Yan General at Liaocheng (燕將)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yan General at Liaocheng as a general. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yan General at Liaocheng	燕將
Title	Yan general	燕將

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

General

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其後二十餘年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 250 · End: BC 240
Explicit · shiji:083:s0144, shiji:083:s0145

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 其後二十餘年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 250 · End: BC 240
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:083:s0095, shiji:083:s0141, shiji:083:s0145

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: held-Liaocheng · Place: Liaocheng / 聊城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 其後二十餘年 · Western Interval: Start: BC 250 · End: BC 240
Explicit · shiji:083:s0095

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 3 passages

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其後二十餘年，燕將攻下聊城，聊城人或讒之燕，燕將懼誅，因保守聊城，不敢歸。 More than twenty years later, a Yan general captured Liaocheng, but some Liaocheng people slandered him to the Yan court. Fearing execution, the general clung to Liaocheng in self-defense and dared not return.

魯連乃為書，約之矢以射城中，遺燕將。 Lu Zhonglian then composed a letter, bound it to an arrow, and shot it into the city to reach the Yan general.

燕將見魯連書，泣三日，猶豫不能自決。 When the Yan general read Lu Zhonglian's letter, he wept for three days, torn and unable to reach a decision.