Xiang Yansi (向延嗣)

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiang Yansi as an envoy and eunuch. This record brings together 5 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiang Yansi	向延嗣	Xiang Yansi
Personal name	Xiang Yansi	向延嗣	Xiang Yansi
Given name	Yansi	延嗣	Yansi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:057:s0150, jiuwudaishi:074:s0062
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0106

Roles

Envoy
Eunuch

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同光四年 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:074:s0062
Source Date: Text: 向延嗣 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:057:s0150, jiuwudaishi:057:s0166
Source Date: Text: 四年三月 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:072:s0106

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Addressee Person Id: Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang (後唐莊宗) · Provenance: Mode: allegation · Source Person Id: Xiang Yansi (向延嗣)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:057:s0157, jiuwudaishi:057:s0158, jiuwudaishi:057:s0159

Events and relationships

Kind: legal · Role: envoy · Action: delivered-execution-edict · Other Person Id: Wang Yan (王衍) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四年三月 · Western Year: AD 926
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0106

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57Volume 57 Book of Later Tang 33: Biographies 9: Gao Chongtao · 3 passages

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莊宗令中官向延嗣齎詔至蜀，促班師，詔使至，崇韜不郊迎，延嗣憤憤。 Emperor Zhuangzong sent the eunuch Xiang Yansi to Shu with an edict ordering the army's return. When the imperial messenger arrived, Guo Chongtao failed to greet him with the customary ceremony at the city outskirts, and Yansi was incensed.

延嗣使還具奏，皇后泣告莊宗，乞保全繼岌。 Yansi reported everything on his return. The empress wept before Emperor Zhuangzong and begged him to protect Li Jiji.

延嗣奏曰：「臣問蜀人，知蜀中寶貨皆入崇韜之門，言崇韜得金萬兩，銀四十萬，名馬千匹，王衍愛妓六十，樂工百，犀玉帶百。 Yansi reported, "I questioned people in Shu and learned that the region's treasures had all passed through Guo Chongtao's hands. They say he took ten thousand liang of gold, four hundred thousand of silver, a thousand fine horses, sixty of Wang Yan's favorite concubines, a hundred musicians, and a hundred rhinoceros-horn and jade belts.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 72Volume 72 Book of Later Tang 48: Biographies 24: Zhang Chengye, Zhang Juhan, Ma Shaohong, Meng Hangqiong · 1 passage

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行及秦川，時關東已亂，莊宗慮衍為變，遣中官向延嗣馳騎齎詔殺之。 When they reached Qinchuan, the region east of the pass was already in turmoil. Zhuangzong feared Yan might stir up trouble and sent the palace eunuch Xiang Yansi galloping with an edict to kill him.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 74Volume 74 Book of Later Tang 50: Biographies 126: Kang Yanxiao, Zhu Shouyin, Yang Li, Dou Tingwan, Zhang Qianzhao, Yang Yanwen · 1 passage

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及圜班師，行次鳳翔，中使向延嗣齎詔至，遂誅之。 When Yuan marched home and reached Fengxiang, the imperial envoy Xiang Yansi arrived with an edict, and Yanxiao was executed.