Shi Yanzhang (氏延賞)

Overview

The translated histories identify Shi Yanzhang as a general and military officer. This record brings together 2 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	Shi Yanzhang	氏延賞	Shi Yanzhang
Personal name	Shi Yanzhang	氏延賞	Shi Yanzhang
Given name	Yanzhang	延賞	Yanzhang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:065:s0020

Roles

General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: AD 919 · Western Year: AD 919
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:065:s0020

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65 Book of Later Tang 41: Biographies 17: Li Jianji, Shi Junli, Gao Xinggui, Zhang Tingyu, Wang Sitong, Suo Zitong · 2 passages

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城中矢石將盡，守城將氏延賞危急，莊宗令積帛軍門，召能破賊船者。 Missiles and stones inside the walls were almost gone, and the defender Shi Yanzhang was at the breaking point. Emperor Zhuangzong heaped silk at the camp gate and offered it to anyone who could destroy the enemy fleet.

津人有馬破龍者，能水遊，乃令往見延賞，延賞言：「危窘極矣，所爭晷刻。」 A local swimmer named Ma Polong was sent in to Yanzhang, who told him, "We are at the very edge—every instant counts."