Five Dynasties · General

Sha Yanxun 沙彥珣

Shā Yànxún

Attested AD 936

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sha Yanxun was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 936 清泰三年六月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 112-113

Career and standing

military governor of Yunzhou circuit 雲州節度使
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 112

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 112

Works and attributed material

reported Sang Qian rebellion
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passage 112

Events and relationships

Escaped Sang Qian rebellion and retook city
AD 936 清泰三年秋七月丁酉 · Military · Defender · With Sang Qian (桑遷)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 48, passages 112-113

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 48Volume 48 Book of Later Tang 24: Later Emperors Annals 3 · 1 passage

丁酉，雲州節度使沙彥珣奏，此月二日夜，步軍指揮使桑遷作亂，以兵圍子城，彥珣突圍出城，就西山據雷公口。 On dingyou Sha Yanxun, military governor of Yunzhou circuit, reported that on the night of the second day of that month the infantry commander Sang Qian had rebelled, surrounded the inner city with troops, and that Yanxun had broken out of the city and taken position at Leigong Pass on the western hills.