Five Dynasties · Military Officer

Lu Yanchang 盧延昌

Attested AD 911 - AD 911

Passages
6
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Lu Yanchang as an administrator, family member, military officer, and warlord. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lu Yanchang 盧延昌 Lu Yanchang
Personal name Lu Yanchang 盧延昌 Lú Yánchāng
Descriptive kinship son of Lu Guangchou 其子
Personal Yanchang 延昌
Given Yanchang 延昌 Yánchāng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Family Member
  • Military Officer
  • Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 乾化元年二月 · Western Year: AD 911
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:006:s0074
  • Source Date: Text: 開平五年 · Western Year: AD 911
    Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:041:s0023

Family

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  • Child of Lu Guangchou (盧光稠)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: Zhennan general, military commissioner, acting observation commissioner / 鎮南將軍節度使觀察留後 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Qianzhou prefect / 虔州刺史 · Action: held

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Source notes

  • Field: allegiance · Statement: submitted to Wu while pretending to seek office from Liang · Witness: Nine States Annals / 九國志

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Book of Later Liang 6: Taizu Annals 6 · 4 passages
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 41Volume 41 Miscellaneous Biographies 21: Lu Guangchou, Tan Quanbo, Lei Man, Zhong Chuan, Zhao Kuangning · 2 passages