Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Yi Feng 怡峯

c. AD 500 - AD 549

Passages: 20
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yi Feng was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jingfu	景阜	Jingfu
Posthumous name	Xiangwei	襄威	Xiangwei

Life and dates

Death

AD 549 十五年
At Nanyang 南陽
Dated from the passage context · Book of Zhou 17, passages 93-94

Age

50
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 94

Attested activity

AD 546 中大同元年
Dated from the passage context · Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance 159, passage 193; zizhitongjian:159:s0193a; zizhitongjian:159:s0196b
AD 549 十五年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passages 93-94
AD 537 大統三年
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 79
AD 528 to AD 530 永安中
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 69
AD 534 賀拔岳被害
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 70

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Yi Wen (怡文)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 67
Descendant of Yi Kuan (怡寬)
great-great-grandfather 高祖 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 65
Parent of Yi Ang (怡昂)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 98

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Kaifu Yitong Sansi 開府儀同三司
Held
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0196b
posthumous name Xiangwei 諡襄威
Granted
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 97
pardoned 詔原其罪
Pardoned
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 89

Places and affiliations

Polity Name Western Wei 西魏 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Zhou 17, passages 69, 79
At Liaoxi 遼西 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 63

Events and relationships

Intercepted Ren Xiang with light cavalry
Military · Commander · With Ren Xiang (任祥)
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 84
Sent with Dugu Xin and Shi Ning against the rebels
AD 546 中大同元年 · Punitive campaign · Commander
Directly stated · zizhitongjian:159:s0196b

Assessments and attributes

Assessment steady, bold; contemporaries called him a fierce commander · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 95

Source notes

From Motai 默台 · To Yi 怡 · Reason 避难
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 17, passage 64

References in the histories

Search passages

History

20 passages

Book of Zhou, Chapter 17Volume 17 Biographies 9: Liang Yu; Guo Ganhui; Yi Feng; Liu Liang; Wang De · 19 passages

梁禦若干惠怡峯劉亮王德 Liang Yu — Ruogan Hui — Yi Feng — Liu Liang — Wang De

怡峯字景阜，遼西人也。 Yi Feng, styled Jingfu, came from Liaoxi.

本姓默台，因避難改焉。 His family had borne the surname Motai and changed it while taking refuge from turmoil.

峰少從征役，以驍勇聞。 Yi Feng went on campaign from youth and won a name for bold fighting.

及岳被害，峯與趙貴等同謀翊戴太祖。 When Heba Yue was killed, Yi Feng joined Zhao Gui and the others in raising up Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai.

時原州刺史史歸猶為侯莫陳悅守，太祖令峰與侯莫陳崇討擒之。 Yuan Prefecture governor Shi Gui was still holding out for Houmochen Yue; Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai sent Yi Feng with Houmochen Chong to take him.

太祖乃令峯與都督趙貴等率輕騎赴洛陽。 Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai then sent Yi Feng with Zhao Gui and others at the head of light cavalry to Luoyang.

至潼關，值魏孝武西遷，峯即從太祖拔回洛，復潼關。 At Tong Pass they met Emperor Xiaowu fleeing west; Yi Feng at once followed Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai in retaking Luoyang and securing Tong Pass again.

峯率奇兵至成皋，入其郛，收其戶口而還。 Yi Feng took a flying column to Chenggao, entered the suburbs, rounded up the people, and withdrew.

東魏遣行臺任祥率步騎萬餘攻潁川，峯復以輕騎五百邀擊之，自是威名轉盛。 Eastern Wei sent Ren Xiang at the head of more than ten thousand men against Yingchuan; Yi Feng hit him with five hundred light horse, and his reputation as a fierce commander spread.

東魏圍洛陽，峯與季海守金墉。 When Eastern Wei besieged Luoyang, Yi Feng and Yuan Jihai held Jinyong.

時峯為左軍，不利，與李遠先還，太祖因此班師。 Yi Feng commanded the left wing; the fight went badly, and he withdrew ahead with Li Yuan, whereupon Grand Progenitor Yuwen Tai pulled the army back.

涼州刺史宇文仲和反，峯與于謹討之。 When Liang governor Yuwen Zhonghe rebelled, Yi Feng marched against him with Yu Jin.

十五年，東魏圍潁川，峰與趙貴赴援。 In the fifteenth year Eastern Wei besieged Yingchuan; Yi Feng and Zhao Gui marched to its relief.

峰沉毅有膽略，得士卒心，當時號為驍將。 Yi Feng was steady, bold, and shrewd in battle; his men trusted him, and contemporaries called him a fierce commander.

贈華州刺史，諡曰襄威。 He was posthumously made governor of Huazhou with the posthumous name Xiangwei, "Assisting in Might."

朝廷追錄峰功，封昂鄭國公。 The court looked back on Yi Feng's service and enfeoffed Ang as Duke of Zheng.

昂弟光，少以峯勳，賜爵安平縣侯，起家員外散騎常侍，累遷司土中大夫、左武伯，出為汾、涇、豳三州刺史，加開府儀同三司，進爵龍河縣公。 Ang's younger brother Guang entered service young on Yi Feng's merit, was made Marquis of Anping, rose from regular attendant of scattered cavalry to central grand prefect supervising earth and left martial earl, served as governor of Fen, Jing, and Bin provinces, received opening-office three-division court equipage, and was raised to Duke of Longhe.

每征討，常與怡峯俱為騎將。 On campaign he usually served as cavalry commander alongside Yi Feng.

Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 159Volume 159 Liang Records 15 · 1 passage

丞相泰遣太子太保獨孤信、開府儀同三司怡峰與史寧討之。 Yuwen Tai sent Dugu Xin, Crown Prince Grand Tutor, and Yi Feng, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, with Shi Ning to punish them.