Shi Yanzhang (氏延賞)

Overview

Shi Yanzhang was a general.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 919
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 20

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 · 2 passages

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城中矢石將盡，守城將氏延賞危急，莊宗令積帛軍門，召能破賊船者。 Missiles and stones inside the walls were almost gone, and the defender Shi Yanzhang was at the breaking point. Emperor Zhuangzong heaped silk at the camp gate and offered it to anyone who could destroy the enemy fleet.

津人有馬破龍者，能水遊，乃令往見延賞，延賞言：「危窘極矣，所爭晷刻。」 A local swimmer named Ma Polong was sent in to Yanzhang, who told him, "We are at the very edge—every instant counts."