Five Dynasties · General and Official

Zhang Yanzhe 張彥澤

Attested AD 945

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Yanzhe was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 945 開運二年三月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 206, 209-210

Places and affiliations

Polity Later Jin 後晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 206, 209-210

Events and relationships

Charged and routed Khitan
Military · Cavalry commander
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 83, passages 206, 210

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 83Volume 83 Book of Later Jin 9: Emperor Shao 3 · 3 passages

張彥澤、符彥卿、皇甫遇等率騎奮擊，風勢尤猛，沙塵如夜，敵遂大敗。 Zhang Yanzhe, Fu Yanqing, Huangfu Yu, and others led the cavalry in a furious charge; the wind howled harder still and sand blotted out the sky like night, and the enemy was routed.

彥卿謂張彥澤、皇甫遇曰：「與其束手就擒，曷若死戰，然未必死。」 Yanqing told Zhang Yanzhe and Huangfu Yu, "Better to fight to the death than be taken alive—and we may not die at all."

彥澤然之，遂潛兵尾其後，順風擊之，契丹大敗。 Yanzhe agreed; they sent troops quietly around the enemy's rear and struck with the wind at their backs, routing the Khitan.