Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General

Yang Dayan 楊大眼

Attested AD 506 - AD 507

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
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

Career and standing

Wei great general 魏大將
AD 506 五年 · Held
Directly stated · Book of Liang 9, passage 125

Events and relationships

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

References in the histories

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.