Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Yang Dayan 楊大眼

Attested AD 497 - AD 518

Passages: 12
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Dayan was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 506 五年
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 125
AD 507 六年三月
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 134
AD 515 十四年十一月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passages 151, 158
AD 497 建武末
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 17, passage 17
AD 506 to AD 507 是冬
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passages 188, 190, 194
AD 500 to AD 518 魏名將
Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 39, passage 73

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Yang Hua (楊華)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 73

Key source chapters

Career and standing

famed general of Wei 魏名將
Directly stated · Book of Liang 39, passage 73
Wei great general 魏大將
AD 506 五年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 125
General 將
AD 515 十四年十一月 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 18, passage 158
Quelling East General 平東將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 188

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 158, 188; Book of Liang 39, passage 73

Events and relationships

Attacked
AD 497 建武末 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 17, passage 17
Built supply city on north bank
AD 506 五年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 125
Burned camp and fled
AD 507 六年三月 · Flight · Fugitive
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 134
Held west bank and assaulted Zhongli
Military · Commander · With Yuan Ying (元英) · At Zhongli 鐘離
Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passages 188, 190, 194
Proclaimed he would burst the dam
AD 515 十四年十一月 · Military · Wei general
Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 158
Relation Subordinate of · Person Yuan Ying (元英)
Directly stated · Book of Liang 18, passage 188

References in the histories

Search passages

History

12 passages

Book of Liang, Chapter 9Volume 9: Wang Mao; Cao Jingzong; Liu Qingyuan · 6 passages

魏大將楊大眼對橋北岸立城，以通糧運，每牧人過岸伐芻槁，皆爲大眼所略。 Wei's great general Yang Dayan built a city on the north bank opposite the bridge to keep supplies moving; whenever herders crossed to cut fodder, Dayan seized them.

景宗乃募勇敢士千餘人，徑渡大眼城南數里築壘，親自舉築。 Jingzong then recruited more than a thousand brave men, crossed several li south of Dayan's city, and built a rampart, piling earth with his own hands.

大眼率衆來攻，景宗與戰破之，因得壘成。 Dayan led his troops to attack; Jingzong fought and broke him, and the rampart was finished.

大眼時遣抄掠，輒反爲趙草所獲。 Whenever Dayan sent raiders, Zhao Cao captured them instead.

景宗因使衆軍皆鼓噪亂登諸城，呼聲震天地，大眼於西岸燒營，英自東岸棄城走。 Jingzong then had every army drum and shout and swarm the walls; the roar shook heaven and earth; Dayan burned his camp on the west bank, and Ying abandoned his city and fled from the east.

景宗令軍主馬廣躡大眼至濊水上，四十餘里，伏屍相枕。 Jingzong ordered the army commander Ma Guang to pursue Dayan to the Huishui for more than forty li; the dead lay heaped along the way.

Book of Liang, Chapter 17Volume 17: Wang Zhenguo; Ma Xianpin; Zhang Qi · 1 passage

魏將楊大眼大衆奄至，叔業懼，棄軍走，珍國率其衆殿，故不至大敗。 Wei general Yang Dayan's host suddenly arrived; Shuye in fear abandoned the army and fled; Zhenguo led the rearguard, so the defeat was not total.

Book of Liang, Chapter 18Volume 18: Zhang Huishao; Feng Daogen; Kang Xuan; Chang Yizhi · 4 passages

十一月，魏遣將楊大眼揚聲決堰，絢命諸軍撤營露次以待之。 In the eleventh month Yang Dayan of Wei boasted he would break the dam; Xuan had the hosts break camp and wait in the open.

是冬，英果率其安樂王元道明、平東將軍楊大眼等衆數十萬，來寇鐘離。 That winter Ying came with Yuan Daoming, Yang Dayan, and hundreds of thousands to strike Zhongli.

英據東岸，大眼據西岸，以攻城。 Ying held the east bank, Dayan the west, and together they besieged the walls.

英與大眼躬自督戰，晝夜苦攻，分番相代，墜而復升，莫有退者。 Ying and Dayan fought in person, attacking day and night in relays; men fell from the walls and climbed back, none yielding.

Book of Liang, Chapter 39Volume 39: Yuan Faseng; Yuan Shu; Yuan Yuanda; Wang Shenian; Yang Hua; Yang Kan; Yang Kun; Yang Yaren · 1 passage

父大眼，爲魏名將。 His father Yang Dayan was one of Wei’s great commanders.