Song, Liao, and Jin · Official and Military Officer

Zhao Yan'a 趙彥呐

Attested AD 1230 - AD 1234

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Yan'a was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1234 端平元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 408, passage 31; songshi:408:s0017a
AD 1230 to AD 1234 興元帥趙彥呐議東納武仙
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 408, passage 16; songshi:408:s0017a

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of Zhao Yan'a (趙彥呐之子)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 31

Career and standing

military commissioner of Xingyuan 興元帥
Held · At Xingyuan 興元
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 16

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 16

Events and relationships

Proposed accepting Wuxian and allying with Qin and Gong
Diplomatic · With Wu Xian (武仙)
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 16

Assessments and attributes

Assessment old and failing in judgment · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 31

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 408Volume 408 Biographies 167: Wu Changyi, Wang Gang, Chen Mi, Wang Ting · 2 passages

興元帥趙彥呐議東納武仙，西結秦、鞏，人莫敢言，昌裔獨奮筆力辨其非。 Zhao Yan'a, military commissioner of Xingyuan, proposed accepting the Jin general Wuxian in the east and allying with Qin and Gong in the west. No one else dared object, but Changyi alone took up his brush and argued forcefully that the plan was wrong.

又帥臣趙彥呐年老智衰，其子淫刑黷貨，士卒不用命，安癸仲恥遭抨彈，經營復用，欲起謫籍以代帥垣，昌裔皆抗疏彈擊。 and military commissioner Zhao Yan'a was old and failing in judgment, while his son inflicted cruel punishments and took bribes and the troops would not obey orders. An Guizhong, shamed at being impeached, maneuvered for reinstatement and sought to recall men from the banishment rolls to replace the frontier command—Changyi submitted forceful memorials attacking each of these abuses.