Overview
Kening was a Royal Family Member and General.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- Date Source Date: Text: 天祐五年二月壬戌 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 908 · Execution · Agent Person Id Li Cunzhang (李存璋)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 59
Attested activity
- AD 908 天祐五年二月壬戌Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 59
- AD 908 天祐五年春正月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 33, 41
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Kin of Zhuangzong (莊宗)younger paternal uncle 季父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 41
- Sibling of Wuhuang (武皇)late elder brother 亡兄 · Uncertain siblings · paternal line
late elder brother 亡兄 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 41, 44 - Spouse of Wife of Kening (克寧妻)wife 妻Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 49
Career and standing
- overall commander of Tartar and Chinese horse and foot within the circuit 管內蕃漢馬步都知兵馬使HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 41
- Zhenwu military commissioner 振武節度使HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 41
- Yunzhou military commissioner 雲州節度使RequestedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 51
- execution 誅Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 59
Places and affiliations
- Polity Jin 晉 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 41
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Zhuangzong (莊宗) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 44
Events and relationships
- Arbitrarily killedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 51
- Led congratulationsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 44-45
- Plotted revoltDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 49-52
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment merit and virtue both high; all hearts defer · Mode speech Speaker Zhuangzong (莊宗)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 43
References in the histories
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