Five Dynasties · General

Fan Yanguang 範延光

Fàn Yánguāng

Attested AD 936

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fan Yanguang was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年六月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 102, 105, 116, 122-124

Career and standing

pacification commissioner of Tianxiong on all sides 天雄軍四面招討使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 102
military governor of Bianzhou circuit 汴州節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 102

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 102

Works and attributed material

reported recovery of Yedu and pursuit of rebels
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 116, 123-124

Events and relationships

Besieged and recovered Yedu
AD 936 清泰三年秋七月 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 105, 116

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 5 passages

甲戌，以汴州節度使範延光為天雄軍四面招討使，知行府事。 On jiaxu Fan Yanguang, military governor of Bianzhou circuit, was appointed pacification commissioner on all four sides of the Tianxiong army and personally administered the headquarters.

秋七月戊子，範延光奏，領軍至鄴都攻城。 On wuzi in the seventh month of autumn Fan Yanguang reported that he had led his army to Yedu and was besieging the city.

戊申，範延光奏，此月二十一日收復鄴都，群臣稱賀。 On wushen Fan Yanguang reported that Yedu had been recovered on the twenty-first day of that month, and the ministers offered congratulations.

壬子，詔範延光誅張令昭部下五指揮及忠銳、忠肅兩指揮。 On renzi an edict ordered Fan Yanguang to execute the five commands under Zhang Lingzhao and the two commands Zhongrui and Zhongsu.

繼範延光奏，追兵遣襲張令昭部下敗兵至邢州沙河，斬首三百級，並獻張令昭、邢立、李貴等首級。 Fan Yanguang then reported that pursuing troops had attacked Zhang Lingzhao's defeated soldiers as far as Shahe in Xingzhou, taking three hundred heads, and that the heads of Zhang Lingzhao, Xing Li, Li Gui, and others had been presented.