Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Military Officer

Kuai En 蒯恩

Attested AD 399 - AD 418

Passages: 19
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kuai En was a general and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Daoen	道恩	Daoen

Life and dates

Death

Died in captivity · Captor Babao/Helian forces
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 71

Attested activity

AD 406 義熙二年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 49, passage 43
AD 418 義真還至青泥
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 49, passage 71
AD 399 高祖征孫恩
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 49, passage 35

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Kuai Guocai (蒯國才)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 72

Career and standing

Administrator of Huailing 淮陵太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 67
Administrator of Lanling 蘭陵太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 48
General of Distant Pacification 寧遠將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 41
General Who Assists the State 輔國將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 67
General Who Leaps like a Dragon 龍驤將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 48
Marquis of Duxiang 都鄉侯
AD 406 義熙二年 · Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 43

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Baron of Xining county 新寧縣男
Enfeoffed · Households 500
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 62
fifth-rank baron of Beizhi county 北至縣五等男
Re enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 52
Entered
Captivity
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 71

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 35
At Cheng in Lanling 蘭陵承
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 34

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 36

Events and relationships

Defeated
AD 406 義熙二年 · Military · Commander · With Zhang Jian (張堅)
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 43
Killed
Military · Participant · With Xu Daofu (徐道覆) · At Shixing 始興
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 47
Relation Served under · Person Heir of the Founding Emperor (世子)
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passages 63, 68

Assessments and attributes

Assessment able to hold an army steady under pressure · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Founding Emperor (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 57
sincerely loyal and careful, never at fault
Character
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 39
arrow struck left eye at Lou county
Physical description
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 40

References in the histories

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History

19 passages

Book of Song, Chapter 49Volume 49 Biographies 9: Sun Chu, Kuai En, Liu Zhong, Yu Qiujin · 19 passages

列傳第九孫處蒯恩劉鐘[1] 虞丘進 Biographies 9: Sun Chu, Kuai En, Liu Zhong, and Yu Qiujin

蒯恩，字道恩，蘭陵承人也。 Kuai En, whose courtesy name was Daoen, was a native of Cheng in Lanling commandery.

恩常負大束，兼倍餘人，每捨芻於地，歎曰：「大丈夫彎弓三石，柰何充馬士！」 En often carried huge bundles— more than twice what the others could manage— and each time he dropped his load he would sigh, "A man who can draw a three-stone bow— and yet here I am cutting fodder like a stable hand!"

高祖聞之，即給器仗，恩大喜。 When the Founding Emperor heard this, he immediately gave En weapons and armor, and En was overjoyed.

義熙二年，賊張堅據應城反，恩擊破之，封都鄉侯。 In the second year of Yixi the rebel Zhang Jian seized Yingcheng and rose in revolt; En defeated him and was enfeoffed as Marquis of Duxiang.

盧循逼京邑，恩戰於查浦，賊退走。 When Lu Xun threatened the capital, En fought at Zhapu and drove the rebels back.

循既走還廣州，恩又領千餘人隨劉藩追徐道覆於始興，斬之。 After Xun fled back to Guangzhou, En led more than a thousand men under Liu Fan to pursue Xu Daofu at Shixing and killed him.

高祖西征劉毅，恩與王鎮惡輕軍襲江陵，事在鎮惡傳。 When the Founding Emperor marched west against Liu Yi, En and Wang Zhen'e led light troops in a surprise attack on Jiangling— the full account appears in Zhen'e's biography.

高祖伐司馬休之及魯宗之，恩與建威將軍徐逵之前進。 When the Founding Emperor attacked Sima Xiuzhi and Lu Zongzhi, En advanced with General Who Establishes Might Xu Dazhi.

逵之敗沒，恩陳于堤下。 When Dazhi was defeated and killed, En drew up his ranks below the dike.

宗之子軌乘勝擊恩，矢下如雨，呼聲震地，恩整厲將士，置陣堅嚴。 Zongzhi's son Gui pressed his advantage and attacked En; arrows fell like rain and the battle cries shook the earth, but En rallied his men and held his formation firm.

軌棄城走，恩追至襄陽，宗之奔羌，恩與諸將追討，至魯陽關乃還。 Gui abandoned the city and fled; En pursued him to Xiangyang. Zongzhi fled to the Qiang, and En with the other generals pursued as far as Luyang Pass before turning back.

恩自從征討，每有危急，輒率先諸將，常陷堅破陣，不避艱嶮。 From the time he first took the field, whenever danger arose En led the other generals, repeatedly breaking through strong positions and never shying from hardship or peril.

高祖世子為征虜將軍，恩以大府佐領中兵參軍，隨府轉中兵參軍。 When the Founding Emperor's heir was made General Who Pacifies Barbarians, En served as Central Army Adjutant on the grand headquarters staff, and when the headquarters moved he retained that post.

高祖北伐，留恩侍衛世子，命朝士與之交。 On the Founding Emperor's northern campaign En was left to guard the heir, and was instructed to keep company with court gentlemen.

恩益自謙損，與人語常呼官位，而自稱為鄙人。 En grew ever more modest; in conversation he always addressed others by their official titles and called himself "this humble man."

世子開府，又為從事中郎，轉司馬，將軍、太守如故。 When the heir opened his own headquarters En served as Attendant Secretary, then as Major, while retaining his rank as general and his prefecture.

義真還至青泥，為佛佛虜所追，恩斷後，力戰連日。 When Yizhen reached Qingni on his return, the Babao barbarians pursued him; En covered the rear and fought fiercely for days on end.

義真前軍奔散，恩軍人亦盡，為虜所執，死於虜中。 Yizhen's vanguard broke and fled; En's men were also spent, and he was captured by the enemy and died in captivity.