Song, Liao, and Jin · Military Officer

Wang Yuan 王淵

Attested AD 1122 - AD 1129

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Wang Yuan was a Military Officer.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Key source chapters

  1. History of Song, Chapter 469 Volume 469 Biographies 228: Eunuchs 4: Shao Chengzhang, Lan Gui Kanglu, Feng Yi, Zhang Quwei, Chen Yuan, Gan Bian, Wang Deqian, Guan Li, Dong Songchen 3 passages
  2. History of Song, Chapter 357 Volume 357 Biographies 116: He Guan, Li Xijing, Wang Yun, Tan Shiji, Mei Zhili, Cheng Zhen, Liu Yanqing 1 passage

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 357Volume 357 Biographies 116: He Guan, Li Xijing, Wang Yun, Tan Shiji, Mei Zhili, Cheng Zhen, Liu Yanqing · 1 passage
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延慶營于盧溝南，幹分兵斷餉道，擒護糧將王淵，得漢軍二人，蔽其目，留帳中，夜半偽相語曰：「聞漢軍十萬壓吾境，吾師三倍，敵之有餘。 Yanqing encamped south of the Lu Gou. Gan divided his forces to cut the supply route, captured the grain escort general Wang Yuan, and took two Han soldiers. He blindfolded them and kept them in his tent. At midnight he feigned conversation: "I hear a hundred thousand Han troops press our border. Our army is triple theirs—more than enough to handle the enemy.
History of Song, Chapter 469Volume 469 Biographies 228: Eunuchs 4: Shao Chengzhang, Lan Gui Kanglu, Feng Yi, Zhang Quwei, Chen Yuan, Gan Bian, Wang Deqian, Guan Li, Dong Songchen · 3 passages
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