Song, Liao, and Jin · General

Bayan 伯顏

Attested AD 1270

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bayan was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1270 1270
Directly stated · History of Yuan 161, passage 180

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 161, passage 180

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 161Volume 161 Biographies 48: Yang Dayuan, Liu Zheng · 2 passages

整言於丞相伯顏，令善水者斷木沉索，督戰艦趨城下，以回回砲擊之，而焚其柵。 Zheng told Chancellor Bayan to send swimmers to cut the timbers and sink the chains, drive the fleet to the wall, batter it with Muslim catapults, and burn the palisades.

丞相伯顏入鄂，捷至，整失聲曰：「首帥止我，顧使我成功後人，善作者不必善成，果然！」 When Bayan took E Prefecture and victory arrived, Zheng exclaimed: 'The supreme commander held me back so others could reap what I sowed—good planners need not be good finishers—so it proves!'