Kong Xun (孔循) | 24 Histories

Overview

Kong Xun was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 926 同光四年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 175
AD 926 to AD 928 天成中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 137

Career and standing

military commissioner of Bian 汴州節度使
AD 926 同光四年 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 175

Works and attributed material

AD 926 同光四年
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 175

Events and relationships

Arrived at the Jingnan siege where bamboo dragon devices were tried and failed
AD 926 to AD 928 天成中 · Military · Officer · At Jingzhou 荊渚
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 137
Prepared both gates for Mingzong and Zhuangzong and hid Shi Jingtang's wife from Ye
AD 926 同光四年 · Political · Trimmer
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 175, 179

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 61Volume 61 Book of Later Tang 37: Biographies 13: An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, An Zhongba, Liu Xun, Zhang Jingxun, Liu Yancong, Yuan Jianfeng, Xifang Ye, Zhang Zunhui, Sun Zhang · 6 passages

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及孔循至，得襄之小校獻竹龍之術，及造竹龍二道，傅於城下，竟無所濟。 When Kong Xun came, a junior officer from Xiang offered a "bamboo dragon" siege device; they built two and set them against the walls, but they accomplished nothing.

汴州節度使孔循懷二誌，使北門迎明宗，西門迎莊宗，所以供帳委積悉如一，曰：「先至者入之。」 The Bian commissioner Kong Xun hedged his bets, prepared the north gate for Mingzong and the west gate for Zhuangzong, stocked both equally, and said, "Whoever arrives first may enter."

鄴因責循曰：「主上破梁室於公，有不殺之恩，奈何欲納總管而負國？」 Ye rebuked him: "Our lord destroyed Liang for your sake and spared your life—how can you welcome the chief commander and betray the throne?"

循不答。 Xun made no reply.

鄴度循不可爭，以石敬瑭妻，明宗女也，時方在汴，欲殺之以堅人心。 Seeing that Xun would not yield, Ye considered killing Shi Jingtang's wife—the emperor's daughter, then at Bian—to steady loyalty.

循知其謀，取之藏其家，鄴無如之何。 Xun learned of the plan, took her into hiding, and Ye was helpless.