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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 57 Volume 57 Miscellaneous Biographies 37: Li Song, Li Lin, Jia Wei, Duan Xiyao, Zhang Yun, Wang Song, Pei Hao, Wang Renyu, Pei Yu, Wang Yan, Ma Zhongji, Zhao Yanyi · 9 passages
趙延義，字子英，秦州人也。
Zhao Yanyi, styled Ziying, was a native of Qinzhou.
然延義少亦以此仕蜀為司天監。
Yet Yanyi in youth also entered office through this art and served Shu as director of the directorate of astronomy.
延義兼通三式，頗善相人。
Yanyi was also versed in the Three Styles and skilled at physiognomy.
契丹滅晉，延義隨虜至鎮州。
When the Khitan destroyed Jin, Yanyi followed the captives to Zhenzhou.
李筠、白再榮謀逐麻答歸漢，猶豫未決，延義假述數術贊成之。
Li Yun and Bai Zairong plotted to drive out Mada and return to the Han court; they hesitated; Yanyi, feigning divination, urged them to act.
周太祖自魏以兵入京師，太祖召延義問：「漢祚短促者，天數邪？」
When Later Zhou Taizu marched into the capital from Wei, he summoned Yanyi and asked, "Was the brevity of the Han mandate due to Heaven's decree?"
延義言：「王者撫天下，當以仁恩德澤，而漢法深酷，刑罰枉濫，天下稱冤，此其所以亡也！」
Yanyi said, "A king who rules the realm should govern with benevolence and grace; but Han law was harsh and cruel, punishments were wrongly applied, and the realm cried out in grievance—that is why it perished!"
是時，太祖方以兵圍蘇逢吉、劉銖第，欲誅其族，聞延義言悚然，因貸其族，二家獲全。
At that time Taizu was besieging the residences of Su Fengji and Liu Chu, intending to execute their clans; hearing Yanyi's words he was startled, pardoned their families, and both households were spared.
延義事周為太府卿、判司天監，以疾卒。
Yanyi served Zhou as director of the imperial storehouse and provisional director of the directorate of astronomy; he died of illness.