Du Yanqiu (杜晏球) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Du Yanqiu as a general and military officer. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Du Yanqiu	杜晏球	Du Yanqiu
Personal	Du Yanqiu	杜晏球
Personal name	Du Yanqiu	杜晏球	Du Yanqiu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:057:s0034, jiuwudaishi:073:s0084

Roles

General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 龍德三年六月戊子 · Regnal Year: 3 · Lunar Month: 6 · Sexagenary Day: 戊子 · Western Year: AD 923
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:010:s0154, jiuwudaishi:010:s0155
Source Date: Text: 杜晏球 · Western Year: AD 923
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:057:s0034
Source Date: Text: 莊宗入汴 · Western Year: AD 923
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:073:s0084

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked the new Tang fortifications at Bozhou, failed, and withdrew to Zou mouth
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:010:s0155

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Book of Later Liang 10: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

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戊子，王彥章、杜晏球率兵急攻博州之新壘，不克，遂退保於鄒口。 On wuzi Yanzhang and Du Yanqiu failed to storm Bozhou’s new works and fell back to Zou mouth.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao · 1 passage

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居三日，梁軍果至，城壘低庳，沙土散惡，戰具不完，汴將王彥章、杜晏球率眾攻擊，軍不得休息。 Three days later the Liang army arrived. The walls were low, the soil loose and poor, and the equipment incomplete. Wang Yanzhang and Du Yanqiu of Liang led their forces in repeated assaults, giving the defenders no respite.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 73Volume 73 Book of Later Tang 49: Biographies 25: Mao Zhang, Nie Yu, Wen Tao, Duan Ning, Kong Qian, Li Ye · 1 passage

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未幾，莊宗入汴，凝自滑率兵而南，前鋒杜晏球至封丘，解甲聽命。 Before long Emperor Zhuangzong entered Bian. Ning led troops south from Hua, and vanguard commander Du Yanqiu reached Fengqiu, laid down his arms, and awaited orders.