Background

Han Junxiong was born in 814, during the reign of Emperor Xianzong. His family was from Wei Prefecture (魏州, in modern Handan, Hebei), the capital of Weibo Circuit. His father Han Guochang was a long-time officer in the Weibo army under the military governor He Hongjing. Because of his heritage, Han Junxiong started serving in the military in his youth, and subsequently served in a campaign in 833-834, during the reign of Emperor Xianzong's grandson Emperor Wuzong, with his father Han Guochang, where He Hongjing joined the imperial forces in attacking Liu Zhen, who had seized neighboring Zhaoyi Circuit (昭義, headquartered in modern Changzhi, Shanxi) without imperial sanction.

Seizure of Weibo Circuit

By 870, during the reign of Emperor Wuzong's cousin Emperor Yizong, He Hongjing's son He Quanhao was the military governor. He Quanhao was harsh in his discipline, and at that time, there were rumors that He Quanhao was set to reduce the food and clothing stipends for the soldiers. The soldiers mutinied, and He Quanhao was killed in flight. The soldiers supported Han Junxiong as their leader. With Wang Jingchong the military governor of neighboring Chengde Circuit (成德, headquartered in modern Shijiazhuang, Hebei) supporting the request, Emperor Yizong commissioned Han as the acting military governor, with Emperor Yizong's son Li Yan the Prince of Pu nominally serving as military governor. In 871, Han was officially commissioned as full military governor.

In 873, Emperor Yizong died, and Li Yan succeeded him (as Emperor Xizong). Emperor Xizong, upon ascending the throne, commissioned a number of military governors with honorary chancellor designations, and Han was given the honorary designation Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi. Emperor Xizong also gave him a new personal name, Yunzhong (meaning "fair").

In 874, Han Yunzhong died. The soldiers supported his son Han Jian, who was then deputy military governor, as his successor, and Emperor Xizong subsequently approved.

Commemoration

• Han Family Tombs, a monumental complex at the graves Han Yunzhong and his relatives. The complex includes a pair of giant tortoise-borne stelae (reminiscent of those at Shou Qiu) and other assorted statuary, in the spirit way tradition. It is on the national list of major historical and cultural sites. The complex is located near in Shandong's Shen County, near Liangpiying Village of Dongduzhuang Town.

Notes and references

• Old Book of Tang, vol. 181.

• New Book of Tang, vol. 210.

• Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 252.

背景

韓君雄生于唐憲宗年間的814年，是魏博軍部魏州人氏。父韓國昌長期在魏博節度使何弘敬手下為右職，韓君雄也因而在年輕時就得以在軍中效力，升裨校，在唐武宗年間的833年—834年間和父親一同參與了何弘敬協助朝廷軍隊討伐不經朝廷許可，就自命昭義節度使的劉稹之戰。

奪取魏博

何弘敬的兒子何全皞繼任為節度使，唐懿宗咸通十一年（870年）八月，他嚴刑峻法，又傳言他要削減士兵在衣食上的補貼。士兵兵變，何全皞逃跑時被殺。士兵推舉韓君雄為留後。由于相鄰的成德節度使王景崇的支持，九月，懿宗授韓君雄銀青光祿大夫、左散騎常侍、兼御史中丞，充節度觀察留後，而任皇子普王李儼為遙領的名義節度使。十二年（871年）正月，進副大使，轉檢校工部尚書、魏州大都督府長史、充魏博節度觀察等使。

三遷至檢校司空。十四年（873年），唐懿宗駕崩，李儼繼位，即唐僖宗。僖宗剛登基即授韓君雄等節度使為同中書門下平章事，還為韓君雄賜名允中。

乾符元年（874年）十一月，韓允中去世。士兵推舉他任副節度使的兒子韓簡繼任，唐僖宗認可了。韓允中得冊贈司徒，累贈太尉。

家族

• 曾祖父韓朝，魏博臨清鎮都知兵馬使

• 祖父（名闕），（闕文）夫、檢校太子賓客、使持節相州諸軍事、守相州刺史、充本州防禦使、御史中丞，贈工部尚書

• 祖母張氏，追封清河郡太君

• 父韓國昌，銀青光祿大夫、檢校國子祭酒、使持節貝州諸軍事、守貝州刺史、充本州防禦使，兼御史中丞，贈兵部尚書

• 母吳氏，追封涼國太夫人

• 妻劉氏，追封彭城郡太君，早逝

• 繼妻靳氏，封清河郡君，先韓允中而亡

• 長子韓簡，（闕文）軍、守左金吾衛大將軍員外置同正員、檢校尚書右僕射兼魏州大都督府長史、御史大夫、上柱國、賜紫金魚袋

• 次子韓記，前魏州都督府文學

• 三子韓諫，親事將軍

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