Murong Ke (慕容恪) | 24 Histories

Overview

Murong Ke was a general.

PeriodThree Kingdoms and Six Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 336 三年
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 109, passages 138, 147
AD 334 to AD 348 在位十五年…永和四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 109, passages 137, 147
AD 342 to AD 367 慕容恪（前燕時）
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 35, passage 58
AD 350 to AD 356 慕容恪圍段龕
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 128, passage 231
AD 365 為鮮卑慕容恪所陷
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 187

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Xianbei 鮮卑
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 187

Places and affiliations

Polity Former Yan 前燕 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 231
Polity Xianbei Murong 鮮卑慕容 · Relation Belonged to
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 187
Polity Yan 燕 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 137

Events and relationships

Besieged by blocking water
Military · Commander · With Duan Kan (段龕)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 231
Raided Puyu and captured king
AD 336 三年 · Military · Commander · With King of Puyu (夫餘王)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 138
Removed from collateral
AD 1207 泰和七年 · Ritual · Removed
Directly stated · History of Jin 35, passage 58
Took city
Military · Attacker · At Jinyong 金墉城 · With Shen Jin (沈勁)
Directly stated · Book of Song 63, passage 187
Took Nansu from Goguryeo
Military · Commander · At Nansu 南蘇
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 137
Relation Colleague commander with · Person Murong Jun (慕容俊)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 109, passage 138

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 35Volume 35 Treatises 16: Rites 8: Consecration of Shrines to a Sages; Temple to the Warrior King Cheng of Zhou; Monarchs of Past Ages; Halls to Various Spirits in Changbai Shan, Dafang Shan, Amur River, Jia Yin Hou; Spirits of the Lu River; Spirits of Zhao Yin Shun; Spirits of Zhen an Gong, Rui Shen Gongl; Worshipping, Sacrifices, Vists, and State Ceremonies at Zhen Xian Jun Wang Temple · 1 passage

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又黜王猛、慕容恪等二十餘人，而增金臣遼王斜也等。 Wang Meng, Murong Ke, and more than twenty others were removed, while Jin officials such as Prince of Liao Xieye were added.

Book of Jin, Chapter 109Volume 109 Records 9: Murong Huang · 2 passages

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慕容恪攻高句麗南蘇，克之，置戍而還。 Murong Ke seized Nansu from Goguryeo and left a garrison.

三年，遣其世子俊與恪率騎萬七千東襲夫餘，克之，虜其王及部眾五萬餘口以還。 In his third regnal year he sent Murong Jun and Murong Ke with seventeen thousand horse against Puyu; they captured the king and fifty thousand subjects.

Book of Jin, Chapter 128Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao · 1 passage

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後慕容恪之圍段龕，亦如之，而龕降。 Later when Murong Ke besieged Duan Kan, he did likewise, and Kan surrendered.

Book of Song, Chapter 63Volume 63 Biographies 23: Wang Hua, Wang Tanshou, Yin Jingren, Shen Yanzhi · 1 passage

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曾祖勁，冠軍陳祐長史，戍金墉城，為鮮卑慕容恪所陷，不屈節，見殺，追贈東陽太守。 His great-grandfather Jin was chief clerk to Champion Chen You and held Jinyong when the Xianbei general Murong Ke took the city. He refused to yield and was killed, and was later posthumously made governor of Dongyang.