Le Congxun (樂從訓) | 24 Histories

Overview

Le Congxun was a Military Officer.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 888 文德元年春
Beheaded · Agent Person Id Cheng Gongzuo (程公佐)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 130
AD 888 文德元年春
Cause Beheaded
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 122

Attested activity

AD 888 文德元年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 16, passage 22
AD 888 文德元年春
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 130; Old Book of Tang 185, passage 122

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Le Yanzhen (樂彥禎)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 107; Old Book of Tang 181, passage 115

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Career and standing

Commander-in-chief of six prefectures 六州都指揮使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 122
overall commander of the six prefectures 六州都指揮使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 114

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 115
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 2

Events and relationships

Ambushed and killed
Violence · Killer · With Wang Duo (王鐸)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 108
Killed
Military · Assassin · With Wang Duo (王鐸)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 116
Murdered
Violence · Perpetrator · With Wang Duo (王鐸)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 108

Assessments and attributes

Assessment violent and defiant · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 181, passage 115
Assessment violent and rebellious by nature · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 107
Assessment violent and rebellious · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 185, passage 107

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 185Volume 181 Biographies 131: Shi Xiancheng, Zi Xiaozhang, He Jintao, Han Yunzhong, Li Yanzhen, Luo Hongxin · 10 passages

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史憲誠子孝章何進滔子弘敬韓允忠子簡樂彥禎子從訓羅弘信子威 Shi Xiancheng and his son Xiaozhang; He Jintao and his son Hongjing; Han Yunzhong and his son Jian; Le Yanzhen and his son Congxun; Luo Hongxin and his son Wei

又其子從訓天資悖逆。 His son Congxun was by nature violent and rebellious.

王鐸自滑移鎮滄州，過魏郊，從訓見其女妓，利之，先伏兵於漳南高雞泊，俟鐸之至，圍而害之，掠其所有。 When Wang Duo was transferred from Hua to Cangzhou and passed through Wei territory, Congxun saw his female entertainers and coveted them. He hid troops at Gaojipo south of Zhang, waited for Duo to arrive, surrounded and killed him, and plundered everything he had.

魏人素知鐸名望，議者惜之，而罪從訓。 The people of Wei had long respected Duo's standing; public opinion mourned him and condemned Congxun.

從訓又召亡命之徒五百餘輩，出入臥內，號為「子將」，委以腹心。 Congxun also gathered more than five hundred outlaws who came and went freely in his private quarters. He called them "son-generals" and treated them as his closest confidants.

從訓聞而忌之，易服遁出，止於近縣。 When Congxun heard of this he grew suspicious, changed clothes, slipped out of the city, and lodged in a nearby county.

從訓自相州領兵三萬餘人至城下，文㺹按兵不出。 Congxun marched from Xiang with more than thirty thousand men and camped before the city. Wenkan held his troops inside and would not come out.

從訓招集餘眾，次於洹水。 Congxun rallied his remaining forces and encamped on the Huan River.

弘信遣將程公佐領兵討擊，大敗之，梟從訓首於軍門，時文德元年春也。 Hongxin sent the general Cheng Gongzuo against him, routed his army, and displayed Congxun's head at the camp gate. This was in the spring of Wende 1.

光啟末，彥禎子從訓忌牙軍，出居於外，軍眾廢彥禎，推趙文㺹權主軍州事。 At the end of the Guangqi era, Yanzhen's son Congxun, fearing the yamen guard, moved outside the city. The troops deposed Yanzhen and put Zhao Wenkan in charge of military and civil affairs.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6: Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian · 1 passage

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文德元年，魏博軍亂，樂從訓來告急，從太祖渡河，拔黎陽、李固、臨河等鎮，至內黃，破魏軍萬餘眾，獲其將周儒等十人。 Wende 1 he crossed the river with the Founder, took Li Yang and other posts, and at Neihuang captured Zhou Ru and ten Wei officers.