Zhong Kuangshi (鍾匡時)

Overview

Zhong Kuangshi was a warlord.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 906 天祐三年
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 55
AD 906 to AD 909 開平前
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 57

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zhong Chuan (鍾傳)
son 子
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 41, passages 53, 55
Betrothed to Daughter of Wei Quanfeng (危全諷女)
wife 妻 · Betrothal
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 53

Career and standing

acting military governor 留後
AD 906 天祐三年 · Claimed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 55
Captured
Captivity · With Qin Pei (秦裴)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 57

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 4 passages

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全諷聞之，明日乃亦聽命，請以女妻傳子匡時。 Quanfeng heard the prayer. The next day he submitted and offered his daughter to Chuan’s son Kuangshi.

天祐三年，傳卒，子匡時自稱留後，請命於唐。 In Tianyou 3 (906) Chuan died. His son Kuangshi called himself acting governor and bowed to Tang.

全諷曰：「聽鍾郎為節度使三年，吾將自為之。」 Quanfeng said: “I let Master Zhong be military commissioner three years; now I shall take the post myself.”

已而傳養子延規與匡時爭立，乞兵於楊渥，渥遣秦裴等攻匡時，匡時敗，被執歸廣陵。 Soon Chuan’s adopted son Yangui fought Kuangshi for power and called on Yang Wo. Wo sent Qin Pei and others against Kuangshi, broke him, and carried him off to Guangling.