Lei Yiangong (雷彥恭)

Overview

The translated histories identify Lei Yiangong as a family member, rebel, and warlord. This record brings together 10 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lei Yiangong	雷彥恭	Lei Yangong
Surname	Lei	雷	Lei
Personal name	Lei Yangong	雷彥恭	Léi Yàngōng
Descriptive kinship	son of Lei Man	子
Given	Yangong	彥恭	Yàngōng
Given	Yiangong	彥恭	Yangong

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0219, xinwudaishi:069:s0016
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xinwudaishi:041:s0086

Roles

Family Member
Rebel
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Place: Huainan / 淮南
Explicit · xinwudaishi:041:s0089

Attested activity

Western Interval: Start: AD 901 · End: AD 908 · Source Date: Text: 開平二年十一月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Month: 11
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0222, jiuwudaishi:017:s0223, jiuwudaishi:017:s0226, jiuwudaishi:017:s0227, jiuwudaishi:017:s0228
Source Date: Text: 天復元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 901
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:017:s0219, jiuwudaishi:017:s0221
Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0089
Source Date: Text: 唐之末 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:069:s0016
Source Date: Text: 天祐中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 904 · End: AD 907
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0086
Source Date: Text: 開平元年 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0088

Family

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Child of Lei Man (雷滿)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Sibling of Lei Yanwei (雷彥威)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
Sibling of Lei Yanxiong (雷彥雄)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother

Career and standing

Status: rebel · Action: opposed-court
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0223
Status: succession · Action: succeeded · Other Person Id: Lei Man (雷滿)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0219

Places and affiliations

Label: Wu / 吳 · Relation: submitted-to
Explicit · xinwudaishi:041:s0087
Place: Lang prefecture / 朗州 · Relation: fled-from
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0227

Works and attributed material

Kind: narrative-continuation · Role: subject · Note: silent subject of raiding and alliance after succession
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0222, jiuwudaishi:017:s0223

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: allied-with · Place: Huai and Shu / 淮、蜀
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0223
Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: besieged-by · Other Person Id: Ma Yin (馬殷) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 開平元年 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit · xinwudaishi:041:s0088
Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: defeated-by-starvation · Other Person Id: Ma Yin (馬殷)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0226
Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: drove-out · Other Person Id: Lei Yanwei (雷彥威) · Counterpart Person Ids: Zhao Kuangning (趙匡凝) · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Work: New Tang History / 新唐書
Textual variant · jiuwudaishi:017:s0221
Kind: political · Role: fugitive · Action: fled-to · Other Person Id: Yang Xingmi (楊行密) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 909
Explicit · xinwudaishi:041:s0089
Kind: military · Role: fugitive · Action: fled · Place: Lang prefecture / 朗州
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0227
Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: obstructed-royal-commands
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0223
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: raided · Place: between Nanjun and Wuchang / 南郡、武昌之間
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0222
Kind: diplomatic · Role: petitioner · Action: sought-aid · Place: Huai / 淮夷
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0226
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Zhao Kuangning (趙匡凝)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0221

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: savage and sly like his father · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:017:s0222

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 17Volume 17 Book of Later Liang 17: Biographies 7: Cheng Rui, Du Hong, Tian Yun, Zhao Kuangning, Zhang Ji, Lei Man · 4 passages

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及死，子彥恭繼之。 At his death his son Yiangong took over.

〈（《新唐書》：滿以天復元年卒，子彥威自立，弟彥恭結忠義節度使趙匡凝以逐彥威。）〉 (The New Tang History says: Man died in Tianfu 1; his son Yanwei established himself; Yanwei's younger brother Yiangong joined Loyalty and Righteousness military commissioner Zhao Kuangning to drive out Yanwei.)

殷極其兵力，攻圍周歲，彥恭食盡兵敗，間使求救於淮夷。 Yin besieged a full year; starving and beaten, Yiangong sent to the Huai for aid.

及淮軍來援，高季昌逆戰於治津馬頭岸，大破之，俄而攻陷朗州，彥恭單棹遁去。 When Huai reinforcements came, Gao Jichang routed them at Matou Bank, then took Langzhou as Yiangong fled alone in a skiff.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 5 passages

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天祐中，滿卒，子彥恭自立。 During Tianyou Man died. His son Yan Gong seized power for himself.

彥恭附于楊行密，亦嘗攻劫為荊、湖患。 Yan Gong allied with Yang Xingmi but kept raiding as well, plaguing Jing and the lake country.

開平元年，馬殷發兵攻彥恭，恃塹為阻，逾年不能破。 In Kaiping 1 (907) Ma Yin marched on Yan Gong. The moat held them off for more than a year.

三年，彥恭奔于楊行密，馬殷擒其弟彥雄等七人送于梁，斬于汴市，彥恭卒於淮南，澧、朗遂入于楚。 In year 3 Yan Gong fled to Yang Xingmi. Ma Yin seized his brother Yan Xiong and six others, sent the seven captives to Liang, and had them beheaded in Bian. Yan Gong died in Huainan. Li and Lang passed to Chu.

是時，成汭死，雷彥恭襲取荊南，匡凝遣其弟匡明逐彥恭，太祖表匡凝荊襄節度使，以匡明為荊南留後。 Cheng Ru was dead and Lei Yan’gong had taken Jingnan. Kuangning sent his brother Kuangming to expel him. Zhu Wen made Kuangning commissioner of Jing-Xiang and Kuangming acting governor of Jingnan.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69: Hereditary House of Nanping · 1 passage

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當唐之末，襄州趙匡凝襲破雷彥恭於荊南，以其弟匡明為留後。 Near the end of Tang, Zhao Kuangning of Xiang Prefecture surprised and defeated Lei Yangong in Jingnan, then installed his younger brother Kuangming as acting governor.