Ancient China · General

Yan General at Liaocheng 燕將

Died BC 250 to BC 240

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan General at Liaocheng was a general.

Life and dates

Death

BC 250 to BC 240 其後二十餘年
Suicide
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 144-145

Attested activity

BC 250 to BC 240 其後二十餘年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passages 95, 141, 145

Events and relationships

Held Liaocheng
BC 250 to BC 240 其後二十餘年 · Military · Defender · At Liaocheng 聊城
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 95

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 3 passages

其後二十餘年，燕將攻下聊城，聊城人或讒之燕，燕將懼誅，因保守聊城，不敢歸。 More than twenty years later, a Yan general captured Liaocheng, but some Liaocheng people slandered him to the Yan court. Fearing execution, the general clung to Liaocheng in self-defense and dared not return.

魯連乃為書，約之矢以射城中，遺燕將。 Lu Zhonglian then composed a letter, bound it to an arrow, and shot it into the city to reach the Yan general.

燕將見魯連書，泣三日，猶豫不能自決。 When the Yan general read Lu Zhonglian's letter, he wept for three days, torn and unable to reach a decision.