Xifang Ye (西方鄴) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xifang Ye was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Death

Cause Illness with visions of Tan Shanda as a haunting · At his Ningjiang post 鎮
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 188

Age

20
Reckoning Sui · Point when he sought service in Liang
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 171

Attested activity

AD 923 to AD 926 同光中
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 173-174
AD 927 明年討高季興
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 183

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xifang Zaiyu (再遇)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 169

Career and standing

prefect of Kui and later Ningjiang commissioner 夔州刺史、寧江軍節度使
AD 927 明年高季興叛 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 183-184
Xiaoyi army commander 孝義軍指揮使
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 172
prefect of Cao 曹州刺史
AD 923 to AD 926 同光中 · Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 173
Imprisoned
Object Person Id Tan Shanda (譚善達) · Reason false accusation of taking gold after remonstrance
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 186

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 172
At Mancheng in Ding 定州滿城
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 168

Works and attributed material

AD 926 同光四年
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Kong Xun (孔循) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 176

Events and relationships

Asked to die at Mingzong's horse and was praised
AD 926 明宗入洛 · Political · Suppliant
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 182
Crossed south to Liang, found no post, and returned
Travel · Job seeker
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passage 171
Rebuked Kong Xun, considered killing Shi Jingtang's wife, then rode west to Zhuangzong at Sishui
AD 926 同光四年 · Political · Loyalist
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 176, 178, 180
Took Kui, Zhong, Wan, and Gui and defeated Gao Jixing while others failed
AD 927 to AD 928 討高季興 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 61, passages 184-185

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 61Volume 61 Book of Later Tang 37: Biographies 13: An Jinquan, An Yuanxin, An Zhongba, Liu Xun, Zhang Jingxun, Liu Yancong, Yuan Jianfeng, Xifang Ye, Zhang Zunhui, Sun Zhang · 11 passages

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西方鄴，定州滿城人也。 Xifang Ye came from Mancheng in Ding prefecture.

鄴居軍中，以勇力聞。 Ye grew up in the army and was famed for his strength.

鄴因責循曰：「主上破梁室於公，有不殺之恩，奈何欲納總管而負國？」 Ye rebuked him: "Our lord destroyed Liang for your sake and spared your life—how can you welcome the chief commander and betray the throne?"

鄴度循不可爭，以石敬瑭妻，明宗女也，時方在汴，欲殺之以堅人心。 Seeing that Xun would not yield, Ye considered killing Shi Jingtang's wife—the emperor's daughter, then at Bian—to steady loyalty.

循知其謀，取之藏其家，鄴無如之何。 Xun learned of the plan, took her into hiding, and Ye was helpless.

而明宗已及汴，乃將麾下兵五百騎西迎莊宗，見於汜水，嗚咽泣下，莊宗亦為之噓唏，使以兵為先鋒。 Mingzong had already reached Bian; Ye led five hundred horsemen west to meet Zhuangzong at Sishui, wept before him, and Zhuangzong, moved in turn, made his men the vanguard.

明宗入洛，鄴請死於馬前，明宗嘉歎久之。 When Mingzong entered Luoyang, Ye asked to die at his horse's feet; Mingzong praised him at length.

明年，荊南高季興叛，明宗遣襄州節度使劉訓等招討，而以東川董璋為西南招討使，乃拜鄴夔州刺史，副璋，以兵出三峽。 The following year, when Gao Jixing of Jingnan rebelled, Mingzong sent Liu Xun of Xiang and others against him and made Dong Zhang of Dongchuan southwestern commander; Ye was made prefect of Qi to assist Zhang and marched through the Three Gorges.

已而訓等無功見黜，諸將皆罷，璋未嘗出兵，惟鄴獨取夔、忠、萬三州，乃以夔州為寧江軍，拜鄴節度使。 Soon Xun and the others were dismissed for failure; the other generals were recalled and Zhang never marched—only Ye captured Qi, Zhong, and Wan, after which Qi was organized as the Ningjiang circuit and Ye was made its commissioner.

鄴，武人，所為多不中法度，判官譚善達數以諫鄴，鄴怒，遣人告善達受人金，下獄。 A soldier by trade, Ye often ignored the law; his aide Tan Shanda remonstrated repeatedly until Ye, enraged, had him accused of bribery and thrown into prison.

鄴病，見善達為祟，卒於鎮。 Ye fell ill, was haunted by visions of Shanda, and died at his post.