Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Bian Kun 卞壼

Attested AD 317 - AD 420

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Bian Kun was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 328 卞壼峻節
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 86, passage 161
AD 317 to AD 420 江左
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 37, passage 93

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 37, passage 93

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Liang 37, passage 93

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 37Volume 37: Xie Ju; He Jingrong · 1 passage

逮乎江左，此道彌扇，惟卞壼以臺閤之務，頗欲綜理，阮孚謂之曰：「卿常無閒暇，不乃勞乎？」 Under the Eastern Jin the fashion spread further; only Bian Kun tried to manage secretariat business, and Ruan Fu told him: “You are never free—is that not toilsome?”

Book of Song, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 46: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian · 1 passage

昔王允秉誠，卞壼峻節，均風往德，歸茂先軌。 In former times Wang Yun held fast to sincerity and Bian Kun had stern integrity. Both matched the virtue of the past and return glory to the former track.