Yuan Xingqin (元行欽)

Overview

Yuan Xingqin was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 911 to AD 913 攻劉守光於幽州
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 33, passage 36

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies of Martyrs to Service 13: Zhang Yuande, Xia Luqi, Yao Hong, Wang Sitong, Zhang Jingda, Di Jinzong, Shen Bin, Wang Qing, Shi Yanchao, Sun Cheng · 2 passages

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從周德威攻劉守光於幽州，守光將單廷珪、元行欽以驍勇自負，魯奇每與二將鬥，輒不能解，兩軍皆釋兵而觀之。 With Zhou Dewei he besieged Liu Shouguang at Youzhou; Shouguang’s generals Shan Tinggui and Yuan Xingqin boasted of valor; Luqi duelled each in turn without decision, both armies watching.

思同東走，將自歸于天子，與元行欽走異，故予其死。 Sitong fled east to surrender to the emperor himself—unlike Yuan Xingqin’s flight—so he is counted among the martyrs.