Five Dynasties · General and Official

Fu Yanqing 符彥卿

Attested AD 945

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Fu Yanqing was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 945 開運二年三月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 167, 206, 208-209

Career and standing

Overall array marshal of northern campaign wings 北面行營馬步軍左右廂都排陣使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 167

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 167, 206, 208-209

Works and attributed material

Urged death fight
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passage 209

Events and relationships

Charged and routed Khitan
Military · Cavalry commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 206, 210

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 83Volume 83 Book of Later Jin 9: Emperor Shao 3 · 4 passages

是日，以符彥卿為北面行營馬步軍左右廂都排陣使，以皇甫遇為北面行營馬步軍左廂排陣使，以王周為馬步軍右廂排陣使。 That day, Fu Yanqing was made overall array marshal of both horse-and-foot wings of the northern campaign; Huangfu Yu, left-wing array marshal; and Wang Zhou, right-wing array marshal.

張彥澤、符彥卿、皇甫遇等率騎奮擊，風勢尤猛，沙塵如夜，敵遂大敗。 Zhang Yanzhe, Fu Yanqing, Huangfu Yu, and others led the cavalry in a furious charge; the wind howled harder still and sand blotted out the sky like night, and the enemy was routed.

〈（《宋史·符彥卿傳》：時晉師居下風，將戰，弓弩莫施。 (From the 《Song History》 · Biography of Fu Yanqing: The Jin army was downwind, and as battle was joined their bows and crossbows were useless.

彥卿謂張彥澤、皇甫遇曰：「與其束手就擒，曷若死戰，然未必死。」 Yanqing told Zhang Yanzhe and Huangfu Yu, "Better to fight to the death than be taken alive—and we may not die at all."