Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Statesman

Kou Zhun 寇準

Attested AD 983 - AD 992

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kou Zhun was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 983 to AD 992 其後居位既久
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 268, passage 179
AD 989 準與溫仲舒並轡
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 268, passages 54-58
AD 989 端拱二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 268, passages 51, 53

Career and standing

office (unstated title in this passage) 職
AD 989 準亦罷職 · Dismissed
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 58
colleague in the Bureau of Military Affairs 同列
AD 989 端拱二年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 53
Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs 副使
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 179

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passages 53, 58

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Emperor Taizong (太宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 56

Events and relationships

Met a commoner who shouted long live
Political · Rider · With Wen Zhongshu (溫仲舒)
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 54
Relation Subordinate colleague of · Person Wang Xian (王顯)
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 179
Relation Treated with contempt · Person Wang Xian (王顯)
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passage 179
Relation Colleague of · Person Wen Zhongshu (溫仲舒)
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passages 54, 56

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 268, passages 53-54

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 268Volume 268 Biographies 27: Chai Yuxi, Zhang Xun, Yang Shouyi, Zhao Rong, Zhou Ying, Wang Ji Ying, Wang Xian · 6 passages

與同列寇準不協，每奏事，頗相矛盾。 He did not get on with his colleague Kou Zhun, and whenever they memorialized the throne their views often clashed.

一日，遜等晚歸私第，準與溫仲舒並轡，有狂民迎馬首拜呼萬歲。 One evening Xun and the others were late leaving for home; Zhun was riding abreast with Wen Zhongshu when a deranged commoner met their horses, bowed, and shouted "Long live!"

街使王賓舊與遜同事晉邸，遜又嘗舉賓，雅相厚善，因奏民迎準拜呼萬歲。 Street Commissioner Wang Bin had once served with Xun at the Jin prince's residence, and Xun had recommended him; they were close friends, so Bin memorialized that the commoner had greeted Zhun with a bow and a cry of "Long live!"

準自辯：「實與仲舒同行，蓋遜令賓獨奏斥臣。」 Zhun defended himself: "I was in fact riding with Zhongshu; Xun must have had Bin lodge the accusation against me alone."

太宗惡之，下詔切責，遜左降右領軍衛將軍，準亦罷職。 Taizong was disgusted and issued a sharp rebuke; Xun was demoted to Right Royal Guard General and Zhun was also removed from office.

其後居位既久，機務益繁，副使趙昌言、寇準鋒氣皆銳，慢顯，顯或失誤，護短終不肯改，上每面戒之。 Later, as his tenure lengthened and business grew heavier, Vice Commissioners Zhao Changyan and Kou Zhun, both sharp-tongued, treated him with contempt; Xian sometimes blundered yet clung to his mistakes and would not amend them, and the emperor repeatedly admonished him to his face.