Zhao Yanshou (趙延壽)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Yanshou as an aristocrat, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 25 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Yanshou	趙延壽	Zhào Yánshòu
Title	King of Wei	魏王
Title	King of Yan	燕王
Surname	Liu	劉
Title	Prince of Wei	魏王
Given name	Yanshou	延壽
Surname	Zhao	趙
Personal name	Zhao Yanshou	趙延壽	Zhào Yánshòu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:076:s0031

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Expression: died / 薨 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0188

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天祿二年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0188
Source Date: Text: 天顯十一年 · Western Year: AD 936
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0038, liaoshi:076:s0040
Source Date: Text: 會同九年 · Western Year: AD 946
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0058, liaoshi:076:s0059
Source Date: Text: 會同八年 · Western Year: AD 945
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0054
Source Date: Text: 會同六年冬 · Western Year: AD 943
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0046
Source Date: Text: 梁開平初 · Western Year: AD 907
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0033
Source Date: Text: 清泰初 · Western Year: AD 934
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0037

Family

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Child of Zhao Dejun (趙德鈞)
Kinship Term: adopted as son / 養以為子 · Parentage: adoptive · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Child of Kuai (邟)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kin of Zhao Xingshi (趙行實)
Kinship Term: kinsman / 族人
Spouse of Princess of Xingping (興平公主)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife

Career and standing

Label: military governor of Wei, Bo, and other prefectures / 魏、博等州節度使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同六年 · Western Year: AD 943
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0046
Label: chief of governmental affairs / 政事令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同初 · Western Year: AD 938
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0045
Label: commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs / 樞密使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0035, liaoshi:076:s0187
Label: imperial son-in-law commandant / 駙馬都尉 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0035
Label: military governor of the Xuanwu army / 宣武軍節度使 · Action: appointed
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Label: military governor of Youzhou / 幽州節度使 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0041
Label: Southern Capital regent / 南京留守 · Action: appointed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0042
Title: King of Wei / 魏王 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同六年 · Western Year: AD 943
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0046
Title: King of Yan / 燕王 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0041
Title: Duke of Lu / 魯國公 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 清泰初 · Western Year: AD 934
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0037

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liao · Relation: served
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0040, liaoshi:076:s0041
Place: Hengshan / 恒山
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0031
Place: Southern Capital / Youzhou / 南京／幽州 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0041, liaoshi:076:s0042

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Yaogu (堯骨)
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0049
Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0055, liaoshi:076:s0056

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: vanguard · Action: captured · Place: Beizhou / 貝州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 會同六年冬 · Western Year: AD 943
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0046
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Wang Qing (王清) · Place: Zhongdu Bridge / 中渡橋
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0058

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: achievements notable but deluded in coveting the heirship; gain blinded judgment · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0170
Item: dragon-and-phoenix ochre robe / 龍鳳赭袍 · Relation: bestowed
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0060

Source notes

From: Liu / 劉 · To: Zhao / 趙 · Note: original surname Liu; adopted by Zhao Dejun
Explicit · liaoshi:076:s0031, liaoshi:076:s0033

References in the histories

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History of Liao, Chapter 76Volume 76 Biographies 6: Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, Zhang Li · 25 passages

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耶律解裏耶律拔裏得耶律朔古耶律魯不古趙延壽高模翰趙思溫耶律漚裏思張礪 Yelu Jieli, Yelu Balide, Yelu Shuogu, Yelu Lubugu, Zhao Yanshou, Gao Mohan, Zhao Siwen, Yelu Oulisi, and Zhang Li

朔古與趙延壽據中渡橋，重威兵卻，遂降。 Shuogu and Zhao Yanshou held the Zhongdu Bridge; Chongwei's army fell back and he surrendered.

趙延壽，本姓劉，恒山人。 Zhao Yanshou, whose original surname was Liu, came from Hengshan.

梁開平初，滄州節度使劉守文陷蓚，其稗將趙德鈞獲延壽，養以為子。 Early in the Liang Kaiping era, when Cangzhou military governor Liu Shouwen seized Shuo, his lieutenant Zhao Dejun captured Yanshou and adopted him as a son.

唐明宗先以女妻之，及即位，封其女為興平公主，拜延壽駙馬都尉、樞密使。 Emperor Mingzong of Tang had already married a daughter to him; when he came to the throne he enfeoffed her as Princess of Xingping and appointed Yanshou imperial son-in-law commandant and commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs.

明宗子從榮恃權跋扈，內外莫不震懾，延壽求補外避之，出為宣武軍節度使。 Mingzong's son Congrong wielded power arrogantly, and everyone inside and outside the court trembled before him; Yanshou asked for a provincial post to keep clear of him and was sent out as military governor of the Xuanwu army.

清泰初，加魯國公，復為樞密使，鎮許州。 Early in the Qingtai era he was made Duke of Lu, again became commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and took charge at Xu Prefecture.

會敬達敗保晉安寨，延壽與德鈞往救，聞晉安已破，走團柏峪。 When Jingda was beaten back and held Jin'an stockade, Yanshou and Dejun marched to relieve him; learning that Jin'an had already fallen, they fled to Tuanbai Valley.

太宗追及，延壽與其父俱降。 Taizong caught up with them, and Yanshou and his father both surrendered.

明年，德鈞卒，以延壽為幽州節度使，封燕王。 The following year Dejun died; Yanshou was appointed military governor of Youzhou and enfeoffed as King of Yan.

六年冬，晉人背盟，帝親征，延壽為先鋒，下貝州，授魏、博等州節度使，封魏王。 In the winter of the sixth year, when Jin broke the alliance, the emperor marched in person with Yanshou as vanguard; he captured Beizhou, was appointed military governor of Wei, Bo, and other prefectures, and was enfeoffed as King of Wei.