Fan Yanguang (範延光)

Overview

The translated histories identify Fan Yanguang as a general, military officer, official, and rebel. This record brings together 27 passages from 11 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Fan Yanguang	範延光	Fan Yanguang
Personal name	Fan Yanguang	範延光	Fan Yanguang
Personal	Fan Yanguang	範延光
Personal	Fan Yanguang	範延光	Fàn Yánguāng
Alternate	Fan Yanguang	范延光	Fàn Yánguāng
Personal name	Fan Yanguang	範延光	Fàn Yánguāng
Personal name	Fan Yanguang	范延光	Fan Yanguang
Personal name	Fan Yanguang	範延光
Given	Yanguang	延光	Yanguang
Personal name	Yanguang	延光	Yánguāng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0049, jiuwudaishi:087:s0040, jiuwudaishi:096:s0061, xinwudaishi:007:s0057, xinwudaishi:016:s0012, xinwudaishi:049:s0027
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:069:s0150
Value: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:042:s0146, jiuwudaishi:066:s0036
Value: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0027

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Rebel
Statesman
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed by Yang Guangyuan · Responsible Person Id: Yang Guangyuan (楊光遠) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福五年秋八月己未 · Western Year: AD 940
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0137

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 934 · Western Year: AD 934
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0057
Source Date: Text: 二年春二月甲戌 · Western Year: AD 935
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:007:s0070
Source Date: Text: 唐廢帝時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 934 · End: AD 936
Explicit · xinwudaishi:050:s0054
Source Date: Text: 天成 · Western Year: AD 926
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Source Date: Text: 天成四年夏四月 · Western Year: AD 929
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:040:s0049
Source Date: Text: 天福三年赦 · Western Year: AD 938
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Source Date: Text: 天福中 · Western Year: AD 937
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Source Date: Text: 天福二年反 · Western Year: AD 937
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Source Date: Text: 天福五年死 · Western Year: AD 940
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0137
Source Date: Text: 天福元年 · Western Year: AD 936
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Source Date: Text: 天福初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 936 · End: AD 937
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:096:s0059, jiuwudaishi:096:s0061
Source Date: Text: 明宗朝 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:066:s0036
Source Date: Text: 明宗末任事 · Western Interval: Start: AD 928 · End: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:008:s0027
Source Date: Text: 是歲範延光叛命於鄴 · Western Year: AD 937
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0040
Source Date: Text: 遣范延光討之 · Western Year: AD 936
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:016:s0012, xinwudaishi:016:s0009
Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:042:s0146
Source Date: Text: 長興四年 · Western Year: AD 933
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:066:s0090, jiuwudaishi:066:s0093

Career and standing

Label: Zhen prefecture military commissioner / 鎮州節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0049
Label: Grand Councillor while retaining Privy Commissioner, Inspector Grand Tutor, and Minister of Punishments / 同平章事、樞密使、檢校太傅、刑部尚書 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 長興二年 · Western Year: AD 931
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:042:s0146
Title: Inspector Grand Mentor / 檢校太傅 · Action: added
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:040:s0049
Action: pardoned · Authority Person Id: Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0098

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Li Siyuan (李嗣源)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:069:s0154

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Other Person Id: Zhang Lingzhao (張令昭) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 石敬瑭已反 · Western Year: AD 936
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:016:s0012, xinwudaishi:016:s0009
Kind: execution · Role: killer · Action: killed Bi Qiong · Other Person Id: Bi Qiong (秘瓊)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0055
Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled as military governor of Tianxiong
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0070
Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled · Place: Weizhou / 魏州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福中 · Western Year: AD 937
Explicit · xinwudaishi:049:s0027
Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled · Place: Ye / 鄴 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 是歲 · Western Year: AD 937
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0040
Kind: military · Role: rebel · Action: rebelled · Place: Yedu / 鄴都 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 未幾 · Western Year: AD 937
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:087:s0092
Relation: recommended-for-command · Person Id: Gaozu of Jin (晉高祖)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0027
Relation: commander-of · Person Id: Feng Hui (馮暉)
Explicit · xinwudaishi:049:s0027

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: requested surrender, fortified after refusal, and was pardoned when Gaozu regretted the failed siege · Provenance: Mode: historian-comment · Source Work: Xin Wudaishi
Explicit · xinwudaishi:008:s0184

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Book of Later Tang 16: Mingzong Annals 6 · 1 passage

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壬戌，幽州節度使趙德鈞兼北面行營招討使，鎮州節度使範延光加檢校太傅。 On renxu Zhao Dejun of Youzhou became northern campaign commissioner and Fan Yanguang of Zhen inspector grand mentor.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 42Volume 42 Book of Later Tang 18: Mingzong Annals 8 · 1 passage

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辛丑，樞密使、檢校太傅、刑部尚書範延光加同平章事，使如故。 On xinchou privy councilor Fan Yanguang, acting grand tutor and punishments minister, added co-director while keeping his post.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8: an Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun · 4 passages

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由是兼命範延光為樞密使，重誨如故。 Fan Yanguang was then made co-commissioner; Chonghui kept his post.

樞密使范延光、趙延壽日夕更見，涕泣求去，明宗怒而不許。 Commissioners Fan Yanguang and Zhao Yanshou wept daily for release; Mingzong refused in anger.

延壽使其妻興平公主入言於中，延光亦因孟漢瓊、王淑妃進說，故皆得免。 Yanshou's wife the Princess of Xingping pleaded within; Yanguang used Meng Hanqiong and Consort Wang—both won leave.

