Jing Kuo (敬括) | 24 Histories

Overview

Jing Kuo was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Death

AD 771 大歷六年三月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 61

Attested activity

AD 771 大歷六年三月
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 61
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 57
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 53

Career and standing

Prefect of Tong 同州刺史
AD 766 to AD 768 大歷初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 57
Prefect of Guo 果州刺史
AD 755 to AD 756 天寶末 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 53
Attending Censor in the Palace Bureau 殿中侍御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 52
Censor-in-Chief 御史大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 58
Chief of the Court of Judicial Review 大理卿
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 54
Imperial Attendant 給事中
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 54

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Inner Attendant 內供奉
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 52
Right Reminder 右拾遺
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 52
Vice Minister of War 兵部侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 54

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 50
At Hedong 河東
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 50

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 52
Earned
Credential special palace examination 制科
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 52
Skill literary talent 文詞 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 51

Assessments and attributes

Assessment dealt sincerely with subordinates · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passage 133
Assessment deep and steady; modest; did not seek fame · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 55-56
Assessment sincere with subordinates; cultivated standing without enforcing discipline · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 119, passages 59-60

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 119Volume 115 Biographies 65: Cui Qi, Zhao Guozhen, Cui Guan, Jing Kuo, Wei Yuanfu, Wei Shaoyou, Wei Boyu, Li Cheng · 4 passages

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敬括，河東人也。 Jing Kuo came from Hedong.

天寶末，宰臣楊國忠出不附己者，括以例為果州刺史。 At the end of the Tianbao era, Chief Minister Yang Guozhong drove out those who would not align with him; by precedent Kuo was sent out as prefect of Guo.

大歷初，叛臣周智光伏誅，詔選循良為近輔，以括為同州刺史。 Early in the Dali era, after the rebel Zhou Zhiguang was executed, an edict called for humane officials to serve near the throne, and Kuo was made prefect of Tong.

國珍守黔溪，瓘修禮法，括推誠馭下，元甫為政寬簡，少遊規檢集事，皆可稱者。 Guozhen held the Qian streams secure, Guan restored ritual and law, Kuo dealt sincerely with subordinates, Yuanfu governed with lenience and simplicity, and Shaoyou kept to regulations and brought affairs to completion—each has something to praise.