Zhe Congruan (折從阮)

Overview

Zhe Congruan was an official and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Kejiu	可久	Kejiu
Alternate name	Congyuan	從遠	Congyuan

Life and dates

Death

AD 955 顯德二年冬
At Western Capital 西京 · Age 64
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 196

Age

64
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 196

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 955 同光中…顯德二年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passages 179, 196

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhe Silun (折嗣倫)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 177
Parent of Zhe Deyi (折德扆)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 192

Career and standing

Prefect of Fu Prefecture 府州刺史
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 180
Military governor of Yong'an 永安軍節度使
AD 947 漢祖建號 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 190
Director of the Chancellery 中書令
Posthumously awarded
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 197

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 188
Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 182
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 179
Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 193
Polity Id liao · Relation Resisted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 183
At Yunzhong in Dai 代家雲中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 176

Source notes

From Congyuan 從遠 · To Congruan 從阮 · Reason 避漢高祖舊名
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 125, passage 175

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 125Volume 125 Book of Later Zhou 27: Biographies 5: Lie Chuanwu, Zhao Hui, Wang Shou'en, Kong Zhijun, Wang Jihong, Feng Hui, Gao Yunquan, Zhe Congruan, Wang Rao, Sun Fangjian · 13 passages

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折從阮，字可久，本名從遠，避漢高祖舊名下一字，故改焉。 Zhe Congruan, whose style was Kejiu, was originally named Congyuan. To avoid the taboo on one character in Han Gaozu's former name, he changed it.

從阮性溫厚，弱冠居父喪，以孝聞。 Congruan was mild and generous by nature. When he came of age he observed mourning for his father and was known for his filial devotion.

唐莊宗初有河朔之地，以代北諸部屢為邊患，起從阮為河東牙將，領府州副使。 When Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang first held Hebei, the tribes north of Dai repeatedly troubled the frontier. He appointed Congruan a military adjutant of Hedong and deputy prefect of Fu Prefecture.

長興初，入朝，明宗以從阮洞習邊事，加檢校工部尚書，復授府川刺史。 Early in the Changxing reign he came to court. Mingzong, finding him thoroughly versed in frontier affairs, made him acting Minister of Works and reappointed him prefect of Fu Prefecture.

晉高祖起義，以契丹有援立之恩，賂以雲中、河西之地，從阮由是以郡北屬。 When Jin Gaozu raised his standard, he ceded Yunzhong and Hexi to the Khitans in gratitude for their aid in his enthronement. Congruan's prefecture thereby fell under Khitan control in the north.

既而契丹欲盡徙河西之民以實遼東，人心大擾，從阮因保險拒之。 The Khitans then wished to relocate the entire population of Hexi to populate Liaodong. The people were thrown into turmoil, and Congruan held the strategic passes and resisted.

晉少帝嗣位，北絕邊好，乃遣使持詔諭從阮令出師。 When the Jin emperor Shaodi succeeded, relations with the north were broken off. The court sent an envoy with an edict ordering Congruan to take the field.

明年春，從阮率兵深入邊界，連拔十餘寨。 The following spring Congruan led his troops deep into the frontier and captured more than ten stockades in succession.

漢祖建號晉陽，引兵南下，從阮率眾歸之。 When the Han founder proclaimed his reign at Jinyang and marched south, Congruan led his forces to join him.

授從阮光祿大夫、檢校太尉、永安軍節度、府勝等州觀察處置等使，仍賜功臣名號。 Congruan was made Grand Master of Splendid Happiness, acting Grand Preceptor, military governor of the Yong'an circuit, and commissioner overseeing Fu, Sheng, and the adjoining prefectures. He was also granted an honorific title as a meritorious minister.

明年春，從阮舉族入覲，朝廷命其子德扆為府州團練使，授從阮武勝節度使。 The following spring Congruan brought his entire clan to court. The court appointed his son Deyi regimental commissioner of Fu Prefecture and made Congruan military governor of Wusheng.

太祖受命，加同平章事，尋移鎮滑州，又改陜州。 When Taizu took the throne, Congruan was made a co-equal chief councilor. He was soon transferred to Huazhou and then to Shaanzhou.

世宗即位，就加兼侍中，以年老上章請代，優詔許之。 When Shizong acceded, Congruan was further made concurrent Palace Attendant. Citing his age, he submitted a memorial asking to be replaced, and a gracious edict granted his request.