Zhe Congruan (折從阮)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhe Congruan as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 9 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhe Congruan	折從阮	Zhe Congruan
Personal name	Congruan	從阮
Alternate	Congyuan	從遠	Cóngyuǎn
Courtesy name	Kejiu	可久	Kějiǔ
Given	Ruan	阮
Alternate	Zhe Congruan	折從阮	Zhe Congruan
Personal name	Zhe Congruan	折從阮	Zhé Cóngruǎn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:102:s0135
Sex: male
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Roles

Aristocrat
General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Place: Luoyang / 洛陽 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
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Description: died / 卒 · Western Year: AD 955
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年 · Western Year: AD 949
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Source Date: Text: 唐莊宗鎮太原 · Western Year: AD 923
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Source Date: Text: 晉出帝與契丹敗盟 · Western Interval: Start: AD 944 · End: AD 946
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Source Date: Text: 漢高祖入立 · Western Year: AD 947
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Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
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Source Date: Text: 顯德二年 · Western Year: AD 955
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Family

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Child of Zhe Silun (嗣倫)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Zhe Deyi (折德扆)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: prefect of Fu / 府州刺史 · Action: appointed
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Label: tooth officer / 牙將 · Action: appointed
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Label: Yong’an military commissioner / 永安軍節度使 · Action: appointed
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Label: Wusheng commissioner / 武勝 · Action: transferred
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Description: former Binzhou military commissioner / 前邠州節度使 · Western Year: AD 955
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Label: posthumously Director of the Secretariat / 贈中書令 · Action: bestowed
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Title: Duke of Qi / 岐國公 · Action: advanced
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Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: fought
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Place: Yunzhong / 雲中
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Place: Khitan forts / 契丹城堡
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: warm respectful elder; filial in mourning · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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Source notes

From: Congyuan / 從遠 · To: Congruan / Ruan / 從阮 · Reason: avoided Han Gaozu taboo name / 避漢高祖名
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 102Volume 102 Book of Later Jin 4: Emperor Yin Annals 2 · 1 passage

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庚寅，府州折從阮進封岐國公，豐州郭勛進封虢國公。 On gengyin, Zhe Congruan of Fuzhou was advanced to Duke of Qi, and Guo Xun of Feng Prefecture was advanced to Duke of Guo.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 115Volume 115 Book of Later Zhou 17: Shizong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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丁巳，前邠州節度使折從阮卒。 On dingsi former Binzhou commissioner Zhe Congruan died.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Miscellaneous Biographies 30: Wang Jun, Wang Yin, Liu Ci, Wang Huan, Zhe Congruan · 7 passages

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折從阮 Zhe Congruan

折從阮，字可久，初名從遠，避漢高祖名，改為阮，雲中人也。 Zhe Congruan, styled Kejiu, was first named Congyuan; to avoid Han Gaozu’s taboo he took the name Ruan. He came from Yunzhong.

從阮為人，溫恭長者，居父喪，以孝聞。 Congruan was a warm, respectful elder by nature; mourning his father, he was known for filial piety.

唐莊宗鎮太原，以為牙將，後以為府州刺史。 When Zhuangzong held Taiyuan, Congruan was made a tooth officer; later he was made prefect of Fu.

晉出帝與契丹敗盟，從阮以兵攻契丹，取其城堡十餘，遷本州團練使，兼領朔州刺史、安北都護、振武軍節度使、契丹西南面行營馬步軍都虞候。 When Jin’s Last Emperor broke with the Khitan, Congruan struck them and took a dozen forts. He was made regimental trainer of his prefecture and concurrently prefect of Shuo, Defender-General of the North, Zhenwu commissioner, and army inspector of the Khitan Southwestern Army horse and foot.

漢高祖入立，於府州建永安軍，以從阮為節度使。 When Han Gaozu took the throne, he founded the Yong’an army at Fu and made Congruan its commissioner.

周太祖入立，從阮歷徙宣義、保義、靜難三鎮。 When Taizu took the throne, Congruan was moved in turn through Xuanyi, Baoyi, and Jingnan.