十月，范延光出鎮常山，以三司使馮贇與弘昭對掌樞務，與康義誠、孟漢瓊同謀以殺秦王。 Month 10 Fan Yanguang went to Changshan; Feng Yun shared the Privy Council with Hongzhao; they joined Kang Yicheng and Meng Hanqiong to plot the Prince of Qin's death.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang · 3 passages

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會範延光再遷樞密，乃征鵠為三司使。 When Fan Yanguang was again transferred to the Bureau of Military Affairs, Hu was summoned as commissioner of the three departments.

範延光奏曰：「鵠於同光世已為三司勾官，天成初為三司副使，出刺相州，入判三司又二年。」 Fan Yanguang memorialized, "In the Tongguang era Hu was already a checking officer of the three departments; at the beginning of Tiancheng he was deputy commissioner, went out as prefect of Xiangzhou, and upon returning to judge the three departments served another two years."

鵠與延光俱魏人，厚相結托，暨延光掌樞務，援引判三司，又致節鉞，明宗知之，故以此言譏之。 Hu and Yanguang were both men of Wei and bound themselves closely in mutual support; when Yanguang took charge of military affairs he recommended Hu to judge the three departments and also secured him a military commission. Mingzong knew this, and therefore spoke these words in sarcasm.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 87Volume 87 Book of Later Jin 13: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 4 passages

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是歲，範延光叛命於鄴，詔遣前靈武節度使張從賓發河橋屯兵數千人，東討延光。 That year Fan Yanguang rebelled at Ye. An edict ordered the former military commissioner of Lingwu, Zhang Congbin, to mobilize several thousand troops at Heqiao and march east against Yanguang.

既而從賓與延光合謀為亂，遂害重信於理所，時年二十。 Before long Congbin joined Yanguang in plotting rebellion and murdered Chongxin at his headquarters. He was twenty.

未幾，鄴都範延光叛，朝廷遣楊光遠討之，詔前靈武節度使、洛都巡檢使張從賓發盟津屯兵赴鄴下。 Before long Fan Yanguang rebelled at Yedu. The court sent Yang Guangyuan to suppress him and ordered former Lingwu military commissioner and Luoyang patrol commissioner Zhang Congbin to mobilize troops at Mengjin and march to Ye.

會從賓密通延光，與婁繼英等先劫河橋，次亂洛邑，因害重乂於河南府，時年十九。 Congbin then secretly communicated with Yanguang. With Lou Jiying and others he first seized Heqiao Bridge, then threw Luoyang into disorder, and murdered Chongyi in Henan Prefecture. He was nineteen.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 1 passage

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始繼祚與範延光有舊，嘗遣人以馬遺之。 Jizuo had earlier been on friendly terms with Fan Yanguang and once sent him horses as a gift.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Later Tang Annals 4: Deposed Emperors · 4 passages

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天雄軍節度使範延光為樞密使。 Fan Yanguang, military governor of Tianxiong, was named Bureau Military Affairs commissioner.

六月庚辰，幸範延光及索自通第。 On gengchen of the sixth month he called at the homes of Fan Yanguang and Suo Zitong.

二年春二月甲戌，範延光罷。 On jiaxu of the second month in the spring of his second year, Fan Yanguang left office.

甲戌，宣武軍節度使範延光為天雄軍四面招討使。 On jiaxu Fan Yanguang of Xuanwu became suppression commissioner for Tianxiong on every side.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 6 passages

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明宗數責大臣問誰可行者，範延光、趙延壽等卒以敬瑭為請，乃拜河東節度使、大同彰國振武威塞等軍蕃漢馬步軍總管，落六軍副使，乃行。 Mingzong upbraided his council again and again for a suitable man. Fan Yanguang and Zhao Yanshou at last proposed Jingtang. He received Hedong and command over Han and tribal forces of Datong, Zhangguo, Zhenwu, Weisai, and the rest, shed the Six Armies deputy title, and marched.

丁卯，天雄軍節度使範延光殺齊州防禦使秘瓊。 On dingmao Fan Yanguang of Tianxiong executed Bi Qiong, defense commissioner of Qi.

天雄軍節度使範延光反。 Fan Yanguang, governor of Tianxiong, rose in rebellion.

九月己酉，赦範延光。 On yiyou of the ninth month Fan Yanguang received amnesty.

初，延光請降，高祖不許，延光遂堅壁，攻之，久不克，卒悔而赦之，故不書降。 At first Yanguang asked to surrender, but Gaozu refused, so Yanguang held his walls. After a long siege failed, Gaozu regretted the decision and pardoned him; for that reason the text does not say that Yanguang surrendered.

己未，西京留守楊光遠殺太子太師範延光。 On jiwei Yang Guangyuan, regent of the Western Capital, murdered Grand Preceptor Fan Yanguang.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 16Volume 16: Family of the Tang Deposed Emperor · 1 passage

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已而遣范延光討之，令昭敗走邢州，追至沙河，斬之，屯駐諸軍亂者三千餘人皆死。 He then sent Fan Yanguang against him; Lingzhao was defeated, fled to Xingzhou, was pursued to Shahe and executed, and more than three thousand mutinous garrison soldiers were killed.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 49Volume 49 Miscellaneous Biographies 29: Di Guangye, Feng Hui, Huang Fuhui, Tang Jingsi, Wang Jin, Chang Si, Sun Fangjian · 1 passage

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天福中，範延光反魏州，遣暉襲滑州，不克，遂入於魏，為延光守。 Under Tianfu, Fan Yanguang rebelled at Wei and sent Hui against Hua. Hui failed, entered Wei, and held it for Yanguang.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 50Volume 50 Miscellaneous Biographies 30: Wang Jun, Wang Yin, Liu Ci, Wang Huan, Zhe Congruan · 1 passage

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唐廢帝時，從範延光討張令昭於魏，以功拜祁州刺史。 Under the Deposed Emperor he followed Fan Yanguang against Zhang Lingzhao at Wei and was made prefect of Qi.