Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Li Yansun 李延孫

Attested AD 534 - AD 570

Passages: 17
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Yansun was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Death

Murdered · Killed by Yang Bolan (楊伯蘭)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 35

Attested activity

AD 557 to AD 570 史臣曰
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passages 195-196, 214, 227
AD 538 大統四年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passage 35
AD 534 魏孝武西遷
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 43, passages 26-27

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Li Bofu (李伯扶)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 3
Child of Li Changshou (李長壽)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 4
Parent of Li Renjie (李人傑)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 37
Sibling of Li Yisun (李義孫)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 39

Career and standing

Executive Commissioner of the Capital South 京南行臺
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 31
General of the Direct Gate 直閤將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 22
posthumous Minister of Works 贈司空
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 36
Duke of Huashan Commandery 華山郡公
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 32

Places and affiliations

Northern Zhou 周朝
Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 199
Polity Name Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 43, passage 31
At Yichuan 伊川
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 2

Events and relationships

Defeated Murong Shaozong and beheaded Xue Xi
Military · Commander · With Murong Shaozong (慕容紹宗)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passages 28-29
Entrusted with defense
Military · Frontier defender · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 196
Escorted fleeing princes and officials to Guanzhong
Political · Protector
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 27

Assessments and attributes

Assessment endowed with courage and stratagem; entrusted with defense of frontier fortresses · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 196
Assessment formidable warrior with commander gifts · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passage 20
Assessment in repelling invasion stood equal to heroes of earlier ages; helped hold the Yi and Luo and Xiao and Han, blunting Qi designs and easing Zhou eastern concerns · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 43, passages 197-199

References in the histories

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History

17 passages

Book of Zhou, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 35: Li Yansun; Wei You; Han Xiong; Chen Xin; Wei Xuan · 17 passages

李延孫韋祐韓雄陳忻魏玄 Biographies of Li Yansun, Wei You, Han Xiong, Chen Xin, and Wei Xuan

李延孫，伊川人也。 Li Yansun came from Yichuan.

延孫亦雄武有將帥才略。 Yansun was likewise a formidable warrior with a commander's gifts.

賀拔勝為荊州刺史，表延孫為都督。 When Heba Sheng took office as governor of Jing province, he recommended Yansun for a command.

及長壽被害，延孫乃還，收集其父之衆。 After Changshou was killed, Yansun came back and rallied his father's former forces.

廣陵王欣、錄尚書長孫稚、潁川王斌之、安昌王子均及建甯、江夏、隴東諸王幷百官等攜持妻子來投延孫者，延孫卽率衆衛送，並贈以珍玩，咸達關中。 When Prince of Guangling Xin, Chief Clerk of the Records Office Changsun Zhi, Prince of Yingchuan Binzhi, Prince of Anchang Zijun, the princes of Jianning, Jiangxia, and Longdong, and many other officials fled east with their families to seek Yansun's protection, he led his men to escort them, gave them precious gifts, and saw them all safely through to Guanzhong.

延孫獎勵所部出戰，遂大破之，臨陣斬其揚州刺史薛喜。 Yansun roused his troops to battle, routed the enemy completely, and on the field slew Xue Xi, their governor of Yang province.

乃授延孫京南行臺、節度河南諸軍事、廣州刺史。 Yansun was appointed executive commissioner for the capital south, given overall command of military affairs in Henan, and made governor of Guang province.

延孫既荷重委，每以剋清伊、洛為己任。 Entrusted with heavy responsibility, Yansun made it his personal mission to pacify the Yi and Luo region.

延孫弟義孫，亦官至開府儀同三司。 Yansun's younger brother Yisun likewise rose to a baron's establishment equal to the Three Dukes.

及長壽被害，其子延孫收長壽餘衆，守禦東境。 After Changshou was killed, his son Yansun rallied the remnants of his father's forces and held the eastern frontier.

朝廷恐延孫兵少不能自固，乃除法保東洛州刺史，配兵數百人，以援延孫。 Fearing Yansun had too few men to hold his ground, the court appointed Fabao governor of East Luoyang province and assigned him several hundred troops to reinforce him.

數日，得與延孫兵接，乃幷勢置柵於伏流。 After several days he linked up with Yansun's forces; together they built fortified camps at Fulu.

未幾，太祖追法保與延孫率衆還朝，賞勞甚厚。 Before long the Grand Ancestor recalled Fabao and Yansun with their troops to court and rewarded them handsomely.

及延孫被害，法保乃率所部，據延孫舊柵。 After Yansun was killed, Fabao led his men to hold Yansun's former camps.

及獨孤信入洛，忻舉李延孫為前鋒，仍從信守金墉城。 When Dugu Xin entered Luoyang, Xin put Li Yansun at the head of the vanguard and joined Xin in holding Jinyong city.

李延孫等以勇略之姿，受扞城之寄。 Men such as Li Yansun, endowed with courage and stratagem, were entrusted with the defense of the frontier fortresses.