Jing Yanguang (景延廣)

Overview

The translated histories identify Jing Yanguang as a general, military officer, official, and statesman. This record brings together 47 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Jing Yanguang	景延廣	Jǐng Yánguǎng
Courtesy name	Hangchuan	航川	Hangchuan
Surname	Jing	景	Jing
Personal name	Jing Yanguang	景延廣	Jǐng Yánguǎng
Personal name	Jing Yanguang	景延廣	Jing Yanguang
Personal name	Jing Yanguang	景延广	Jing Yanguang
Given	Yanguang	延广	Yanguang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Cause: self-strangulation / 扼吭而死 · Place: Chen Bridge / 陈桥 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 契丹犯京师 · Western Year: AD 946
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Manner: suicide · Method: strangulation
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Age

Age: 56 · Reckoning: sui
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天福八年秋 · Western Year: AD 943
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Source Date: Text: 天福四年 · Western Year: AD 939
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Source Date: Text: 契丹犯京师 · Western Year: AD 946
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Source Date: Text: 少帝在鄴時 · Western Year: AD 942
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Source Date: Text: 庚申，天平軍節度使景延廣、義成軍節度使李 · Western Year: AD 942
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Source Date: Text: 明宗时 · Western Interval: Start: AD 926 · End: AD 933
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Source Date: Text: 明年春 · Western Year: AD 944
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Source Date: Text: 明年正月庚寅 · Western Year: AD 947
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Source Date: Text: 開運三年十二月壬戌 · Western Year: AD 946
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Source Date: Text: 高祖即位 · Western Year: AD 936
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Source Date: Text: 高祖崩 · Western Year: AD 942
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Family

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Child of Jing Jian (建)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Mother of Jing Yanguang (景延广母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Spouse of Wife of Jing Yanguang (景延广妻)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Career and standing

Label: commander of the palace foot guard / 侍卫步军都指挥使 · Action: appointed
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Label: commissioner of the imperial camp / 御營使 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 天福八年二月壬子 · Western Year: AD 943
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Label: mayor of Henan and western capital regent / 河南尹，留守西京 · Action: appointed
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Label: military governor of Ningjiang / 宁江军节度使 · Action: appointed
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Label: chief of the palace guards infantry and cavalry / 侍衛馬步都虞候 · Action: held
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Label: Tianping army commissioner / 天平軍節度使 · Action: held
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Label: Palace Attendant (posthumous) / 侍中 · Action: posthumously-granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 汉高祖时 · Western Interval: Start: AD 947 · End: AD 948
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Later Jin / 晋 · Relation: served
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Place: Shaanzhou / 陕州
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Place: Luoyang / 洛阳 · Relation: resided-at
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Learning and skills

Skill: archery / heavy bow / 挽强 · Level: renowned
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
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Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: speaker · Action: broke-khitan-protocol · Other Person Id: Qiao Ying (乔莹)
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Kind: political · Role: kingmaker · Action: enthroned · Other Person Id: Shi Chonggui (石重貴)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: withheld-troops · Other Person Id: Shi Gongba (石公霸)
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Kind: capture · Role: captive · Other Person Id: Yaogu (堯骨)
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Relation: co-plotter-with · Person Id: Feng Dao (馮道)
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Relation: client-of · Person Id: Youhai (友诲)
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Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Wang Yanzhang (王彥章)
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: broke Jin–Khitan peace and ruined Jin · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 85Volume 85 Book of Later Jin 11: Emperor Shao 4 · 3 passages

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壬戌，又遣高行周屯澶州，景延廣守河陽。 On renxu Gao Xingzhou was again sent to garrison Chenzhou and Jing Yanguang to defend Heyang.

庚寅，洛京留守景延廣自扼吭而死。 On gengyin Jing Yanguang, military governor of Luoyang, killed himself by strangling.

又，景延廣辱其使。 and Jing Yanguang insulted their envoy.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 87Volume 87 Book of Later Jin 13: Biographies 2: Imperial Family · 1 passage

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高祖崩，道與侍衛馬步都虞候景延廣議，以國家多難，宜立長君，乃奉齊王重貴為嗣。 When Gaozu died, Dao discussed with Jing Yanguang, chief of the palace guards infantry and cavalry, that the state faced many difficulties and a mature ruler should be installed; they thereupon enthroned Prince Chonggui of Qi as successor.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 96Volume 96 Book of Later Jin 22: Biographies 11: Kong Chongbi, Chen Baoji, Wang Yu, Zhang Jizuo, Zhen Ruan, Hu Rao, Liu Suiqing, Fang Gao, Meng Chenghui, Liu Jixun, Zheng Shouyi, Cheng Xun, Li Yu, Zheng Xuansu, Ma Zhongji, Chen Xuan · 1 passage

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時馮道在側，繼勛事急，指道曰：「少帝在鄴，道為首相，與景延廣謀議，遂致南北失歡。 Feng Dao stood nearby. In his panic Jixun pointed at him and said, "When the young emperor was at Ye, Dao was chief minister and plotted with Jing Yanguang, which is what ruined relations between north and south.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9Volume 9 Later Jin Annals 2: the Emperor That Fled · 4 passages

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庚申，天平軍節度使景延廣、義成軍節度使李守貞、彰德軍節度使郭謹，進錢粟助作山陵。 On gengshen Jing Yanguang of Tianping, Li Shouzhen of Yicheng, and Guo Jin of Zhangde sent money and grain to help build the imperial tomb.

二月壬子，景延廣為御營使。 On renzi of the second month Jing Yanguang was appointed commissioner of the imperial camp.

丙申，幸大年莊及景延廣第。 On bingshen he visited Danian Estate and Jing Yanguang’s mansion.

壬午，前靜難軍節度使李周留守東京，景延廣為御營使。 On renwu Li Zhou, former commissioner of Jingnan, stayed to guard the Eastern Capital while Jing Yanguang took command of the imperial camp.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 29Volume 29 Later Jin Biographies 9: Sang Weihan, Jing Yanguang, Wu Luan · 38 passages

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而景延广用事，与契丹绝盟，维翰言不能入，乃阴使人说帝曰：「制契丹而安天下，非用维翰不可。」 Yanguang ruled and broke the Khitan pact. Weihan’s voice was shut out. He secretly urged the throne: “Only Weihan can tame the Khitan and steady the realm.”

乃出延广于河南，拜维翰中书令，复为枢密使，封魏国公，事无巨细，一以委之。 Yanguang went to Henan; Weihan became Grand Secretary and Military Affairs chief, Duke of Wei. Every matter passed through his hands.