Wang Yan (王衍) | 24 Histories

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Wang Yan was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 918 王衍立
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 46, passage 142

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 46Volume 46 Miscellaneous Biographies 26: Zhao Zaili, Huo Yanwei, Fang Zhiwen, Wang Yanqiu, An Zhongba, Wang Jianli, Kang Fu, Guo Yanlu · 3 passages

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王衍立，少年，宦者王承休用事，重霸深結承休以自托。 When Wang Yan rose he was young. The eunuch Wang Chengxiu held power. Zhongba bonded deeply with Chengxiu to secure himself.

梁末，蜀取李茂貞秦、成、階三州，重霸勸承休求鎮秦州，衍以承休為節度使，重霸為其副使。 At Liang’s end Shu took Li Maozhen’s Qin, Cheng, and Jie. Zhongba urged Chengxiu to seek Qin. Yan made Chengxiu military commissioner and Zhongba his deputy.

重霸與承休多取秦州花木獻衍，請衍東遊。 Zhongba and Chengxiu sent Qin’s flowers and trees to Yan and asked him to tour east.