Five Dynasties · Official

Jing Yanguang 景延廣

Attested AD 943 - AD 944

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jing Yanguang was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 943 to AD 944 開虜之隙，自一景延廣
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 167

Events and relationships

Opened the breach with the Khitan
AD 943 to AD 944 開虜之隙，自一景延廣 · Diplomatic · Actor
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 167

Assessments and attributes

Assessment began the breach that led to Jin's calamity · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 167

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 167

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 52Volume 52 Miscellaneous Biographies 32: Du Zhongwei, Li Zhouzhen, Zhang Yanze · 1 passage

然開虜之隙，自一景延廣，而卒成晉禍者，此三人也。 Yet the breach with the barbarians began with Jing Yanguang alone, and those who in the end brought Jin's calamity were these three men.