Five Dynasties · Official

Li Yanyin 李彥頵

Lǐ Yànyīn

Attested AD 956

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Yanyin was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 顯德三年三月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 72

Career and standing

merchant 賈人
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 85
Yanzhou commissioner 延州留後
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 84

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Zhou 後周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 84

Assessments and attributes

Assessment greedy and grasping; provoked tribal and Han resentment · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 85

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 2 passages

延州留後李彥頵奏，蕃眾與部民為亂，尋與兵司都監閻綰掩殺，獲其酋帥高鬧兒等十人，磔於市。 Yanzhou commissioner Li Yanyin reported a tribal uprising; with Director Yan Wan he crushed the rebels, captured ten chieftains including Gao Naor, and had them dismembered in public.

彥頵本賈人也，貪而好利，蕃漢之民怨其侵刻，故至於是。 Yanyin had been a merchant, greedy and grasping; tribal and Han subjects alike resented his extortions, which led to the revolt.