Five Dynasties · Official

Xiang Xun 向訓

Xiàng Xùn

Attested AD 956

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiang Xun was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 顯德三年六月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 157

Career and standing

Huainan governor 淮南節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 157

Events and relationships

Abandoned Yangzhou to concentrate on Shouzhou
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passages 183-184, 186

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 3 passages

以宣徽南院使、陳州節度使向訓為淮南節度使，依前南院宣徽使，加檢校太尉； Xiang Xun was confirmed as Huainan governor, retaining his commissioner post, with the honorary rank of Grand Preceptor;

淮南節度使向訓自揚州班師，回駐壽春。 Huainan governor Xiang Xun withdrew from Yangzhou and re-encamped at Shouchun.

〈（馬令《南唐書》：向訓請棄揚州，並力以攻壽春，乃封府庫付主者，遣淮南舊將按巡城中，秋毫不犯而去。 (Ma Ling records that Xiang Xun asked to abandon Yangzhou and focus on Shouchun, sealed the treasury, posted former Huainan officers to keep order, and withdrew without harming the populace.