Sui and Tang · Official

Bing Yuanzhen 邴元真

First attested AD 617; died AD 618

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bing Yuanzhen was an official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 618 祭密冢，已乃歸國
Beheaded · Authority Du Caigan (杜才幹)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 237

Attested activity

AD 618 武德元年九月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 198, 201
AD 617 初，密既殺翟讓
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 184
AD 617 改元永平
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 91
AD 618 邴元真之降也
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 236

Career and standing

Left Chief Clerk 左長史
AD 617 改元永平 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 91
Vice Director of the Branch Headquarters 行臺仆射
AD 618 邴元真之降也 · Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 236
Surrendered
AD 618 武德元年九月 · Surrender
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 201

Places and affiliations

AD 617 改元永平
Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 91
AD 618 邴元真之降也
Polity Shichong's regime 世充 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 236
AD 618 邴元真之降也
At Huazhou 滑州 · Relation Garrisoned
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 236

Events and relationships

Pledged allegiance and guided army
AD 618 武德元年九月 · Defection · Betrayer · With Shichong (世充)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 198
Surrendered
AD 618 邴元真之降也 · Political · Surrenderer · With Shichong (世充)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 236
Urged agreement to exchange
Counsel · Secret adviser · With Li Mi (李密)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 184

Assessments and attributes

Assessment greedy for profit · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 184

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 184

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 9: Li, Mi · 5 passages

以讓為司徒，邴元真左長史，房彥藻右長史，楊德方左司馬，鄭德韜右司馬，單雄信左武候大將軍，徐世勣右武候大將軍。 He made Rang Minister over the Masses, Bing Yuanzhen Left Chief Clerk, Fang Yanzao Right Chief Clerk, Yang Defang Left Major, Zheng Detao Right Major, Shan Xiongxin Left Martial Guard General, and Xu Shiji Right Martial Guard General.

邴元真好利，陰勸密許焉。 Bing Yuanzhen was greedy for profit and secretly urged Mi to agree.

密提眾萬余馳洛口，將入城，邴元真已輸款世充，潛導其軍。 Mi led more than ten thousand men galloping to Luokou and was about to enter the city, but Bing Yuanzhen had already pledged allegiance to Shichong and secretly guided Shichong's army.

即引騎遁武牢，元真遂降，眾稍散。 He immediately led his cavalry in flight to Wulao. Yuanzhen thereupon surrendered, and the force gradually dispersed.

邴元真之降也，世充以為行臺仆射，鎮滑州。 When Bing Yuanzhen surrendered, Shichong made him Vice Director of the Branch Headquarters and garrisoned Huazhou.