Overview
Fan Yanguang was an official and Statesman.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 933 長興四年二月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 8
Career and standing
- Military Affairs Commissioner 樞密使HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 15
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 8
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With Mingzong (明宗)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passage 12
Events and relationships
- Reported horse countsDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passages 8, 12
- Urged reduction of horse establishmentAD 933 長興四年二月 · Policy · AdvisorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passages 12, 15-16
Source notes
- chapter narrative says 35,000; Wudai Huiyao quote says nearly 50,000 regularly provisionedField horse-count · Witness 五代會要Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 44, passages 8, 15
References in the histories
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