Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Liang and Chen general

Xun Lang 荀朗

Xún Lǎng

c. AD 518 - AD 565

Passages: 18
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xun Lang was a Liang and Chen general.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Shenming	深明	Shēnmíng

Life and dates

Death

Date Source Date: Text: Tianjia year 6 · Western Year: AD 565
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 129

Age

Years 48 · At death
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 129

Attested activity

AD 548 to AD 565 Hou Jing rebellion
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 13, passage 3
AD 565 天嘉六年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 129
AD 553 梁承聖二年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 117
AD 557 永定元年
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 122

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Xun Yanzu (延祖)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 108
Sibling of Xun Ang (昂)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 122
Child of Xun Bodao (伯道)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 108
Parent of Xun Fashang (法尚)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 131
Sibling of Xun Gui (晷)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 122
Sibling of Xun Xiao (曉)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 115

Kinship Role documented relatives · Count 6 · Person Ids Xun Fashang (法尚), Xun Yanzu (延祖), Xun Bodao (伯道), Xun Xiao (曉), Xun Ang (昂), Xun Gui (晷)
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 108

Career and standing

cloud-banner general and inspector of Yu 雲麾將軍、豫州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 111
inspector of Hezhou 合州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 128
inspector of South Yanzhou 南兗州刺史
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 118
Titles cloud-banner general, inspector of Yuzhou, secure-the-south general, inspector of South Yanzhou, secure-the-north general, inspector of Hezhou
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passages 111, 118, 128
Marquis of Xingning
Households 2000 · Date Source Date: Text: Yongding year 1 · Western Year: AD 557
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 13, passage 122
Posthumous Name Zhuang
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 130

Places and affiliations

Yingyin, Yingchuan
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 107

Events and relationships

Event independent resistance to Hou Jing around Chaohu · Date Source Date: Text: 侯景之亂 · Western Interval: Start: AD 548 · End: AD 552 · Historical event · Participant
Dated from the passage context · Book of Chen 13, passages 110, 114
Event defeat of Guo Yuanjian at Chichu Mountain · Historical event · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 116
Event defeat of the Qi army at Shitou with Hou Andu · Historical event · Participant
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 121

Assessments and attributes

bold and generous with the broad strategy of a commander
Mode narrator
Directly stated · Book of Chen 13, passage 109

References in the histories

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History

18 passages

Book of Chen, Chapter 13Volume 13: Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; Zhou Jiong · 18 passages

徐世譜魯悉達周敷荀朗子法尚周炅 Xu Shipu; Lu Xida; Zhou Fu; Xun Lang; son Fashang; Zhou Jiong

荀朗字深明，潁川潁陰人也。 Xun Lang, styled Shenming, came from Yingyin in Yingchuan.

朗少慷慨，有將帥大略，起家梁廬陵王行參軍。 From youth Lang was open-handed and bold, with a commander's breadth of plan. He first served as traveling attendant in the establishment of Liang's Prince of Luling.

侯景之亂，朗招率徒旅，據巢湖閒，無所屬。 In Hou Jing's rebellion Lang gathered followers, held the country about Chaohu Lake, and owed allegiance to no one.

臺城陷後，簡文帝密詔授朗雲麾將軍、豫州刺史，令與外藩討景。 After the capital fell, Emperor Jianwen of Liang secretly made him cloud-banner general and inspector of Yu and ordered him, with the outer provinces, to crush Jing.

景使儀同宋子仙、任約等頻往征之，朗據山立砦自守，子仙不能克。 Jing sent his comrades Song Zixian, Ren Yue, and others against him again and again. Lang held mountain forts and Zixian could not take him.

時京師大饑，百姓皆於江外就食，朗更招致部曲，解衣推食，以相賑贍，眾至數萬人。 The capital was starving. People crossed the Yangzi to find food. Lang gathered more men, stripped off his own clothes to feed them, and built a following of tens of thousands.

侯景敗於巴陵，朗出自濡須截景，破其後軍。 When Hou Jing was beaten at Baling, Lang came out from Ruru Ford, cut Jing off, and smashed his rearguard.

王僧辯東討，朗遣其將范寶勝及弟曉領兵二千助之。 When Wang Sengbian marched east, Lang sent his general Fan Baosheng and his younger brother Xiao, with two thousand men, to help.

梁承聖二年，率部曲萬餘家濟江，入宣城郡界立頓。 In Liang Chengsheng year two, Lang led more than ten thousand follower households across the Yangzi, entered Xuancheng commandery, and set up camp.

梁元帝授朗持節、通直散騎常侍、安南將軍、都督南兗州諸軍事、南兗州刺史。 Emperor Yuan of Liang made Lang bearer of the staff, courier direct-communication scattered-cavalry regular attendant, pacifying-south general, commander of South Yanzhou armies, and inspector of the province.

朗自宣城來赴，因與侯安都等大破齊軍。 Lang came from Xuancheng to answer the call and, with Hou Andu and others, routed the Qi army.

永定元年，賜爵興寧縣侯，邑二千戶，以朗兄昂為左衛將軍，弟晷為太子右衛率。 In Yongding year 1 (557), Lang was granted the title marquis of Xingning county with two thousand households. His elder brother Ang was made left guard general, and his younger brother Gui right guard commandant to the crown prince.

尋遣朗隨世祖拒王琳於南皖。 Soon Lang was sent to follow Emperor Wen against Wang Lin at Nanwan.

高祖崩，宣太后與舍人蔡景歷祕不發喪，朗弟曉在都微知之，乃謀率其家兵襲臺。 When the Founder died, Empress Dowager Xuan and the secretary Cai Jingli kept the death secret and did not announce mourning. Lang's younger brother Xiao, who was in the capital, learned a little of it and plotted to lead his household troops in an attack on the palace.

因厚撫慰朗，令與侯安都等共拒王琳。 He then generously reassured Lang and ordered him to join Hou Andu and the others against Wang Lin.

琳平，遷使持節、安北將軍、散騎常侍、都督霍晉合三州諸軍事、合州刺史。 After Lin was pacified, Lang was transferred to credential-holder, general who secures the north, scattered-cavalry regular attendant, director-general of all military affairs in Huo, Jin, and He provinces, and inspector of Hezhou.

贈南豫州刺史，諡曰壯。 He was posthumously made inspector of Southern Yuzhou and given the posthumous name Zhuang.