Zhao Kuangming (趙匡明)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Kuangming as an administrator, family member, military officer, and official. This record brings together 12 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	Zhao Kuangming	趙匡明	Zhào Kuāngmíng
Given	Kuangming	匡明	Kuāngmíng
Personal name	Kuangming	匡明
Descriptive kinship	younger brother of Zhao Kuangning	其弟
Courtesy	Zanyao	讚堯	Zànyáo
Personal	Zhao Kuangming	匡明	Zhào Kuāngmíng
Personal name	Zhao Kuangming	趙匡明	Zhào Kuāngmíng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0173, xinwudaishi:023:s0008, xinwudaishi:069:s0016
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:041:s0067

Roles

Administrator
Family Member
Military Officer
Official
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Place: Shu / 蜀
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0181, xinwudaishi:041:s0084

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: Taizu's Jingnan campaign · Western Year: AD 905
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:023:s0008
Source Date: Text: 唐之末 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:069:s0016
Source Date: Text: 奔蜀 · Western Interval: Start: AD 905 · End: AD 908
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0076
Source Date: Text: 成汭敗後至天祐二年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 902 · End: AD 905
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0155, jiuwudaishi:017:s0160
Source Date: Text: 成汭死後 · Western Interval: Start: AD 903 · End: AD 908
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0067

Family

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Sibling of Zhao Kuangning (趙匡凝)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Role: elder brother · Object Role: younger brother · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Child of Zhao Dexin (趙德諲)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Zhao Chenggui (趙承規)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Grand Court director / 大理卿 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Wang Jian (王建)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0180
Label: Minister of Works / 工部尚書 · Action: appointed · Authority Person Id: Wang Jian (王建)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0180
Label: acting governor of Jingnan / 荊南留後 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:041:s0067
Label: acting governor / 留後 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0016
Label: Jingnan acting military commissioner / 荊南留後 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0155, jiuwudaishi:017:s0175

Places and affiliations

Place: Jingnan / 荊南 · Relation: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:041:s0067
Place: Shu / 蜀 · Relation: fled-to
Explicit · xinwudaishi:041:s0076

Events and relationships

Kind: travel · Role: fugitive · Action: fled-to-Shu
Explicit · xinwudaishi:069:s0017
Kind: military · Role: defeated commander · Action: routed by Yang Shihou · Other Person Id: Yang Shihou (楊師厚)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:023:s0008

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7: Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man · 6 passages

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及成汭敗於鄂州，匡凝表其弟匡明為荊南留後。 After Cheng Rui fell at Ezhou, Kuangning had his brother Kuangming made acting Jingnan commissioner.

匡明亦謀奔淮南，子承規諫曰：「昔諸葛兄弟分仕二國，若適揚州，是自取疑也。」 Kuangming meant to flee to Huainan; his son Chenggui warned, "Like the Zhuge brothers serving rival states, going to Yangzhou would invite suspicion."

匡明謂然，乃趨成都。 Kuangming agreed and fled to Chengdu instead.

匡凝弟匡明，字讚堯，幼以父貴，一子出身，為江陵府文學。 His brother Kuangming, styled Zanyao, entered office young as a literary officer at Jiangling through their father's rank.

匡明領兵逐之，遂鎮於渚宮。 Kuangming drove them off and held court at Zhugong.

匡明懼，乃舉族上峽奔蜀，王建待以賓禮。 Kuangming fled upriver to Shu with his clan; Wang Jian received him as an honored guest.

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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師厚進攻荊南，又走匡凝弟匡明，功為多，拜山南東道節度使、同中書門下平章事。 Shihou pushed into Jingnan and routed Kuangning’s brother Kuangming; for that he was made military governor of Shannan East Circuit and co-equal grand councilor.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 3 passages

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是時，成汭死，雷彥恭襲取荊南，匡凝遣其弟匡明逐彥恭，太祖表匡凝荊襄節度使，以匡明為荊南留後。 Cheng Ru was dead and Lei Yan’gong had taken Jingnan. Kuangning sent his brother Kuangming to expel him. Zhu Wen made Kuangning commissioner of Jing-Xiang and Kuangming acting governor of Jingnan.

師厚進攻荊南，匡明奔於蜀。 Shihou drove on Jingnan. Kuangming fled into Shu.

匡明卒於蜀。 Kuangming died in Shu.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 2 passages

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當唐之末，襄州趙匡凝襲破雷彥恭於荊南，以其弟匡明為留後。 Near the end of Tang, Zhao Kuangning of Xiang Prefecture surprised and defeated Lei Yangong in Jingnan, then installed his younger brother Kuangming as acting governor.

梁兵攻破襄州，匡凝奔於吳，匡明奔於蜀，乃以季興為荊南節度觀察留後。 When Liang forces took Xiang Prefecture, Kuangning fled to Wu and Kuangming to Shu. Jixing was then appointed acting military governor and surveillance commissioner of Jingnan.