Five Dynasties · General

Xie Yanzhang 謝彥章

Attested AD 918

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xie Yanzhang was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 918 天祐十五年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 28, passage 232

Events and relationships

Fought Jin at Yangliu and Majia Ford
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 28, passages 232, 243

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 28Volume 28 Book of Later Tang 4: Zhuangzong Annals 2 · 4 passages

二月，梁將謝彥章帥眾數萬來迫楊劉，築壘以自固，又決河水，彌漫數里，以限帝軍。 In the second month Xie Yanzhang of Liang brought tens of thousands against Yangliu, entrenched, and breached the dykes until the flood spread for li to block the Jin host.

交鬥於中流，梁軍大敗，殺傷甚眾，河水如絳，謝彥章僅得免去。 They grappled in midstream; the Liang were shattered with heavy losses and the water ran red; Xie Yanzhang alone got away.

梁將賀瑰、謝彥章以軍屯濮州行台村，結壘相持百餘日。 He Gui and Xie Yanzhang of Liang lay at Xingtai Village in Pu with facing camps for over a hundred days.

帝嘗以數百騎摩壘求戰，謝彥章率精兵五千伏於堤下，帝以十餘騎登堤，伏兵發，圍帝十數重。 Once he rode out with a few hundred horse to provoke a fight; Xie Yanzhang hid five thousand picked men below the embankment; the Emperor climbed the dyke with a dozen riders and was ringed ten deep.