Sui and Tang · Military Officer and Official

Gu Yanlang 顧彥朗

First attested AD 885; died AD 889

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gu Yanlang was a Military Officer and Official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 889 to AD 891 會彥朗卒
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 65

Attested activity

AD 885 to AD 887 光啟
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 21
AD 887 光啟三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 25-26, 33, 36, 38
AD 889 to AD 891 婚姻之舊
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 64
AD 888 昭宗即位
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 39-40
AD 889 to AD 891 會彥朗卒
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 65

Family

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

Career and standing

military governor of Dongchuan 東川節度使
AD 885 to AD 887 光啟 · Held · At Dongchuan 東川
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 21

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 21
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 39-40

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 39

Events and relationships

Memorialized for Wang Jian pardon and Chen Jingxuan transfer
Political · Author · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 39
Ordered to attack Chen Jingxuan
Military · Commander · With Chen Jingxuan (陳敬瑄)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 40
Received visitor
AD 887 光啟三年 · Political · Host · With Wang Jian (王建) · At Zizhou 梓州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 26
Sent gifts and provisions
AD 885 to AD 887 光啟 · Diplomatic · Supplier · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 21
Relation Acquaintance of · Person Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 21

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 21, 38

References in the histories

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History

9 passages

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 136Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3: Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang · 9 passages

東川節度使顧彥朗，初於關輔破賊時與建相聞，每遣人勞問，分貨幣軍食以給之，故建不侵梓、遂。 Gu Yanlang, military governor of Dongchuan, had first known Wang Jian when they fought rebels in the Guanzhong region. He regularly sent envoys with gifts and shared supplies with him, and for that reason Wang Jian did not attack Zizhou or Suizhou.

建大喜，遣使謂彥朗曰：「監軍阿父遣信見招，仆欲諸成都省阿父，因依陳太師得一大郡，是所願也。」 Wang Jian was delighted and sent an envoy to Gu Yanlang: "My adoptive father the military supervisor has summoned me. I mean to go to Chengdu to see him and, with Grand Mentor Chen's backing, win a major prefecture—that is what I want."

即之梓州見彥朗，留家寄東川，選精甲三千之成都。 He went at once to Zizhou to see Gu Yanlang, left his family in Dongchuan's care, chose three thousand elite troops, and set out for Chengdu.

司徒不惜改轅而東，來北省太師，反為拒絕，慮顧梓州復相嫌間，謂我何心故也。 He did not hesitate to turn east and come north to see the Grand Mentor, only to be turned away. He fears Gu Yanlang at Zizhou will take offense again and wonder what we mean by this.

建軍勢日盛，復攻成都，敬瑄患之，顧彥朗亦懼侵己。 Wang Jian's power grew daily. He attacked Chengdu again. Chen Jingxuan was alarmed, and Gu Yanlang feared he would be next.

昭宗即位，彥朗表請雪建，擇大臣為蜀帥，移敬瑄他鎮，乃詔宰臣韋昭度鎮蜀，以代敬瑄。 When Emperor Zhaozong came to the throne, Gu Yanlang memorialized asking that Wang Jian be pardoned, that a senior minister be sent to command Shu, and that Chen Jingxuan be transferred elsewhere. The court appointed Chief Minister Wei Zhaodu military governor of Shu to replace him.

敬瑄不受代，天子怒，命顧彥朗、楊守亮討之，時昭度以建為牙內都校，董其部兵。 Chen Jingxuan refused to step down. The emperor was furious and ordered Gu Yanlang and Yang Shouliang to attack him. Wei Zhaodu meanwhile made Wang Jian commander of the headquarters troops and put him in charge of his own troops.

建雄猜多機略，意常難測，既有蜀土，復欲窺伺東川，又以彥朗婚姻之舊，未果行。 Wang Jian was fierce, suspicious, and endlessly scheming; his intentions were often impossible to read. Once he held Shu he again cast his eye on Dongchuan, but because of his old marriage tie with Gu Yanlang he held back.

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.