Sui and Tang · Commissioner of the Surrendered Armies

Chen Gongyan 陳貢言

Attested AD 871 - AD 873

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Gongyan was a Commissioner of the Surrendered Armies.

Life and dates

Death

ambushed and killed 劫而殺之 · Authority Li Maoxun (李茂勛)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 166

Attested activity

AD 871 to AD 873 咸通末
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 165-167

Career and standing

commissioner of the Surrendered Armies 納降軍使
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 165

Places and affiliations

At Youzhou 幽 · Relation Served at
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 165

Events and relationships

Falsely accused of rebellion
Political · Victim · With Li Maoxun (李茂勛)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 166-167

Assessments and attributes

Assessment trusted-and-respected-veteran · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 165

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 3 passages

咸通末，納降軍使陳貢言者，幽之宿將，人所信服。 Late in the Xiantong era Chen Gongyan, commissioner of the Surrendered Armies, was a veteran general of Youzhou whom the troops trusted and respected.

茂勛密謀劫而殺之，聲雲貢言舉兵。 Maoxun secretly plotted to ambush and kill him, spreading the rumor that Gongyan was raising troops in rebellion.

張公素以兵逆擊不利，公素走，茂勛入城，軍民方知其非貢言也。 Zhang Gongsu marched out to oppose him but was defeated. Gongsu fled, Maoxun entered the city, and only then did the army and people realize the rebellion had not been Gongyan's doing.