Sui and Tang · Warlord and Military Officer

Gu Yanhui 顧彥暉

Attested AD 889 - AD 893

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gu Yanhui was a warlord and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 891 大順末
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 67
AD 889 to AD 891 弟彥暉代為梓帥
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 65
AD 892 to AD 893 景福中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 69-70

Family

Sibling of Gu Yanlang (顧彥朗)
younger brother 弟
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 65

Career and standing

commander at Zizhou 梓帥
AD 889 to AD 891 彥朗卒 · Succeeded · At Zizhou 梓州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 65
Entered
AD 892 to AD 893 景福中 · Captivity · At Chengdu 成都
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 69-70

Events and relationships

Sought aid
AD 891 大順末 · Military · Defendant · At Fengxiang 鳳翔 · With Li Maozhen (李茂貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 67
Sought aid
AD 892 to AD 893 景福中 · Military · Petitioner · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 69
Succeeded as commander
AD 889 to AD 891 會彥朗卒 · Political · Successor · At Zizhou 梓州 · With Gu Yanlang (顧彥朗)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 65
Sued for peace
Diplomatic · Petitioner · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 68
Relation Allied with · Person Li Maozhen (李茂貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 66
Relation Broke alliance with · Person Li Maozhen (李茂貞)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 68

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 136Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3: Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang · 6 passages

會彥朗卒，弟彥暉代為梓帥，交情稍怠。 When Gu Yanlang died, his younger brother Yanhui became commander at Zizhou, and their friendship cooled.

李茂貞乘其有間，密構彥暉，因與茂貞連盟，關征疆吏之間，與蜀人得失。 Li Maozhen seized the opening and secretly won Yanhui over. Yanhui allied with him, and at the passes and border posts their officials and Shu agents wrestled for advantage.

大順末，建出師攻梓州，彥暉求援於鳳翔，李茂貞出師援之，建即圍解，自是秦、川交惡者累年。 Late in the Dashun reign Wang Jian attacked Zizhou. Yanhui sought help from Fengxiang, and Li Maozhen marched to his relief, forcing Wang Jian to raise the siege. From then on Qin and Shu were enemies for years.

後建大起蜀軍，敗岐、梓之兵於利州，彥暉懼，乞和，請與岐人絕，許之。 Later Wang Jian raised a great Shu army and defeated the Fengxiang and Zizhou forces at Lizhou. Yanhui was terrified, sued for peace, and asked to break with Fengxiang; Wang Jian agreed.

景福中，山南之師寇東川，彥暉求援於建，建出兵赴之，大敗興元之眾。 During the Jingfu reign the Shannan army invaded Dongchuan. Yanhui asked Wang Jian for help; he marched out and routed the Xingyuan forces.

洎軍旋，建承虛奄襲梓州，據彥暉，置於成都，遂兼有兩川，自此軍鋒益熾。 When his army returned, Wang Jian seized the moment to strike Zizhou, captured Yanhui, and kept him in Chengdu. He now held both river basins, and his military power grew fiercer still.