Sui and Tang · Merchant and Named Individual

Liang Zhengyan 梁正言

Attested c. AD 805 - AD 820

Passages: 7
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Liang Zhengyan was a Merchant and Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 813 八年春
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 49
AD 806 to AD 820 元和中
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 45
c. AD 805 憲宗立
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 34

Key source chapters

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160 Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing 4 passages
New Book of Tang, Chapter 172 Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan 3 passages

Career and standing

Executed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 41
handed to Jingzhao for execution 付京兆府決殺
AD 813 八年春 · Sentenced
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 62

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 45

Events and relationships

Took bribes promising to secure command
Political · Intermediary · With Yu Di (於頔)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 46
Relation Claimed same clan as · Person Liang Shouqian (梁守謙)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 160, passage 45

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 34

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 4 passages

有梁正言者，勇於射利，自言與守謙宗盟情厚，頔子敏與之遊處。 A man named Liang Zhengyan, bold in pursuit of profit, claimed close ties with Shouqian; Di's son Min kept company with him.

正言取頔財賄，言賂守謙，以求出鎮。 Zhengyan took Di's money, promising to bribe Shouqian to secure an outside command for him.

久之無效，敏責其貨於正言。 When nothing came of it, Min demanded his money back from Zhengyan.

梁正言、僧鑒虛並付京兆府決殺。 Liang Zhengyan and the monk Jianxu were both handed to the Jingzhao authorities for execution.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 3 passages

有梁正言者，與頔子敏善，敏因正言厚賂守謙，求頔出鎮。 Liang Zhengyan was close to Di's son Min, and Min used him to bribe Shouqian heavily, hoping to get his father posted back to a military command.

久不報，敏怒其紿，責所饋，誘正言家奴支解之，棄混中。 When nothing came of it for a long time, Min decided he had been cheated, demanded his gifts back, and had Zhengyan's slave dismember him and dump the body in a privy.

流壁封州，正言誅死。 Bi was exiled to Fengzhou; Zhengyan was put to death.