Yin Kan (尹戡) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yin Kan was an official.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 868 to AD 869 龐勳亂前戍桂林
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 146

Career and standing

Yanzeng trusted clerk 彥曾親吏
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 146

Events and relationships

Blocked relief kept garrison another year
Administrative · Proposer · With Xu Xingjian (徐行儉)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 146

Assessments and attributes

Assessment greedy and indifferent to soldiers · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 146

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 146

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 1 passage

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至期請代，而彥曾親吏尹戡、徐行儉貪不恤士，乃議稟賜乏，請無發兵，復留屯一年。 When their term ended they asked to be relieved, but Yanzeng's trusted clerks Yin Kan and Xu Xingjian, greedy and indifferent to the soldiers' welfare, claimed funds for rations and rewards were short, refused to send replacements, and kept the garrison another year.