Five Dynasties · Military Officer

Shao Keqian 邵可遷

Attested AD 956 - AD 958

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shao Keqian was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 to AD 958 常州之戰至通州會師
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 163-164

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of Shao Keqian (邵可遷之子)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 163

Events and relationships

Fought on after his son fell; later sent with 400 warships to Tongzhou
Military · Lieutenant
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 163-164

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 67Volume 67: Hereditary House of Wuyue · 2 passages

程等攻常州，果為景將柴克宏所敗，程裨將邵可遷力戰，可遷子死馬前，猶戰不顧，程等僅以身免。 Wu Cheng and the rest attacked Changzhou and were beaten by Li Jing's general Chai Kehong. Cheng's lieutenant Shao Keqian fought on fiercely; his son fell dead before his horse, yet he still would not turn back. Cheng and the others barely escaped with their lives.

周師渡淮，俶乃盡括國中丁民益兵，使邵可遷等以戰船四百艘、水軍萬七千人至於通州以會期。 Once the Zhou army crossed the Huai, Chu conscripted every able-bodied man in the realm to swell his ranks and sent Shao Keqian and others with four hundred warships and seventeen thousand sailors to Tongzhou for the rendezvous.