Zhang Yun (張筠) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Yun was a Military Officer.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 890 to AD 897 遣張筠馳騎第取之
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 157

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AD 890 to AD 897 遣張筠馳騎第取之 · Military · Rescuer · With Zhang Guihou (張歸厚)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 22, passage 157

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 22Volume 22 Later Liang Biographies 2: Kang Huaiying, Liu Xun, Niu Cunjie, Zhang Guiba, Wang Zhongshi, Xu Huaiyu · 2 passages

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太祖還軍中，遣張筠馳騎第取之，以為必死矣。 Back in camp Taizu sent Zhang Yun galloping to rescue him, sure he was dead.

歸厚體被十餘箭，得筠馬乃歸，太祖見之，泣曰：「爾在，喪軍何足計乎！」 More than ten arrows pierced Guihou; he seized Yun’s horse and made it back; Taizu saw him and wept: “You’re alive—what is the loss of an army!”