Niu Cunjie (牛存節) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Niu Cunjie as a general and military officer. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Niu Cunjie	牛存節	Niu Cunjie
Personal name	Cunjie	存节	Cunjie
Personal name	Niu Cunjie	牛存节	Niu Cunjie
Personal	Niu Cunjie	牛存節	Niú Cúnjié
Personal name	Niu Cunjie	牛存節	Niu Cunjie

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:003:s0023, xinwudaishi:044:s0021
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0009

Roles

General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: Liu Zhijun's Chang'an rebellion · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:023:s0009
Source Date: Text: 乾化四年 · Western Year: AD 914
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:003:s0023
Source Date: Text: 攻知俊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 907 · End: AD 912
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:044:s0021
Source Date: Text: 文德元年 · Western Year: AD 888
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:016:s0023
Source Date: Text: 贞明元年春正月 · Western Year: AD 915
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:003:s0024

Career and standing

Label: military governor of Tianping / 天平军节度使 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0023

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Place: Xuzhou / 徐州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 贞明元年春正月 · Western Year: AD 915
Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0024
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: suppressed-rebellion · Other Person Id: Jiang Yin (蒋殷) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化四年 · Western Year: AD 914
Explicit · xinwudaishi:003:s0023
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: unsuccessfully besieged Liu Zhijun · Other Person Id: Liu Zhijun (劉知俊)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0009

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 1 passage

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李罕之引並人圍張全義於河陽，從周與丁會、張存敬、牛存節率兵赴援，大破並軍，殺蕃漢二萬人，解河陽之圍，以功表授檢校工部尚書。 He relieved Heyang from Li Hanzhi's Jin siege, killed twenty thousand, and became honorary Minister of Works.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 3Volume 3 Later Liang Annals 3: Later Emperors · 2 passages

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武宁军节度使蒋殷反，天平军节度使牛存节讨之。 Jiang Yin, military governor of Wuning, rebelled. Niu Cunjie, military governor of Tianping, marched against him.

贞明元年春正月，存节克徐州。 In the first month of spring, Zhenming 1, Cunjie captured Xuzhou.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 23Volume 23 Later Liang Biographies 3: Yang Shihou, Wang Jingren, He Gui, Wang Tan, Ma Sixun, Wang Qianyu, Xie Yanzhang · 1 passage

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劉知俊叛，攻陷長安，劉掞、牛存節等攻之，久不克。 When Liu Zhijun rebelled and took Chang’an, Liu Yan and Niu Cunjie besieged him for months without success.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 44Volume 44 Miscellaneous Biographies 24: Liu Zhijun, Ding Hui, He Delun, Yan Bao, Kang Yanxiao · 1 passage

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太祖遣劉鄩、牛存節攻知俊，知俊遂奔於茂貞，茂貞地狹，無以處之，使之西攻靈武。 Zhu Wen sent Liu Yun and Niu Cunjie against him. Zhijun fled to Maozhen, whose lands were too narrow to hold him; Maozhen sent him west against Lingwu.