Sui and Tang · Military Commissioner and Warlord

Zhao Kuangning 趙匡凝

Attested AD 905 - AD 906

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Kuangning was a Military Commissioner and Warlord.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 905 二年八月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passages 13, 15
AD 906 天祐三年六月甲申
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 18

Family

Kinship Role wife and children · Count 2
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 15

Events and relationships

Defeated and fled
Military · Defender · At Xiangyang 襄陽
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 15

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 22Volume 22 Book of Later Liang 22: Biographies 12: Yang Shihou, Niu Cunjie, Wang Tan · 3 passages

二年八月，太祖討趙匡凝於襄陽，命師厚統前軍以進，趙匡凝嚴兵以備。 In the eighth month of year 2 the Founder attacked Zhao Kuangning at Xiangyang and put Shihou at the head of the advance; Kuangning drew up in full strength.

一戰，趙匡凝敗散，攜妻子沿漢遁去。 One engagement broke Kuangning's army; he fled down the Han with his family.

〈（《舊唐書》：天祐三年六月甲申，敕：「襄州近因趙匡凝作帥，請別立忠義軍額，既非往製，固是縱權，忠義軍額宜停廢，依舊為山南東道節度使。」）〉 (The 《Old Book of Tang》 records that on jiashen in the sixth month of Tianyou 3 an edict declared: "Because Zhao Kuangning lately became commander at Xiangzhou and sought a separate Loyal and Righteous Army commission—neither the former institution nor anything but usurped authority—the Loyal and Righteous Army title should be abolished and Xiang restored to the Shannan East Circuit military commissioner.")