Fan Yanji (範延策) | 24 Histories

Overview

Fan Yanji was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Execution · At Bian 汴
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 72

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 928 天成初
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 65, passages 65, 67

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Son of Fan Yanji (範延策之子)
father 父
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 72

Places and affiliations

At Youzhou 幽州
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 67

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 65, passages 68-70

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65 Book of Later Tang 41: Biographies 17: Li Jianji, Shi Junli, Gao Xinggui, Zhang Tingyu, Wang Sitong, Suo Zitong · 4 passages

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副使範延策者，幽州人也，性剛直，累為賓職，及佐行珪，睹其貪猥，因強諫之，行珪不從。 His deputy Fan Yanji came from Youzhou, blunt and upright, and had served many lords as staff officer. Under Xinggui he saw the corruption and pressed him hard in counsel, but Xinggui would not listen.

後延策因入奏，獻封章於闕下，事有三條：一請不禁過淮豬羊，而禁絲綿匹帛，以實中國； Later Yanji went to court and filed a memorial at the palace with three proposals: first, stop banning pigs and sheep south of the Huai but ban silk and cotton instead, to strengthen the heartland;

行珪聞之，深銜之。 When Xinggui heard of the memorial he hated Fan Yanji bitterly.

後因戍兵作亂，誣奏延策與之同謀，父子俱戮於汴，聞者冤之。 Later, when garrison troops mutinied, he falsely accused Yanji of complicity; father and son were both executed at Bian, and public opinion called it a gross injustice.