An Chongruan (安崇阮)

Overview

An Chongruan was a Right Palace Guard General.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

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AD 937 晉天福二年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passages 196-197
AD 938 晉天福三年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 48; New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 84
AD 926 天成元年六月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 119
AD 929 天成四年五月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 57
AD 929 天成四年春正月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 179
AD 926 庚申
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 147

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AD 926 紀年語境（天福-9年）
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 19
AD 932 長興三年二月庚午
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 24
AD 931 長興二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passages 79-80

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Career and standing

acting Luzhou commissioner 權知潞州
AD 926 庚申 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 147
Right Martial Valiant senior general 右驍衛大將軍
AD 932 長興三年二月庚午 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 24
Jinzhou acting military commissioner 晉州留後
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 119
Kuizhou military commissioner 夔州節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 57
Qiannan military commissioner 黔南節度使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 179
Kuizhou military commissioner 夔州節度使
Formerly held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 24

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Kuizhou military commissioner 夔州節度使
AD 931 長興二年 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 79
General of the Right Guard 右衛將軍
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 84
Left Guard senior general 左衛上將軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 197; Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 179
Right Dragon Martial commander 右龍武統軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 36, passage 119
Right Dragon-Tiger overall commander 右龍虎統軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 147
Right Palace Guard general 右衛將軍
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 48
Abandoned Kuizhou, returned to court awaiting punishment, and was released by edict.
AD 931 長興二年 · Pardoned
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 79

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 34, passage 147
Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 43, passage 24

Events and relationships

Buried Last Emperor head with consort
Ritual · Officiant · With Youzhen (友貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 11, passage 48
Fled before Dong Zhang's raids
AD 931 長興二年 · Flight · Military commissioner · With Dong Zhang (董璋)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 42, passage 80
Ordered to collect and bury the Last Emperor's head
Burial · Appointed agent · With Later Liang Last Emperor (末帝)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 10, passage 197
Reburied head with consort
AD 938 晉天福三年 · Ritual · Burier · With Second Consort Guo (郭次妃)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 13, passage 84

Assessments and attributes

Assessment honest official · Mode imperial-edict Source Person Id Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 19

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

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時右衛上將軍婁繼英請之，會繼英得罪，乃詔左衛上將軍安崇阮收葬焉。 Lou Jiying requested the head; when he fell from favor, An Chongruan of the Left Guard was ordered to bury it.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Book of Later Liang 11: Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

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案《歐陽史次妃郭氏傳》云：晉天福三年，詔太社先藏罪人首級，許親屬收葬，乃出末帝首，遣右衛將軍安崇阮與妃同葬。 Ouyang’s 《History》 biography of Consort Guo notes that in Tianfu 3 Jin permitted families to claim criminals’ heads from the Grand Altar; the Last Emperor’s head was released and General An Chongruan buried it with his consort.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 34Volume 34 Book of Later Tang 10: Zhuangzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

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庚申，詔潞州節度使孔赴闕，以右龍虎統軍安崇阮權知潞州。 On gengshen Kong Qing of Luzhou was summoned to court; An Chongruan of the Right Dragon-Tiger was made acting Luzhou commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 36Volume 36 Book of Later Tang 12: Mingzong Annals 2 · 1 passage

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甲寅，以晉州留後符彥超為北京留守，以鎮州副使王建立為鎮州留後，以右龍武統軍安崇阮為晉州留後。 On jiayin Fu Yanchao became Beijing regent; Wang Jianli became Zhen acting commissioner; An Chongruan became Jin acting commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 2 passages

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以左衛上將軍安崇阮為黔南節度使。 Left Guard senior general An Chongruan became Qiannan commissioner.

乙酉，以黔州節度使安崇阮為夔州節度使，以左驍衛上將軍張溫為洋州節度使，以黔州留後楊漢賓為本州節度使。 On yiyou An Chongruan moved from Qian to Kuizhou, Zhang Wen became Yang commissioner, and Yang Hanbin full Qian commissioner.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 2 passages

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夔州節度使安崇阮棄城歸闕，待罪於閣門，詔釋之。 An Chongruan of Kuizhou abandoned his post and surrendered at the gate; he was pardoned.

時董璋寇峽內諸州，崇阮望風遁走。 Dong Zhang was raiding the gorges and Chongruan had fled before him.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 43Volume 43 Book of Later Tang 19: Mingzong Annals 9 · 1 passage

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庚午，以前華州節度使李從昶為左驍衛大將軍，以前夔州節度使安崇阮為右驍衛大將軍，以前新州節度使翟璋為右領軍上將軍，以右領軍上將軍羅周敬為右威衛上將軍。 On gengwu former military commissioners Li Congchang of Huazhou, An Chongruan of Kuizhou, and Zhai Zhang of Xinzhou were promoted to senior guard commands, while Luo Zhoujing moved from supreme general of the Right Leading Army to supreme general of the Right Majestic Guard.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 1 passage

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是時，諸侯多不奉法，鄧州陶玘、亳州李鄴皆以贓汙論死，明宗下詔書褒廉吏普州安崇阮、洺州張萬進、耀州孫嶽等以諷天下，而以敬瑭為首。 Feudatories then flouted the law wholesale; Tao Qi of Deng and Li Ye of Bo died for graft. Mingzong published an edict holding up honest governors—An Chongruan, Zhang Wanjin, Sun Yue, and the rest—with Jingtang first among them.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 13Volume 13: The Later Liang Imperial Family · 1 passage

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晉天福三年，詔太社先藏罪人首級，許親屬收葬，乃出末帝首，遣右衛將軍安崇阮與妃同葬之。 In Jin Tianfu 3 an edict allowed families to reclaim criminal heads held at the altar; the Last Emperor’s head was released, and General of the Right Guard An Chongruan buried it with the consort.