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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu · 12 passages
進逵乃逐出留後馬光惠，迎言於辰州以為帥，進逵自為副。
Jinkui expelled acting governor Ma Guanghui, brought Liu Yan from Chenzhou to lead them, and served as his deputy.
李景遣邊鎬入楚，遷馬氏於金陵，因並召言。
Li Jing sent Bian Hao into Chu, moved the Ma clan to Jinling, and summoned Liu Yan as well.
言不從，遣進逵與行軍司馬何景真等攻鎬於長沙，鎬敗走。
Yan refused and sent Jinkui with staff officer He Jingzhen and others against Bian Hao at Changsha. Hao was beaten and fled.
周廣順三年，言奉表京師，以邀封爵。
In the third year of Guangshun (953), Yan memorialized the Zhou court seeking titles.
又言長沙殘破，不可居，請移治所於武陵。
He argued that ruined Changsha was uninhabitable and asked to move the capital to Wuling.
周太祖皆從之，乃升朗州為武平軍，在武安軍上，以言為節度使，因以武安授進逵，進逵自以言己所迎立，不為之下。
Zhou Taizu agreed. Langzhou was raised to the Wuping army, senior to Wu'an. Yan became its military commissioner and Jinkui received Wu'an. Jinkui, having installed Yan himself, refused to bow to him.
言患之，二人始有隙，欲相圖。
Yan grew uneasy. The two men fell out and plotted against each other.
進逵謀曰：「言將可用者不過何景真、朱全琇爾，召而殺之，言可取也。」
Jinkui schemed: "Yan's only capable officers are He Jingzhen and Zhu Quanxiu. Summon and kill them, and Yan is yours."
是時，劉晟取楚梧、桂、宜、蒙等州，進逵因白言召景真等會兵攻晟。
Southern Han's Liu Sheng had seized Wu, Gui, Yi, Meng, and other Chu prefectures. Jinkui urged Yan to summon Jingzhen and the rest for a joint campaign against him.
言信之，遣景真、全琇往，至皆見殺，乃舉兵襲武陵，執言殺之，奉表京師，周太祖即以進逵為武平軍節度使。
Yan believed him and sent them out. Both were killed on arrival. Jinkui then struck Wuling, seized and executed Yan, and memorialized the court. Zhou Taizu at once appointed Jinkui military commissioner of Wuping.
進逵與劉言有隙，行逢為畫謀策襲殺言。
When Jinkui and Liu Yan fell out, Xingfeng devised the plot that killed Yan.
行逢故武陵農家子，少貧賤無行，多慷慨大言。
Xingfeng had been a farmer's son from Wuling, poor and rough in youth, prone to grandiose talk.