲姓
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 111, 113

Career and standing

• Left Valiant Cavalry General 左驍騎將軍
  AD 511 to AD 514 明年 · Added
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passages 138-139
• Assists-the-State General 輔國將軍
  AD 499 to AD 501 永元元年 · Added
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passages 127-128
• Court Attendant 奉朝請
  AD 485 永明三年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 122
• Martial Host General 武旅將軍
  AD 508 七年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 134
• Area Commander of North Yanzhou forces along the Huai 督北兗州緣淮諸軍事
  AD 510 九年 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 135
• North Yanzhou Inspector 北兗州刺史
  AD 510 九年 · Appointed · At North Yanzhou 北兗州
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 135

Places and affiliations

• AD 514 是冬
  Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 211
• AD 499 永元元年
  Polity Southern Qi 齊 · Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 18, passages 127-128
• Polity Liang 梁 · Relation Served · From Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 131, 169
• Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 121-122
• At Lantian on Hua Mountain 華山藍田
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 110
• AD 510 九年
  At North Yanzhou 北兗州 · Relation Posted to
  Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 135

Learning and skills

• Skill martial arts 武藝 · Level practiced-despite-high-office
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 141
• Skill mounted archery 馬射 · Level struck-the-mark
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 142

Works and attributed material

• Advice received · Addressee · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 166-167
• Disinformation · Author · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 169

Events and relationships

• Built dam
  AD 514 是冬 · Engineering · Supervisor · At Jingshan Dam 荊山堰
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 211
• Dam completed
  AD 516 十五年四月 · Engineering · Commander
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 162
• Directed
  AD 514 to AD 516 浮山之役 · Military · Director · At Fushan 浮山 · Mode commentator-judgment Source Person Id Yao Cha (姚察)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 233
• Faced Wei host
  Military · Defender · With Li Tanding (李曇定)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 160
• Led mobile troops
  Military · Commander
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 130
• Listed in chapter heading
  Documentary · Biography subject
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 2

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment so close was he to the throne · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 144
• Assessment specially summoned for talent among recruits otherwise taken from great families · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 121
• Assessment when they first followed the founding, merit was slight; Fushan labor made favor fitting · Mode commentator-judgment Source Person Id Yao Cha (姚察)
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 230, 233
• from youth bold and full of purpose
  Character
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 120
• stood eight feet with peerless looks
  Physical description
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 141
• AD 499 永元元年
  Item two hundred fifty private horses 私馬二百五十匹 · Relation Possessed
  Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 127