Lang (朗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lang was a Family Member.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 918 十五年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 12

Family

Kin of Zhang Xian (張憲)
nephew 從子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 14

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Zhang Xian (張憲)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 69, passage 16

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 69Volume 69 Book of Later Tang 45: Biographies 21: Zhang Xian, Wang Zhengyan, Hu Zhuang, Cui Yisun, Meng Hu, Sun Yue, Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, Liu Yanlang · 4 passages

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至晚渡河，人皆陷水而沒，憲與從子朗履冰而行； Toward evening they crossed the river; many men sank in the water and drowned. Xian and his nephew Lang walked on the ice;

將及岸，冰陷，朗泣，以馬箠引之，憲曰：「吾兒去矣，勿使俱陷。」 As they neared the bank the ice gave way. Lang wept; Xian pulled him with a riding crop and said, "My boy, go on—do not let us both fall in."

朗曰：「忍季父如此，俱死無恨。」 Lang said, "How could I bear to leave my uncle like this? Dying together leaves no regret."

朗偃伏引箠，憲躍身而出。 Lang lay prostrate and held out the crop; Xian leapt free.