Song Shenqian (宋審虔)

Overview

Song Shenqian was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 935 九月癸卯
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 47, passage 184
AD 934 to AD 936 廢帝/清泰間
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 49, 184
AD 936 晉之將起
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 98

Key source chapters

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27 Volume 27 Later Tang Biographies 7: Zhu Hongzhao, Liu Yanlang, Kang Sili, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou 6 passages
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 47 Volume 47 Book of Later Tang 23: Later Emperors Annals 2 1 passage

Career and standing

Heyang military commissioner 河陽節度使
AD 935 九月癸卯 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 47, passage 184
commander of the Palace Foot Guards 侍衛步軍都指揮使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 50
commissioner of the Imperial City 皇城使
Appointed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 49
palace guard foot army overall commander 侍衛步軍都指揮使
AD 935 九月癸卯 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 47, passage 184
Zhongzheng Army military commissioner 忠正軍節度使
AD 935 九月癸卯 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 47, passage 184
guard officer 牙將
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 184

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 47, passage 184
AD 935 九月癸卯
At Heyang 河陽 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 47, passage 184

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 85-87

Events and relationships

Commanded troops
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passages 51, 85

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 47, passage 184
continued commanding the army as before
AD 935 九月癸卯 · Field concurrent-command
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 47, passage 184
end unknown
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 27, passage 98

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 47Volume 47 Book of Later Tang 23: Later Emperors Annals 2 · 1 passage

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癸卯，以忠正軍節度使、侍衛步軍都指揮使宋審虔為河陽節度使，典軍如故。 On guimao Song Shenqian, Zhongzheng Army military commissioner and palace guard foot army overall commander, was made Heyang military commissioner, commanding the army as before.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 27Volume 27 Later Tang Biographies 7: Zhu Hongzhao, Liu Yanlang, Kang Sili, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou · 6 passages

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初，廢帝起於鳳翔，與共事者五人：節度判官韓昭胤，掌書記李專美，牙將宋審虔，客將房暠，而延朗為孔目官。 When the Deposed Emperor first rose at Fengxiang, five men shared his cause: Han Zhaoyin as military aide, Li Zhuanmei as chief clerk, Song Shenqian as guard officer, Fang Hao as guest officer, and Yanlang as records clerk.

帝既立，以昭胤為左諫議大夫、端明殿學士，專美為比部郎中、樞密院直學士，審虔為皇城使，暠為宣徽北院使，延朗為莊宅使。 Once enthroned, the emperor made Zhaoyin Left Remonstrator and Duanming academician; Zhuanmei director of the Bureau of Revenue and direct academician of Military Affairs; Shenqian commissioner of the Imperial City; Hao commissioner of the Northern Palace Secretariat; and Yanlang commissioner of the Imperial Estates.

久之，昭胤、暠為樞密使，延朗為副使，審虔為侍衛步軍都指揮使，而薛文遇亦為職方郎中、樞密院直學士。 In time Zhaoyin and Hao became chief councillors, Yanlang deputy, Shenqian commander of the palace foot guards, and Xue Wenyu director of Appointments and direct academician of Military Affairs.

由是審虔將兵，專美、文遇主謀議，而昭胤、暠及延朗掌機密。 Shenqian held the armies; Zhuanmei and Wenyu shaped policy; Zhaoyin, Hao, and Yanlang held the confidential seals.

遣審虔將千騎至白馬坡踏戰地，審虔曰：「何地不堪戰？ He sent Shenqian with a thousand horse to scout the White Horse Slope. Shenqian said: “What ground cannot be fought?

當晉之將起，廢帝以昭胤為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事，出為河陽節度使，與審虔、文遇皆不知其所終。 As Jin rose, the Deposed Emperor made Zhaoyin Vice Grand Councillor and sent him to govern Heyang. He, Shenqian, and Wenyu vanish from the record.