Five Dynasties · Military Officer

Xian Shilang 鹹師朗

Xián Shīlǎng

Attested AD 956

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xian Shilang was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 956 顯德三年春正月
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passages 1, 9

Career and standing

Entered
Captivity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 9

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Tang 南唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passages 9, 18

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 18

Events and relationships

Captured alive
Military · Deputy general · At Zhengyang 正陽
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 9

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 2 passages

辛亥，李重進奏，大破淮賊於正陽，斬首二萬餘級，伏屍三十里，臨陣斬賊大將劉彥貞，生擒偏將鹹師朗已下，獲戎甲三十萬副、馬五百匹。 On xinhai, Li Chongjin reported a great victory at Zhengyang: over twenty thousand enemy dead, bodies strewn for thirty li along the field. He killed the rebel commander Liu Yanzhen in the fighting, took Deputy General Xian Shilang and others alive, and captured three hundred thousand suits of armor and five hundred horses.

彥貞等聞蒨退軍，皆以為怯，裨將鹹師朗曰：「追之可大獲。」 Liu Yanzhen and his officers took Qian's withdrawal as a sign of cowardice. Deputy General Xian Shilang urged: "A pursuit would bring rich spoils."