Five Dynasties · Weibo Army Officer

Zhang Yan 張彥

Attested AD 915

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Yan was a Weibo Army Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 915 貞明元年
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 139, 162

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Liang 後梁 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 139, 152, 162

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With He Delun (賀德倫)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 162-164

Events and relationships

Defied court
AD 915 貞明元年 · Political · Mutineer
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 8, passages 140, 162

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Book of Later Liang 8: Later Emperors Annals 1 · 7 passages

仍許張彥除郡厚賜，將士優賞。 Zhang Yan was still offered a prefecture and rich gifts, the troops generous bounty.

彥等不遜，投詔於地，侮罵詔使，因迫德倫飛奏，請卻復相、衛，抽退劉鄩軍。 Yan defied the court, trampled the edict, cursed the envoy, and made Delun demand Xiang and Wei back and Liu Yan's withdrawal.

彥等奮臂南向而罵曰：「傭保兒，敢如是也！」 Yan shook his fist southward: "Bondservant brats, how dare you!"

時有文吏司空頲者，甚有筆才，彥召見，謂曰：「為我更草一狀，詞宜抵突，如更敢違，則渡河擄之。」 Clerk Sikong Ting, a fine writer, was summoned; Yan said: "Draft a fiercer memorial—if they refuse again, we cross the Yellow River and take them."

張彥又以楊師厚先兼招討使，請朝廷依例授之，故復逼德倫奏曰：「臣當道兵甲素精，貔貅極銳，下視並、汾之敵，平吞鎮、定之人。 Yan also demanded the Pacification title Shihou once held; Delun was forced to add: "Our blades are sharp, our host the fiercest—we despise Shanxi's enemies and could take Zhen and Ding.

詔至，張彥壞裂，抵之於地，謂德倫曰：「梁主不達時機，聽人穿鼻，城中擾攘，未有所依。 Yan shredded the edict and told Delun: "The Liang ruler is blind, led by the nose; the city has no anchor.

彥使德倫告諭軍城曰：「可依河東稱天祐十三年，此後如有人將文字於河南往來，便仰所在處置。」 Yan made Delun proclaim: "Take Hedong's Tianyou year 13; any papers bound for Henan are to be seized on the road."