Five Dynasties · Military Officer

Zhang Yun 張筠

Attested AD 941

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Yun was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 941 佐初年
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 144

Events and relationships

Led 30,000 by land and water, routed Li Jing, captured Yang Ye and Cai Yu, and took Fuzhou
Military · Commander
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passages 144, 146

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 67Volume 67: Hereditary House of Wuyue · 2 passages

乃遣其統軍使張筠、趙承泰等率兵三萬，水陸赴之。 He sent Army Controller Zhang Yun, Zhao Chengtai, and others with thirty thousand men by land and water to their relief.

筠等大敗景兵，俘馘萬計，獲其將楊業、蔡遇等，遂取福州而還，由是諸將皆服。 Zhang Yun and the rest routed Li Jing's army. Captives and severed heads numbered in the tens of thousands; they took Jing's generals Yang Ye, Cai Yu, and others, seized Fuzhou, and returned. From that day the generals submitted in earnest.