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Overview The translated histories identify Le Congxun as an aristocrat, family member, military officer, and official. This record brings together 20 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
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Le Congxun
樂從訓
Le Congxun
Personal name
Congxun
從訓
Congxun
Surname
Le
樂
Personal
Le Congxun
樂從訓
Identity
Historicity Historical
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Sex Male Roles Aristocrat Family Member Military Officer Official Rebel Life and dates Death Attested activity Family
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Events and relationships Kind: violence ·
Role: killer ·
Other Person Id: Wang Duo (王鐸) ·
Action: ambushed-and-killedKind: military ·
Role: assassin ·
Action: killed ·
Other Person Id: Wang Duo (王鐸) Kind: violence ·
Role: perpetrator ·
Action: murdered ·
Other Person Id: Wang Duo (王鐸) Assessments and attributes Assessment: violent and defiantProvenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Assessment: violent and rebellious by natureProvenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Assessment: violent and rebelliousProvenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 181 Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan · 9 passages
彥禎子 從訓又其子從訓天資悖逆。
Yanzhen's son Congxun was violent and defiant by nature.
王鐸自滑移鎮滄州，過魏郊，從訓見其女妓，利之，先伏兵於漳南高雞泊，俟鐸之至，圍而害之，掠其所有。
When Wang Duo was transferred from Hua to Cangzhou and passed through Wei's borderlands, Congxun saw his female entertainers and coveted them. He ambushed troops at Gaojipo south of Zhang, surrounded Duo when he arrived, killed him, and looted all he possessed.
魏人素知鐸名望，議者惜之，而罪從訓。
The men of Wei had long respected Duo's standing; public opinion mourned him and condemned Congxun.
從訓又召亡命之徒五百餘輩，出入臥內，號爲「子將」，委以腹心。
Congxun also gathered more than five hundred outlaws who moved freely in and out of his private quarters, styled them "son-commanders," and treated them as his inner circle.
從訓聞而忌之，易服遁出，止於近縣。
Hearing of this, Congxun grew wary, disguised himself, slipped away, and lodged in a nearby county.
從訓自相州領兵三萬餘人至城下，文㺹按兵不出。
Congxun marched from Xiang with more than thirty thousand men and halted beneath the walls; Wenqing kept his army inside and refused battle.
從訓招集餘眾，次於洹水。
Congxun rallied his survivors and encamped on the Huan River.
弘信遣將程公佐領兵討擊，大敗之，梟從訓首於軍門，時文德元年春也。
Hongxin sent Cheng Gongzuo in pursuit, routed him utterly, and displayed Congxun's head before the army gate in the spring of the first year of Wende.
光啟末，彥禎子從訓忌牙軍，出居於外，軍眾廢彥禎，推趙文㺹權主軍州事。
Late in the Guangqi reign, Congxun, fearing the yajiun, withdrew to an outside post; the soldiers deposed Yanzhen and set Zhao Wenqing to govern the circuit provisionally.
Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185 Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 10 passages
史憲誠 子孝章 何進滔 子弘敬 韓允忠 子簡 樂彥禎 子從訓 羅弘信 子威
Shi Xiancheng and his son Xiaozhang; He Jintao and his son Hongjing; Han Yunzhong and his son Jian; Le Yanzhen and his son Congxun; Luo Hongxin and his son Wei
又其子從訓天資悖逆。
His son Congxun was by nature violent and rebellious.
王鐸自滑移鎮滄州，過魏郊，從訓見其女妓，利之，先伏兵於漳南高雞泊，俟鐸之至，圍而害之，掠其所有。
When Wang Duo was transferred from Hua to Cangzhou and passed through Wei territory, Congxun saw his female entertainers and coveted them. He hid troops at Gaojipo south of Zhang, waited for Duo to arrive, surrounded and killed him, and plundered everything he had.
魏人素知鐸名望，議者惜之，而罪從訓。
The people of Wei had long respected Duo's standing; public opinion mourned him and condemned Congxun.
從訓又召亡命之徒五百餘輩，出入臥內，號為「子將」，委以腹心。
Congxun also gathered more than five hundred outlaws who came and went freely in his private quarters. He called them "son-generals" and treated them as his closest confidants.
從訓聞而忌之，易服遁出，止於近縣。
When Congxun heard of this he grew suspicious, changed clothes, slipped out of the city, and lodged in a nearby county.
從訓自相州領兵三萬餘人至城下，文㺹按兵不出。
Congxun marched from Xiang with more than thirty thousand men and camped before the city. Wenkan held his troops inside and would not come out.
從訓招集餘眾，次於洹水。
Congxun rallied his remaining forces and encamped on the Huan River.
弘信遣將程公佐領兵討擊，大敗之，梟從訓首於軍門，時文德元年春也。
Hongxin sent the general Cheng Gongzuo against him, routed his army, and displayed Congxun's head at the camp gate. This was in the spring of Wende 1.
光啟末，彥禎子從訓忌牙軍，出居於外，軍眾廢彥禎，推趙文㺹權主軍州事。
At the end of the Guangqi era, Yanzhen's son Congxun, fearing the yamen guard, moved outside the city. The troops deposed Yanzhen and put Zhao Wenkan in charge of military and civil affairs.
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16 Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 1 passage