Zhu Kerong (朱克融) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhu Kerong was a Military Officer and Warlord.

Life and dates

Death

AD 826 寶曆二年五月
Killed in mutiny · At Youzhou 本州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 10, 16

Attested activity

AD 826 寶曆二年
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 10, 16
AD 821 長慶初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 3, 6

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Zhu Tao (朱滔)
grandfather 祖 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 2
Kin of Zhu Ci (朱泚)
grandnephew 從孫 · 2 generations
collateral granduncle 從祖
Sources vary in certainty · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 1
Child of Zhu Hui (朱洄)
father 父
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 2
Parent of Zhu Yansi (朱延嗣)
second son 次子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 17
Parent of Zhu Yanling (朱延齡)
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 16

Career and standing

military officer in Youzhou 幽州軍校
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 3
acting Left Regular Attendant 檢校左散騎常侍
AD 821 長慶初後 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 9
acting Sikong (Minister of Works) 檢校司空
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 15
Prince of Wuxing Commandery 吳興郡王
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 15

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 3, 9
At Youzhou 幽州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 3

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Emperor Jingzong (敬宗) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 12-13

Events and relationships

Detained imperial envoy
AD 826 寶曆二年 · Political · Detainer
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 10
Recommended to capital
Political · Listed suspect · With Liu Zong (劉總)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 4
Relation Subordinate of · Person Liu Zong (劉總)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 3

Assessments and attributes

Assessment insolent toward the throne · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 14

References in the histories

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 10 passages

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朱克融，賊泚之從孫也。 Zhu Kerong was a grandnephew of the rebel Zhu Ci.

克融少為幽州軍校，事節度使劉總。 In his youth Kerong served as a military officer in Youzhou under the military governor Liu Zong.

總將歸朝，慮其有變，籍軍中素有異志者，薦之闕下，時克融亦在籍中。 When Liu Zong prepared to return to court, fearing unrest he drew up a list of men in the army who had long harbored rebellious designs and sent them to the capital; Kerong was among them.

洄自以老且病，推克融統軍務焉。 Hui, deeming himself too old and ill to serve, put Kerong in charge of military affairs.

寶曆二年，遣使送方鎮及三軍時服，克融怒所賜疏弱，執中使以聞。 In the second year of Baoli, the court then sent envoys with seasonal uniforms for the provincial command and the three armies. Kerong was enraged that the gifts were cheap and inferior, and he detained the imperial envoy to lodge a complaint.

先是，克融執中使，奏稱：「竊聞陛下欲幸東都，請將兵馬並丁匠五千人，修理宮闕，迎候車駕。」 Earlier, after detaining the imperial envoy, Kerong memorialized the throne: "I have heard that Your Majesty plans to visit the Eastern Capital. I ask leave to bring five thousand soldiers and craftsmen to repair the palace halls and receive the imperial procession."

克融官至檢校司空、吳興郡王。 Kerong eventually reached the posts of acting Minister of Works (Sikong) and Prince of Wuxing Commandery.

次子延嗣竊立，尋為大將李載義所殺。 Kerong's second son Yansi seized power on his own authority, but was soon killed by the general Li Zaiyi.

寶歷中，幽師殺硃克融。 During the Baoli era the Youzhou army killed Zhu Kerong.

其子延嗣竊襲父位，不遵朝旨，虐用其人； Kerong's son Yansi seized his father's position without authorization, defied the court's orders, and oppressed the people under his command.