Overview
Bian Lingcheng was an envoy and Courtier.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 747 七月十三日辰時Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 13, 19, 23-24
- AD 756 十四載十二月Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 152-156, 159
- AD 747 仙芝軍還至河西Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 43, 60
- AD 755 十二月Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 81
- AD 747 天寶六載九月Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 43-44
- AD 755 to AD 756 潼關之役Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 292
Career and standing
- palace envoy 中使Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 13
- Gate-Guard General 監門將軍AD 755 十二月 · HeldDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 81
- Army Supervisor 監軍HeldDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 152
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 13, 60, 81, 152, 154
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 292
Works and attributed material
- Report · Author · Addressed to Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗) · Paraphrased · About Person Ids Changqing (常清), Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Bian Lingcheng (邊令誠)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
- AD 747 七月十三日辰時Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 19
- Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 60
Events and relationships
- Bore execution edictDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 155-156
- Charged with dallying flight and defeatDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
- Charged with dallying flight and defeatDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
- Entered from Humi with Gao Xianzhi to rendezvous at LianyunbaoAD 747 七月十三日辰時 · Military · Envoy companionDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 13
- Entrusted with memorialDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 159
- Left with more than three thousand sick and weak to hold the captured cityAD 747 七月十三日辰時 · Military · Garrison commanderDated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 24
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- MetDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 44
- Supervised the armyAD 756 十五載 · Military · SupervisorDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 292
- SupervisedDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 81
- Relation Interfered with · Person Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 152-153
- Relation Reported on · Person Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
- Relation Reported on · Person Changqing (常清)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 154
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment hamstrung military affairs by supervising the army · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 292
- Assessment has won a signal victory and now fears for his life · Object Person Id Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) · Mode speech Speaker Bian Lingcheng (邊令誠)Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 60
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 104, passages 13, 152, 292
- also feared after the diviner was sent to observe the sunAD 747 七月十三日辰時Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 104, passage 23