Ping An (平安) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Ping An as a general. This record brings together 22 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Ping An	平安	Ping An

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · mingshi:005:s0070

Roles

General

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 建文二年夏四月 · Western Year: AD 1400
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:005:s0070

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History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 22 passages

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下詔讓王，幷遣中官逮王府僚，王遂稱疾篤。 An edict rebuked the Prince and palace eunuchs were sent to seize his household staff; he then claimed to be deathly ill.

夏四月，景隆進兵河間，與郭英、吳杰、平安期會白溝河。 In the fourth month Li Jinglong pushed on Hejian and arranged with Guo Ying, Wu Jie, and Ping An to join at the Baigou.

己未，遇平安兵河侧。 On jiwei he ran into Ping An's force on the river flats.

王以百骑前，佯卻，誘安阵动，乘之，安敗走。 The Prince led a hundred riders forward, pretended to flee, drew Ping An's line into disorder, and charged; Ping An broke and ran.

九月，盛庸代李景隆將，复取德州，與吳杰、平安、徐凯相掎角，以困北平。 In the ninth month Sheng Yong took command from Li Jinglong, recovered Dezhou, and with Wu Jie, Ping An, and Xu Kai set a pincer meant to choke Beiping.

會平安軍至，合圍數重，王大敗，溃圍以免，亡數萬人，張玉戰死。 Ping An came up and ringed him in layer after layer; the Prince suffered a crushing defeat, hacked his way out, left tens of thousands dead on the field, and Zhang Yu fell fighting.

三年春正月辛酉，敗吳杰、平安於威縣，又敗之於深州，遂還北平。 In the first month of year 3, on xinyou, he routed Wu Jie and Ping An at Wei County and again at Shenzhou, then withdrew to Beiping.

吳杰、平安自真定引軍與庸會，未至八十里，聞敗引還。 Wu Jie and Ping An marched from Zhending to meet Sheng Yong; eighty li short of him they heard of the rout and turned back.

王以計誘之，杰、安出兵襲王。 The Prince baited them; Wu Jie and Ping An sallied to ambush him.

己亥，與戰，大风拔木，杰、安敗走，追至真定城下。 On jihai they gave battle. A gale tore trees from the earth; Wu Jie and Ping An broke and ran, pursued to the foot of Zhending’s walls.

癸丑，至大名，聞齊泰、黄子澄已罢，上書请召還吳杰、平安、盛庸兵。 On guichou he came to Daming. Learning that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng had been removed from office, he memorialized the throne to recall the forces of Wu Jie, Ping An, and Sheng Yong.

夏五月，杰、安、庸分兵斷燕饷道，王遣指揮武胜上書，诘其故。 That summer, in the fifth month, Jie, An, and Yong split their armies to sever the Yan supply lines. The prince sent Commander Wu Sheng to demand an explanation in writing.

平安乘虚捣北平，王遣劉江迎戰，安敗走。 Ping An stole a march on Beiping while the prince’s main force was away. The prince sent Liu Jiang to meet him; An was beaten and fled.

三月壬辰，平安以四萬骑蹑王軍，王設伏淝河，大敗之。 In the third month, on renchen, Ping An came after him with forty thousand horse. The prince laid an ambush on the Fei River and broke them utterly.

夏四月丙寅，王營小河，為桥以济，平安趨爭桥，陳文戰死。 That summer, in the fourth month on bingyin, the prince camped at Xiaohe and threw a bridge across. Ping An raced to seize it; Chen Wen fell fighting.

平安軍桥南，王軍桥北，相持數日。 An held the south bank, the prince the north. For days neither side yielded.

平安转戰，遇王於北坂，王几為安槊所及。 Ping An wheeled to fight again and met the prince on North Slope. An’s spear nearly found him.

乃令千余人守桥，夜半渡河而南，绕出安軍后。 He left a thousand men on the bridge, crossed by night to the south bank, and swung behind Ping An’s rear.

比旦，安始觉，适徐辉祖來會。 At dawn An realized what had happened—just as Xu Huizu arrived to reinforce him.

丁丑，何福等營灵璧，燕遮其饷道，平安分兵六萬人护之。 On dingchou He Fu camped at Lingbi. Yan interdicted his supplies; Ping An detached sixty thousand men to guard the convoys.

辛巳，進薄其垒，破之，生擒平安、陳晖等三十七人，何福走免。 On xinsi he closed on their fort, stormed it, and took Ping An, Chen Hui, and thirty-seven more alive. He Fu alone got away.

詔：「今年以洪武三十五年為紀，明年為永樂元年。 An edict declared: "This year shall count as Hongwu 35; next year begins Yongle 1.