Li Kening (李克寧) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Kening as an aristocrat, family member, and military officer. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Kening	李克寧	Li Kening
Changed	Kening	克寧	Kening
Changed	Li Kening	李克寧	Li Kening
Personal	Li Qing	李清	Li Qing
Given	Qing	清	Qing

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Aristocrat
Family Member
Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 赴鄭 · Western Year: AD 785
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:141:s0096

Family

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Child of Li Cheng (李澄)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: acting guest of the heir apparent / 檢校太子賓客 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0100

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: perpetrator · Action: killed Ma Xuan · Other Person Id: Ma Xuan (馬鉉)
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0104

Source notes

From: Qing / 清 · To: Kening / 克寧
Explicit · xintangshu:141:s0100

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 141Volume 141 Biographies 66: Cui, Deng, Wei, Wei, Li Han, Lu, Gao · 7 passages

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會鄭州賊將孫液送款於澄，澄遣子清馳赴。 When Zhengzhou rebel general Sun Ye sent terms to Cheng, Cheng sent his son Qing galloping to respond.

及納清，希顥大怒，急攻鄭。 When Qing was received, Xixian was greatly angered and urgently attacked Zheng.

清助守，殺河陽兵數千，希顥焚陽武去，澄遂如鄭。 Qing helped defend, killed several thousand Heyang troops; Xixian burned Yangwu and left; Cheng then went to Zheng.

詔授清檢校太子賓客，易名克寧。 An edict appointed Qing acting guest of the heir apparent and changed his name to Kening.

澄之喪，克寧不發，閱旬日，欲自領事，其行軍司馬馬鉉不許，克寧殺之，墨绖，加卒嬰城，將為亂。 When Cheng died, Kening did not begin the funeral rites; after ten days he wished to take command himself, but his campaigning deputy Ma Xuan would not permit it, so Kening killed him, wore ink mourning, reinforced the walls with troops, and was about to rebel.

劉洽以兵屯境上，遣使諭止，遂自戢，然道閉者半月。 Liu Qia stationed troops on the border and sent envoys to instruct him to stop; Kening then restrained himself, yet the roads remained closed for half a month.

詔以賈耽代鎮，克寧乃護喪歸，悉索府中財夜出，軍士從剽之殆盡，澄柩至京，猶賜克寧莊一區、錢千緡、粟麥數千石雲。 An edict appointed Jia Dan to replace him in command; Kening then escorted the coffin home, searched out all the headquarters wealth by night and carried it away, and the soldiers followed in plundering until nearly nothing remained. When Cheng's coffin reached the capital, Kening was still granted an estate, a thousand strings of cash, and several thousand piculs of grain and wheat.