Zheng Congdan (鄭從讜)

Overview

Zheng Congdan was a statesman and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 860 to AD 890 唐
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 123

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zheng Huan (鄭浣)
begot 生
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 123
Sibling of Zheng Chuhui (鄭處誨)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Sources vary in certainty · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 124

Career and standing

Chief minister 相位
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 123
Military governor of Taiyuan 太原節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 96, passage 123

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 2 passages

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余慶生浣，浣生從讜，兩為太原節度使，再登相位。 Yuqing's son was Huan; Huan's son was Congdan, who twice served as military governor of Taiyuan and twice rose to chief minister.

從讜兄處誨，為汴州節度使。 Congdan's elder brother Chuhui was military governor of Bianzhou.