Yuan Xiangxian (袁象先)

Overview

Yuan Xiangxian was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 913 乾化三年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 9

Events and relationships

Killed
AD 913 乾化三年 · Political · Participant · With Zhu Yougui (朱友珪)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 64, passage 9

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 64Volume 64 Book of Later Tang 40: Biographies 16: Hou Yanwei, Wang Yanqiu, Dai Siyuan, Zhu Hanbin, Kong Qing, Liu Qi, Zhou Zhiyu · 2 passages

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乾化三年，與袁象先同誅朱友珪，梁末帝授洺州刺史，轉河陽留後。 In the third year of Qianhua he joined Yuan Xiangxian in killing Zhu Yougui; the Last Liang Emperor made him prefect of Ming, then regent of Heyang.

一日，莊宗於崇元殿宴諸將，彥威與段凝、袁象先等預會。 One day Emperor Zhuangzong entertained his generals in the Chongyuan Hall; Yanwei was there with Duan Ning, Yuan Xiangxian, and others.