Zhang Yan (張衍) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhang Yan as a courtier, envoy, official, and scholar. This record brings together 13 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhang Yan	張衍	Zhang Yan
Given	Yan	衍	Yan
Courtesy	Yuanyong	元用	Yuanyong
Personal name	Zhang Yan	張衍	Zhang Yan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:006:s0170, jiuwudaishi:007:s0021, jiuwudaishi:007:s0024
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0083, xinwudaishi:002:s0211

Roles

Courtier
Envoy
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed with Sun Zhi · Place: Baima / 白馬頓 · Authority Person Id: Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化二年 · Western Year: AD 912
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0091, jiuwudaishi:024:s0074
Manner: beaten to death · Authority Person Id: Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化二年二月 · Western Year: AD 912
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0024

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾化二年 · Western Year: AD 912
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:007:s0021, jiuwudaishi:024:s0074, jiuwudaishi:024:s0091, xinwudaishi:002:s0211
Source Date: Text: 乾化元年十一月 · Western Year: AD 911
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:006:s0170
Source Date: Text: 昭宗東遷 · Western Year: AD 904
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:024:s0087

Family

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Child of Father of Zhang Yan
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kin of Zhang Zongshi (張宗奭)
Kinship Term: nephew / 猶子 · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: uncle
Kinship Term: uncle of nephew / 猶子 · Subject Role: uncle · Object Role: nephew
Spouse of Daughter of Zheng Hui
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed

Career and standing

Label: Acting Director of Examination / 考功郎中 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 太祖即位 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0088
Label: Hanlin academician / 翰林學士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭宗東遷 · Western Year: AD 904
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0087
Label: Right Remonstrance Grand Master / 右諫議大夫 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0088
Label: Remonstrance Grand Master / 諫議大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0074
Label: Right Reminder / 右諫議大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:006:s0170
Label: Right Remonstrance Officer / 右諫議大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0211
Label: Right Remonstrance Official / 右諫議大夫 · Action: held
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0021
Status: executed · Action: suffered · Authority Person Id: Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠) · Place: Baima / 白馬
Explicit · xinwudaishi:002:s0211

Events and relationships

Kind: travel · Role: attendant · Action: ordered-on-imperial-progress · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾化二年二月 · Western Year: AD 912
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0021
Kind: ritual · Role: envoy · Action: sacrificed-at-Wang-Shrine
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:006:s0170

Assessments and attributes

Kind: character · Statement: shrewd at profit and loved to hoard wealth
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:024:s0089

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Book of Later Liang 6: Taizu Annals 6 · 1 passage

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辛卯，次孟州，命散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、光祿卿李翼各齎香、祝版，告祭于孟津之望祠。 On xinmao at Mengzhou he sent Regular Attendant Sun Zhi, Right Reminder Zhang Yan, and Sacrifices Director Li Yi with incense and prayer boards to sacrifice at the Wang Shrine on the Meng Ford.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Book of Later Liang 7: Taizu Annals 7 · 2 passages

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詔工部尚書李皎、左散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、兵部侍郎劉邈、兵部郎中張俊、光祿少卿盧秉彝並令扈蹕。 By edict Li Jiao, minister of works, Sun Zhi, left regular attendant, Zhang Yan, right remonstrator, Liu Miao, vice minister of war, Zhang Jun, war bureau director, and Lu Bingyi, vice director of imperial sacrifices, were all ordered on the progress.

左散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、兵部郎中張俊最後至，帝命撲殺之。 Sun Zhi, Zhang Yan, and Zhang Jun came late; the Emperor had them beaten to death.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 9 passages

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又命飛騎促於道，而騭與諫議大夫張衍、兵部郎中張俊等累刻方至，太祖性本卞急，因茲大怒，並格殺於前墀。 couriers were sent to hurry stragglers on the road, but Zhi, Remonstrance Grand Master Zhang Yan, Bureau Director Zhang Jun, and others arrived only after long delay; the Founder was by nature irascible, flew into a rage, and had them all beaten to death in the forecourt.

乾化二年二月，扈從後至，與孫騭、張衍同日遇禍於白馬頓。 In the second month of Qianhua 2 he came late on the northern tour and, with Sun Zhi and Zhang Yan, was killed the same day at Baima post.

張衍，字元用，河南尹魏王宗奭之猶子也。 Zhang Yan, styled Yuanyong, was a nephew of Henan prefect and Prince of Wei Zong Shi.

衍樂讀書為儒，始以經學就舉，不中選。 Yan loved the classics and first tried the civil service examination on classical learning but failed.

唐昭宗東遷，以宗奭勳力隆峻，衍由校書郎拜左拾遺，旋召為翰林學士。 When Zhaozong moved east, on Zong Shi's great merit Yan rose from collating clerk to Left Collector and Memorialist and was soon made Hanlin academician.

太祖即位，罷之，特拜考功郎中，俄遷右諫議大夫。 When the Founder took the throne Yan was removed from the Hanlin post, made Acting Director of Examination, and soon Right Remonstrance Grand Master.

衍巧生業，樂積聚。 Yan was shrewd at profit and loved to hoard wealth.

太祖將北伐，頗以扈從間糜耗力用係意，屢幹托宰執求免是行； As the Founder prepared a northern campaign Yan dreaded the cost of escort duty and repeatedly asked the chief ministers to excuse him from the journey;

太祖微聞之，又屬應召稽晚，與孫騭等同日遇禍。 the Founder caught wind of it; when Yan was also slow to answer the summons he suffered the same fate as Sun Zhi that day.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

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次白馬，殺左散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、兵部郎中張儁。 At Baima he had Sun Zhi, Left Regular Attendant, Zhang Yan, Right Remonstrance Officer, and Zhang Jun of the Ministry of War put to death.