Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Chen Kun 陳昆

Attested AD 555

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Kun was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 555 魏恭帝二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passage 203

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Chen Xin (陳忻)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 203
Parent of Chen Xingsun (陳興孫)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passage 203

Career and standing

posthumous Equal to Three Dukes and Governor of Qi 贈儀同三司、齊州刺史
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 203

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 35: Li Yansun; Wei You; Han Xiong; Chen Xin; Wei Xuan · 1 passage

太祖以忻著績累載，贈其祖昆及父興孫俱為儀同三司，昆齊州刺史，興孫徐州刺史。 Because Xin had served with distinction for many years, the Grand Ancestor posthumously enfeoffed his grandfather Kun and his father Xingsun as Equal in Honor to the Three Dukes—Kun as governor of Qi province and Xingsun as governor of Xu province.