Le Yanzhen (樂彥禎) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Le Yanzhen as a military officer and warlord. This record brings together 24 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Le Yanzhen	樂彥禎	Le Yanzhen
Surname	Le	樂
Personal name	Le Yanzhen	樂彥禎	Le Yanzhen
Personal	Le Yanzhen	樂彥禎
Given	Yanzhen	彥禎

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:181:s0101, jiutangshu:185:s0002

Roles

Military Officer
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died of anger and fear
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0125
Manner: distress
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0117

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 中和四年 · Western Year: AD 881
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0103
Source Date: Text: 中和四年 · Western Year: AD 884
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0111
Source Date: Text: 文德元年春 · Western Year: AD 888
Explicit event contextual date · jiutangshu:181:s0125, jiutangshu:181:s0130

Family

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Parent of Le Congxun (樂從訓)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Child of Le Shaoji (樂少寂)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological

Career and standing

Label: Left Vice Director and Grand Councilor / 尚書左僕射、同平章事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0103
Label: Military governor of Weibo / 魏博節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0109, jiutangshu:181:s0110
Label: Wei-Bo military governor / 節度觀察處置等使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0102

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0109
Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · jiutangshu:185:s0002
Place: Weizhou / 魏州 · Relation: native-of
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0093
Place: Weizhou / 魏州
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0101

Events and relationships

Kind: construction · Role: director · Action: built-outer-wall
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0114
Relation: served-under · Person Id: Han Jian (韓簡)
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0104

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: arrogant and lawless · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiutangshu:185:s0105
Assessment: proud and lawless · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiutangshu:181:s0113

References in the histories

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan · 12 passages

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樂彥禎，魏州人也。 Le Yanzhen came from Weizhou.

彥禎少爲本州軍校。 Yanzhen began his career as an army officer in his home prefecture.

韓簡之領節旄也，以彥禎爲馬歩軍都虞候，轉博州刺史。 When Han Jian took command, he made Yanzhen chief commandant of the horse and foot armies and later made him prefect of Bo.

彥禎以一軍先歸，魏人遂共立之。 Yanzhen brought one division home ahead of the rest, and the men of Wei promptly set him up as their leader.

僖宗自蜀回，加開府儀同三司，冊拜司徒。 When Emperor Xizong returned from Shu, Yanzhen received the honorary rank of Grand General of the Palace with the Three Excellencies and was enfeoffed as Grand Tutor.

彥禎志滿驕大，動多不法。 Once his ambitions were satisfied, Yanzhen grew proud and overbearing, and his conduct was often lawless.

彥禎子從訓又其子從訓天資悖逆。 Yanzhen's son Congxun was violent and defiant by nature.

彥禎因命爲六州都指揮使。 Yanzhen then appointed him commander-in-chief over the six prefectures.

彥禎危憤而卒，眾推都將趙文㺹知留後事。 Yanzhen died, broken with anger and fear; the troops set up the chief commander Zhao Wenqing to manage affairs as acting governor.

弘信少從戎役，歷事節度使韓簡、樂彥禎。 Hongxin entered military service young and served in turn under Han Jian and Le Yanzhen.

光啟末，彥禎子從訓忌牙軍，出居於外，軍眾廢彥禎，推趙文㺹權主軍州事。 Late in the Guangqi reign, Congxun, fearing the yajiun, withdrew to an outside post; the soldiers deposed Yanzhen and set Zhao Wenqing to govern the circuit provisionally.