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Qin Yanhui was a general.
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general under Ma Yin 將
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu · 5 passages
殷遣其將秦彥暉、李瓊等攻連、邵、郴、衡、道、永六州，皆下之。
Yin sent Qin Yanhui, Li Qiong, and other generals against the six prefectures of Lian, Shao, Chen, Heng, Dao, and Yong, and all fell to him.
行密遣將劉存等攻杜洪，圍鄂州，殷遣秦彥暉、許德勛以舟兵救之，已而杜洪敗死，存等遂攻殷。
Yang Xingmi sent Liu Cun and others against Du Hong and besieged Ezhou. Yin dispatched Qin Yanhui and Xu Dexun with a fleet to aid Hong, but Hong soon fell and died, whereupon Liu Cun turned on Yin.
殷遣彥暉拒於上流，偏將黃璠以舟三百伏瀏陽口。
Yin posted Qin Yanhui upstream while his deputy Huang Fan hid three hundred boats at Liuyang Ford.
存等屢戰不勝，乃致書於殷以求和，殷欲許之，彥暉曰：「淮人多詐，將怠我師，不可信。」
After repeated defeats Liu Cun sued for peace. Yin was inclined to accept, but Yanhui warned, "The Huainan men are treacherous. They mean to lull our troops—do not trust them."
急擊之，存等退走，黃璠以瀏陽舟截江合擊，大敗之，劉存及陳知新戰死，彥暉取岳州。
He pressed the attack. Liu Cun withdrew, Huang Fan's Liuyang squadron cut the river and struck from the flank, and the Huainan force was shattered. Liu Cun and Chen Zhixin were killed, and Yanhui seized Yuezhou.