Sui and Tang · Official and Military Officer

Bian Xian 邊鹹

Biān Xián

Attested AD 860 - AD 873

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bian Xian was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

Captured and executed
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 169

Attested activity

AD 860 to AD 873 咸通中
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 184, passage 160

Career and standing

General 邊將軍
Known as
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passage 165

Events and relationships

Distributed rewards arbitrarily and burned written plans
Military corruption
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passages 165-166
Relation Criminal associate of · Person Guo Chou (郭籌)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 184, passages 165-166

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 184Volume 184 Biographies 109: Ma, Yang, Lu, Lu · 6 passages

始，為相時，委事親吏邊鹹。 Earlier, as chief minister, he entrusted affairs to his close clerk Bian Xian.

會至德令陳蟠叟奏書願請間言財利，帝召見，則曰：「臣願破邊鹹家，可佐軍興。」 Chen Pansou, magistrate of Zhide, asked a private audience on finances; summoned, he said, "I wish to break up Bian Xian's household to aid military expenditure."

帝問：「鹹何人？」 The emperor asked, "Who is Xian?"

鹹乃與郭籌者相依倚為奸，巖不甚制，軍中惟邊將軍、郭司馬爾，妄給與以結士心。 Xian then relied on Guo Chou for wrongdoing; Yan scarcely restrained them, and in the army only General Bian and Marshal Guo gave rewards at will to win soldiers' hearts.

嘗閱武都場，鹹、籌蒞之，其議事以書相示則焚之，軍中驚，以有異圖，恟恟，遂聞京師。 Reviewing troops at Wudu field, Xian and Chou attended; when they showed written plans they burned them; the army was alarmed at secret designs, and uproar reached the capital.

捕誅鹹、籌等。 Xian, Chou, and the rest were captured and executed.