Song, Liao, and Jin · Eunuch

Xu Yanzhen 許彥真

Attested AD 960 - AD 965

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Yanzhen was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Death

clan executed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 189

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 965 許彥真被誅
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passages 188-189

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 2 passages

許彥真既殺鐘允章，惡龔澄樞等居己上，謀殺之。 Xu Yanzhen, having killed Zhong Yunzhang, hated Gong Chengsu and the rest for ranking above him and plotted to kill them.

澄樞使人告彥真反，族誅之。 Chengsu had men report that Yanzhen had rebelled, and his clan was executed.