Long Min (龍敏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Long Min was an official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yunè	欲訥	Yune

Life and dates

Death

AD 948 乾祐元年
Cause Carbuncle on head
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 209

Attested activity

AD 913 to AD 948 梁至漢
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 182

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Long Xianshi (龍咸式)
father 父
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 187
Child of Mother of Long Min (龍敏母)
mother 母
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 188

Places and affiliations

At Yongqing, You Prefecture 幽州永清
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 180

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Li Yi (李懿)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passages 199-203
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Emperor Fei of Tang (唐廢帝)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passages 196-198

Events and relationships

Relation Friend of · Person Feng Dao (馮道)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 183
Relation Aide of · Person Zhang Chengye (張承業)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 56, passage 185

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 56Volume 56 Miscellaneous Biographies 36: He Ning, Zhao Ying, Feng Yu, Lu Zhi, Lü Qi, Xue Rong, He Ze, Wang Quan, Shi Gui, Long Min · 13 passages

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龍敏，字欲訥，幽州永清人也。 Long Min, whose courtesy name was Yunè, came from Yongqing in You Prefecture.

劉守光亂，敏避之滄州，遂客於梁，久不調。 When Liu Shouguang rebelled, Min fled to Cangzhou and then lived as a guest in Liang, long without receiving an appointment.

敏素善馮道，道為唐莊宗從事，乃潛往依之。 Min had long been on good terms with Feng Dao. When Dao became an aide to Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang, Min secretly went to join him.

道以敏見承業，承業辟敏監軍巡官，使掌奏記。 Dao introduced Min to Chengye, who recruited Min as touring officer on the army supervisor's staff and put him in charge of memorials and correspondence.

莊宗即位，召拜司門員外郎。 When Zhuangzong took the throne, Min was summoned and appointed Assistant Director of the Gate Office.

敏父咸式，年七十餘，而其祖父年九十餘，皆在鄴，敏乃求為興唐尹，事祖、父以孝聞。 Min's father Xianshi was over seventy, and his grandfather over ninety; both lived at Ye. Min therefore asked to be appointed Xingtang Prefect so he could serve them, and became known for his filial devotion.

趙在禮反，逼敏起視事。 When Zhao Zaili rebelled, he forced Min to leave mourning and resume office.

明宗即位，在禮鎮滄州，敏乃復得居喪。 When Emperor Mingzong took the throne, Zaili was posted to Cangzhou as military commissioner, and Min was able to return to mourning.

馮赟留守北京，辟敏副留守。 When Feng Yun was left behind to guard Beijing, he recruited Min as his deputy.

赟入為樞密使，敏拜吏部侍郎。 When Yun entered the capital as Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, Min was appointed Vice Minister of Personnel.

廢帝問計從臣，敏曰：「晉所恃者契丹也。 Emperor Fei asked his ministers for counsel. Min said, "Jin relies on the Khitan.

又謂李懿曰：「敏，燕人也，能知德鈞。 He also said to Li Yi, "I am a man of Yan and know Dejun well.

是時，使吳越者，見吳越王皆下拜，敏獨揖之。 At that time envoys to Wuyue all prostrated themselves before the King of Wuyue; Min alone gave a formal bow with clasped hands.