Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Royal Relative

Murong Zhen 慕容鎮

Attested AD 401 - AD 409

Passages: 12
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Murong Zhen was an official and Royal Relative.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 401 建平次年
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passages 227, 235
AD 405 德死之後 / 慕容超即位初
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 128, passages 48, 54
AD 409 慕容鎮諫曰：「臣聞縣賞待勳，非功不侯，今公孫歸結禍延兵，殘賊百姓，陛下封之，得無不可乎！
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 128, passage 145
AD 405 改元曰太上
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 29
AD 403 to AD 405 義熙前後
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 271

Family

Kin of Murong Chao (慕容超)
imperial relative 國戚
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 147

Key source chapters

Book of Jin, Chapter 128 Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao 9 passages
Book of Jin, Chapter 127 Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De 3 passages

Career and standing

Area Commander of all military affairs inside and outside 都督中外諸軍事
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 182
Opening office with parity to the Three Dukes and Minister of the Secretariat 開府儀同三司、尚書令
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 29
Recorder of the Secretariat 錄尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 182
Chariot-and-Cavalry General 車騎將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Jin 127, passage 227
Entered
Imprisoned
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 173
Exited
Pardoned
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 182

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Yan 南燕 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 145

Works and attributed material

Remonstrance · Speaker · With Murong Chao (慕容超) · Unit Ids s0145, s0146, s0147
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passages 145-147
Speech · Speaker · With Murong Chao (慕容超) · Unit Ids s0185, s0186, s0187, s0188, s0189, s0190
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passages 185-190
Speech · Speaker · With Han Zhuo (韓𧨳) · Unit Ids s0171, s0172
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passages 171-172
Speech · Speaker · Unit Ids s0165, s0166, s0167, s0168, s0169
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passages 165-169

Events and relationships

Attacked
Military · Commander · At Qingzhou 青州
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 48
Took
Military · Commander · At Qingzhou 青州
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 54

Assessments and attributes

Assessment closely resembles Liu Zhang · With Liu Zhang (劉璋) · Mode named-speech Speaker Murong Zhen (慕容鎮)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 171

References in the histories

Search passages

History

12 passages

Book of Jin, Chapter 127Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De · 3 passages

德納之，遣其車騎將軍慕容鎮率騎三千，緣邊嚴防，備百姓逃竄。 Murong De agreed and sent Murong Zhen to seal the frontier against flight.

慕容鎮討擒之，斬於都市。 Murong Zhen took him and executed him publicly.

俄聞桓玄敗，德以慕容鎮為前鋒，慕容鐘為大都督，配以步卒二萬，騎五千，克期將發，而德寢疾，於是罷兵。 Soon they heard Huan Xuan was defeated; Murong De made Murong Zhen the vanguard and Murong Zhong supreme commander, assigning twenty thousand foot and five thousand horse with a set departure date, but Murong De fell ill and therefore halted the army.

Book of Jin, Chapter 128Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao · 9 passages

以慕容鐘都督中外諸軍、錄尚書事，慕容法為征南、都督徐、兗、揚、南兗四州諸軍事，慕容鎮加開府儀同三司、尚書令，封孚為太尉，鞠仲為司空，潘聰為左光祿大夫，封嵩為尚書左僕射，自余封拜各有差。 He stacked the government with Murong Zhong, Murong Fa, Murong Zhen, Feng Fu, Ju Zhong, Pan Cong, Feng Song, and others in high posts.

超尋遣慕容鎮等攻青州，慕容昱等攻徐州，慕容凝、韓范攻梁父。 He dispatched Murong Zhen on Qing, Murong Yu on Xu, Murong Ning and Han Fan on Liangfu.

慕容鎮克青州，鐘殺其妻子，為地道而出，單馬奔姚興。 Murong Zhen conquered Qingzhou; Murong Zhong slaughtered his family, tunneled out, and galloped alone to Yao Xing.

慕容鎮諫曰：「臣聞縣賞待勳，非功不侯，今公孫歸結禍延兵，殘賊百姓，陛下封之，得無不可乎！ Murong Zhen remonstrated: “Your servant has heard that county rewards await merit—without merit one is not enfeoffed; now Gongsun Gui tied on disaster and prolonged arms, maimed the hundred surnames—Your Majesty enfeoffs them—is it not impermissible!

慕容鎮曰：「若如聖旨，必須平原用馬為便，宜出峴逆戰，戰而不勝，猶可退守。 Murong Zhen said: “If it follows Your Sagely intent, on level ground using horse is convenient; you ought to go out of the pass and meet them in battle—if battle does not succeed, you may still withdraw and defend.

鎮出，謂韓𧨳曰：「主上既不能芟苗守險，又不肯徙人逃寇，酷似劉璋矣。 When Zhen came out, he said to Han Zhuo: “The sovereign can neither cut the shoots and hold the peril, nor will he move the people to flee the bandits—he closely resembles Liu Zhang.

超聞而大怒，收鎮下獄。 Murong Chao jailed Murong Zhen.

赦慕容鎮，進錄尚書、都督中外諸軍事。 He freed Murong Zhen and made him chief minister and supreme commander.

鎮進曰：「百姓之心，系於一人。 Zhen stepped forward and said: “The hearts of the hundred surnames hang on one man.