Liu Kun (劉琨) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Kun as a general and official. This record brings together 11 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	Liu Kun	劉琨	Liu Kun

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

General
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 劉淵、石勒之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 304 · End: AD 316
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:028:s0107, weishu:028:s0140

Family

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Parent of Zun (遵)
Kinship Term: heir/eldest son / 任子／長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: governor of Bingzhou / 為并州 · Action: held
Explicit · weishu:028:s0129

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Mo Han (莫含) · Statement: urged Mo Han to serve the Prince of Dai
Explicit · weishu:028:s0134, weishu:028:s0135, weishu:028:s0136, weishu:028:s0137, weishu:028:s0138

Events and relationships

Kind: migration · Action: relocated five counties south of the Xing Mountains
Explicit · weishu:028:s0140
Kind: military · Action: sent Xiong and Dan against Shi Le despite their warning
Explicit · weishu:028:s0122, weishu:028:s0123, weishu:028:s0124
Kind: political · Action: welcomed the southern rebels at Pingcheng
Explicit · weishu:028:s0120

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 28Volume 23: Wei Cao, Mo Han, Liu Kuren · 11 passages

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六脩之難，存者多隨劉琨任子遵南奔。 After the Six Xiu disaster, most survivors fled south with Zun, Liu Kun's designated heir.

於是雄、澹與劉琨任子遵率烏丸、晉人數萬眾而叛。 Then Xiong and Dan, with Zun, Liu Kun's heir, led tens of thousands of Wuhuan and Jin followers into open revolt.

琨聞之大悅，率數百騎馳如平城撫納之。 Liu Kun was overjoyed at the news and raced to Pingcheng with a few hundred horsemen to welcome and settle them.

會石勒攻琨樂平，太守韓據請救於琨。 Just then Shi Le struck Liu Kun at Le'ping; the prefect Han Ju begged Liu Kun for relief.

琨以得雄、澹之眾，欲因其銳，以滅石勒。 Liu Kun, now reinforced by Xiong and Dan's troops, meant to hurl that fresh strength against Shi Le and destroy him.

琨不從，使雄、澹率眾討勒，琨屯廣牧為之聲援。 Liu Kun refused. He sent Xiong and Dan against Le while he held Guangmu to back them.

劉琨為并州，辟含從事。 When Liu Kun governed Bingzhou he took Han on as an aide.

及為代王，備置官屬，求含於琨。 When he became Prince of Dai he formed a full court and asked Liu Kun to send Han to him.

琨遣入國，含心不願。 Liu Kun sent him, but Han's heart was not in the move.

琨諭之曰：「當今胡寇滔天，泯滅諸夏，百姓流離，死亡塗地，主上幽執，沉溺醜虜。 Liu Kun reasoned with him: "Barbarian armies now cover the sky and are snuffing out the Chinese realms; the people wander homeless, the roads are heaped with dead, and our emperor languishes in the hands of savage captors.

後琨徙五縣之民於陘南，含家獨留。 Later Liu Kun relocated five counties' people south of the Xing Mountains; Han's family alone stayed behind.