Lu Yanhong (鹿宴宏) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lu Yanhong was a Military Officer and Warlord.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Yanhong	晏弘	Yanhong

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 881 to AD 884 僖宗在蜀
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passages 6, 8
AD 881 唐中和初
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 5, 7
AD 881 to AD 885 復光死
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passages 8-11

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Career and standing

general of Qin Zongquan 秦宗權將
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4
acting military governor 留後
AD 881 to AD 885 復光死 · Assumed · At Xingyuan 興元
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 8
acting commissioner (liuhou) 留後
Assumed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 8
military governor 節旄
AD 881 to AD 885 復光死 · Formally granted
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 9
commander of one command 都校
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 7
junior officer 小校
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 5

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Vice Director 僕射
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 11
Assumed
Self appointed regional commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 8

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4; Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 5
At Xingyuan 興元 · Relation Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 7

Events and relationships

Escorted court then plundered
AD 881 to AD 885 復光死 · Military · Commander · At Shannan 山南
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 8
Feigned warmth and summoned
AD 881 to AD 885 復光死 · Political · Patron · With Wang Jian (王建)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 10
Marched to traveling court
AD 883 僖宗在蜀 · Military · Commander · With Emperor Xizong of Tang (唐僖宗) · At Shu 蜀
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 6
Raided and seized Xingyuan
Military · Commander · At Xingyuan 興元
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 7
Sent against
AD 880 to AD 881 廣明中 · Military · Officer · With Liang founder (梁祖)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 5
Sent to Yang Fuguang
AD 881 唐中和初 · Military · General · With Yang Fuguang (楊復光) · At Cai 蔡
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4

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Relation Subordinate of · Person Qin Zongquan (秦宗權)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 15, passage 4

Assessments and attributes

Assessment ruled with increasing cruelty; followers lost heart · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 9

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 136, passage 5

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 15Volume 15 Book of Later Liang 15: Biographies 5: Han Jian, Li Hanzhi, Feng Xingxi, Sun Dezhao, Zhao Keyu, Zhang Shensi · 4 passages

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唐中和初，忠武監軍楊復光起兵於蔡，宗權遣其將鹿宴宏赴之，建與里人王建俱隸宴宏軍，入援京師。 At the beginning of the Tang dynasty's Zhonghe era, Yang Fuguang, military supervisor of the Zhongwu Army, raised troops at Cai. Qin Zongquan sent his general Lu Yanhong to join him; Han Jian and his fellow townsman Wang Jian then joined Yanhong's army and entered the capital to reinforce it.

時僖宗在蜀，宴宏率所部赴行在。 With Xizong in Shu, Yanhong marched to the court.

宴宏自為留後，以建為蜀郡刺史。 Yanhong made himself commissioner and appointed Jian Shu prefect.

唐軍容使田令孜密遣人誘建，啖以厚利，建時懼為宴宏所並，乃率所部歸行在，令孜補為神策都校、金吾將軍，出為潼關防禦使兼華州刺史。 Tian Lingzi lured Jian away from Yan Hong with rich promises. Fearing that Yan Hong would absorb him, Jian led his troops back to the traveling court, where Lingzi appointed him Shence column commander and Golden Guard general, then sent him out as Tong Pass defense commissioner and concurrently prefect of Huazhou.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 136Volume 136: Biographies of Usurpers 3: Wang Jian, Meng Zhixiang · 6 passages

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時梁祖為巢將，領眾攻襄、鄧，宗權遣小校鹿晏宏從監軍楊復光率師攻之，建亦預行。 The future Liang founder was then one of Huang Chao's generals, leading forces against Xiangyang and Dengzhou. Qin Zongquan sent the junior officer Lu Yanhong with the supervising commander Yang Fuguang to oppose him, and Wang Jian marched with them.

初，復光以忠武軍八千人立為八都，晏宏與建各一都校也。 Yang Fuguang had first organized eight thousand Zhongwu troops into eight commands, with Lu Yanhong and Wang Jian each commanding one.

復光死，晏弘率八都迎扈行在，至山南，乃攻剽金、商諸郡縣，得兵數萬，進逼興元，節度使牛叢棄城而去，晏宏因自為留後，建等為屬郡刺史，不令之任。 After Yang Fuguang's death, Lu Yanhong led the eight commands to join the emperor's wandering court. Reaching the Shannan region, he turned to plundering Jinzhou, Shangzhou, and neighboring districts until his forces numbered in the tens of thousands. He then advanced on Xingyuan; Military Governor Niu Cong fled the city, and Yanhong declared himself acting governor. Wang Jian and the others were appointed prefects of subordinate commanderies but were not permitted to take up their posts.

俄而晏宏正授節旄，恐部下謀己，多行忍虐，由是部眾離心。 Before long Lu Yanhong received formal appointment as military governor. Fearing mutiny among his men, he ruled with increasing cruelty, and his followers began to turn away from him.

建與別將韓建友善，晏宏益猜二建，偽待之厚，引入臥內。 Wang Jian was close to another officer named Han Jian. Lu Yanhong grew increasingly suspicious of the two men named Jian, treating them with feigned warmth while summoning them into his private quarters.

二建懼，夜登城慰守陴者，因月下共謀所向，謂韓建曰：「僕射甘言厚德，是疑我也，禍難無日矣，早宜擇利而行。」 Both men were afraid. That night they climbed the wall to encourage the rampart guards, and in the moonlight plotted their next move. Wang Jian said to Han Jian, "The Vice Director's sweet talk and lavish favors mean he suspects us. Disaster cannot be far off—we should choose our advantage and move while we can."