Bian Lingcheng (邊令誠)

Overview

Bian Lingcheng was an envoy and Courtier.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 747 七月十三日辰時
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 13, 19, 23-24
AD 756 十四載十二月
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 152-156, 159
AD 747 仙芝軍還至河西
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 43, 60
AD 755 十二月
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 81
AD 747 天寶六載九月
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 43-44
AD 755 to AD 756 潼關之役
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 292

Career and standing

palace envoy 中使
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 13
Gate-Guard General 監門將軍
AD 755 十二月 · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 81
Army Supervisor 監軍
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 152

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 13, 60, 81, 152, 154
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 292

Works and attributed material

Report · Author · Addressed to Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗) · Paraphrased · About Person Ids Changqing (常清), Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Bian Lingcheng (邊令誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
AD 747 七月十三日辰時
Speech · Addressee · With Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · Direct quotation
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 19
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 60

Events and relationships

Bore execution edict
Legal · Envoy · With Changqing (常清) · At Tong Pass 潼關
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 155-156
Charged with dallying flight and defeat
Accusation · Accuser · With Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
Charged with dallying flight and defeat
Accusation · Accuser · With Changqing (常清)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
Entered from Humi with Gao Xianzhi to rendezvous at Lianyunbao
AD 747 七月十三日辰時 · Military · Envoy companion
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 13
Entrusted with memorial
Transmission · Courier · With Changqing (常清)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 159
Left with more than three thousand sick and weak to hold the captured city
AD 747 七月十三日辰時 · Military · Garrison commander
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 24

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Met
AD 747 天寶六載九月 · Military · Counterpart · With Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · At Lianyunbao 連雲堡
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 44
Supervised the army
AD 756 十五載 · Military · Supervisor
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 292
Supervised
AD 755 十二月 · Military · Army supervisor · With Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · At Shanzhou 陜州
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 81
Relation Interfered with · Person Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 152-153
Relation Reported on · Person Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
Relation Reported on · Person Changqing (常清)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154

Assessments and attributes

Assessment hamstrung military affairs by supervising the army · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 292
Assessment has won a signal victory and now fears for his life · Object Person Id Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · Mode speech Speaker Bian Lingcheng (邊令誠)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 60

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 13, 152, 292
also feared after the diviner was sent to observe the sun
AD 747 七月十三日辰時
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 23

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 104Volume 100 Biographies 50: Yin Sizhen, Li Jie, Jie Wan, Bi Gou, Su Xiang, Zheng Weizhong, Wang Zhiyin, Lu Congyuan, Li Chaoyin, Pei Cui, Wang Qiu · 13 passages

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仙芝與中使邊令誠自護密國入，約七月十三日辰時會於吐蕃連雲堡。 and he himself, with the palace envoy Bian Lingcheng, entered from Humi, all three columns to converge at Lianyunbao at the chen hour on the thirteenth of the seventh month.

仙芝喜謂令誠曰：「向吾半渡賊來，吾屬敗矣，今既濟成列，是天以此賊賜我也。」 Xianzhi said happily to Lingcheng, "Had the enemy struck while we were midstream, we were lost; now that we are across and formed up, Heaven has delivered these foes into my hands."

玄宗使術士韓履冰往視日，懼不欲行，邊令誠亦懼。 The emperor had sent the diviner Han Lübing to observe the sun; Lübing feared and did not wish to go on, and Bian Lingcheng also feared.

仙芝留令誠等以羸病尪弱三千餘人守其城，仙芝遂進。 Xianzhi left Lingcheng with three thousand sick and weak men to hold the fort and pressed on.

九月，復至婆勒川連雲堡，與邊令誠等相見。 In the ninth month they returned to Lianyunbao on the Bole River and met Bian Lingcheng and the others.

令誠具奏其狀曰：「仙芝立奇功，今將憂死。」 Lingcheng reported the whole affair to court: "Xianzhi has won a signal victory and now fears for his life."

十二月，師發，玄宗禦望春亭慰勞遣之，仍令監門將軍邊令誠監其軍，屯於陜州。 In the twelfth month the army marched; the emperor saw them off at Wangchun Pavilion and sent Gate-Guard General Bian Lingcheng to supervise the force, which encamped at Shanzhou.

監軍邊令誠每事幹之。 Army supervisor Bian Lingcheng interfered in every decision.

令誠入奏事，具言仙芝、常清逗撓奔敗之狀。 Lingcheng reported to court that Xianzhi and Changqing had dallied, fled, and been defeated.

玄宗怒，遣令誠賫敕至軍並誅之。 The emperor in anger sent Lingcheng with an edict to execute them both.

令誠至潼關，引常清於驛南西街，宣敕示之。 At Tong Pass Lingcheng led Changqing to the lane south of the post station and read the edict of execution.

是日臨刑，托令誠上之。 On the day of his execution he gave it to Lingcheng to present.

觀楊國忠之奏事，邊令誠之護戎，又掣肘於軍政者也，未可偏責三帥，不尤伊人。 Consider Yang Guozhong's interference and Bian Lingcheng's supervision — the court hamstrung its generals; one cannot blame the three commanders alone.