Sui and Tang · Official and Military Officer

Pei Yi 裴奰

Péi Bì

Died AD 762

Passages: 12
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Pei Yi was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 762 至藍田，賜死
Granted death · At Lantian 藍田 · Authority Daizong (代宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 61

Attested activity

AD 762 上元二年明年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 27
AD 762 代宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passages 30-31, 61

Career and standing

Recorder of the Metropolitan Prefecture 京兆司錄參軍
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 57
Defense Commissioner of seven prefectures including Xiang and Deng 襄鄧等七州防禦使
AD 762 上元二年明年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 144, passage 28
aide 判官
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 58
Military Affairs Secretary 行軍司馬
Appointed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 58
Military Affairs Secretary 行軍司馬
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 27
Vice Censor 中丞
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 38

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Banished
Exile · At Feizhou 費州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 61

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 144, passage 27
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 57

Learning and skills

Entered office by
Credential yin hereditary privilege 蔭
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 57

Works and attributed material

Zhen is resourceful and bold; if not removed now he may prove uncontrollable
Memorial · Author · With Lai Zhen (來瑱) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 27
Speech · Subject discussed · Speaker Xue Nanyang (薛南陽) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passages 33-34

Events and relationships

Arrayed 5000 at Gu River
Military · Commander · At north of the Gu River 谷水北
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 37
Betrayed Zhen to seize post
Political · Informer · With Lai Zhen (來瑱)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 59
Defeated captured sent to capital
Military · Commander · At Shenkou 申口
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 45
Led force down Han
Military · Commander · At Junzhou 均州
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 32
Relation Client of · Person Lai Zhen (來瑱)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 58
Relation Subordinate of · Person Lai Zhen (來瑱)
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 144, passages 25, 27

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Relation Successor of · Person Lai Zhen (來瑱)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 28

Assessments and attributes

rash, petty, shortsighted; spent campaign supplies without restraint
Character
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 144, passage 60

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 144Volume 144 Biographies 69: Lai, Tian, Hou, Cui, Yan · 12 passages

行軍司馬裴奰表其狀，且言：「瑱善謀而勇，恐後難制，即除之，可一戰禽也。」 His military affairs secretary Pei Yi reported the affair and urged: "Zhen is resourceful and bold; if he is not removed now he may prove uncontrollable—strike promptly and he can be taken in one fight."

帝頗謂然，遂改瑱淮西申、安、蘄、黃、光、沔兼河南陳、豫、許、鄭、汴、曹、宋、穎、泗十五州節度以寵之，陰奪其權，加奰襄、鄧等七州防禦使代瑱。 The emperor largely agreed and, ostensibly to honor him, transferred Zhen to a grand fifteen-prefecture command spanning Huai West and Henan while secretly curtailing his power by making Pei Yi defense commissioner of seven prefectures including Xiang and Deng in his stead.

密詔奰圖之。 while a secret order set Pei Yi to bring him down.

奰自均州率眾浮漢下。 Pei Yi led his force from Junzhou down the Han River by boat.

會日入，候者白瑱，瑱與帳下謀，其副薛南陽曰：「公奉詔留鎮，而奰以兵脅代，是無名也。 At sunset scouts warned Zhen, who consulted his staff; his deputy Xue Nanyang said, "You hold this post by imperial command, yet Pei Yi comes with an army to displace you—that is an unjust act.

奰智勇非公敵，而眾心不附。 He is no match for you in wit or valor, and the men do not follow him.

明日，奰督軍五千陣谷水北，瑱以兵迎之，呼其軍，告曰：「爾何事來？」 The next day Pei Yi drew up five thousand men north of the Gu River; Zhen advanced to meet him and called across to the ranks, "What brings you here?"

曰：「公不受命，故中丞伐罪。」 They answered, "You refused the transfer, so the vice censor has come to punish your offense."

乃以三百騎為奇兵，旁萬山，出其背夾擊之，其眾幾盡，奰脫身走，至申口，禽之，送京師。 He then sent three hundred horsemen by a hidden route around Mount Wan to strike from the rear; Pei Yi's army was nearly destroyed, Yi fled alone, was seized at Shenkou, and sent to the capital.

裴奰者，始以蔭為京兆司錄參軍。 Pei Yi had first entered office through hereditary privilege as recorder of the metropolitan prefecture.

瑱鎮陜州，引為判官，移襄州，又為行軍司馬，遇之厚。 When Zhen governed Shanzhou he took Yi on as aide; at Xiangzhou he made him military secretary and treated him with great favor.

及瑱私漢上，奰欲得其處，故背瑱言狀，帝倚以圖瑱。 When Zhen clung to his command on the Han, Yi coveted his post, turned informer against him, and won the emperor's trust for the plot to remove him.