Five Dynasties · Military Officer

Pei Yue 裴約

First attested AD 922; died AD 923

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Pei Yue was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 923 同光元年六月
Killed when Ze fell · At Ze Prefecture 澤州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 150

Attested activity

AD 923 同光元年六月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 150
AD 922 to AD 923 繼韜之叛
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 142, 145

Places and affiliations

Polity Hedong 河東 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 141

Works and attributed material

AD 922 to AD 923 繼韜之叛
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passages 142-143

Events and relationships

Held Ze against Dong Zhang and appealed to Zhuangzong
AD 922 to AD 923 繼韜之叛 · Military · Defender · With Dong Zhang (董璋)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 145
Relation Trusted officer of · Person Li Sizhao (李嗣昭)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 52, passage 142

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 52Volume 52 Book of Later Tang 28: Biographies 4: Li Sizhao, Pei Yue, Li Siben, Li Si'en · 7 passages

裴約，潞州之舊將也。 Pei Yue was a veteran officer of Luzhou.

初事李嗣昭為親信，及繼韜之叛，約方戍澤州，因召民泣而諭之曰：「餘事故使，已餘二紀，每見分財享士，志在平讎，不幸薨歿。 He had long served Li Sizhao as a trusted officer. When Jitao rebelled, Yue was garrisoning Ze Prefecture. He summoned the people and, weeping, told them, "I served the late commissioner for more than twenty years. I always saw him share his wealth with his men and strive to settle old scores. Now he is gone.

繼而梁以董璋為澤州刺史，率眾攻城，約拒久之，告急於莊宗。 Soon the Liang appointed Dong Zhang prefect of Ze and besieged the city. Yue held out for a long time and sent an urgent appeal to Zhuangzong.

莊宗知其忠懇，謂諸將曰：「朕於繼韜何薄，於裴約何厚？ Zhuangzong knew his loyalty and said to his generals, "What have I done for Jitao, and what have I done for Pei Yue?

裴約能分逆順，不附賊黨，先兄一何不幸，生此鴟梟！」 Pei Yue knows right from rebellion and will not join the traitors. How unlucky my elder brother was to have fathered such vultures!"

乃顧李紹斌曰：「爾識機便，為我取裴約來，朕不藉澤州彈丸之地。」 He then turned to Li Shaobin and said, "You know how to move quickly. Bring Pei Yue to me. I do not need a place as small as Ze Prefecture."

紹斌自遼州進軍，未至，城已陷，約被害，時同光元年六月也。 Shaobin marched from Liaozhou, but before he arrived the city had fallen and Yue was killed. This was the sixth month of Tongguang 1.