Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Administrator

Zhang Jingyuan 張景遠

Zhāng Jǐngyuǎn

Died AD 467

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Jingyuan was a general and Administrator.

Life and dates

Death

AD 467 泰始三年
Cause Illness
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 80

Attested activity

AD 467 泰始三年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 86, passages 78, 80

Career and standing

Administrator of Runan 汝陰太守
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 78
General Who Assists the State 輔國將軍
Held
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 78
Champion General 冠軍將軍
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 80
Governor of Yu Province 豫州刺史
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 80
Baron of Hanquang 含洭縣男
Posthumously enfeoffed · Households 300
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 80

Events and relationships

Defeated besiegers
Military · Commander · With Yang Wenchang (楊文萇)
Directly stated · Book of Song 86, passage 79

References in the histories

Book of Song, Chapter 86Volume 86 Biographies 46: Yin Xiaozu, Liu Mian · 6 passages

至是引虜西河公、長社公攻圍輔國將軍、汝陰太守張景遠。 At this time he drew in the barbarian Western River Duke and Duke of Changshe to attack and besiege general who assists the state and Runan administrator Zhang Jingyuan.

景遠與軍主楊文萇拒擊，大破之。 Jingyuan with army commander Yang Wenchang resisted and struck them, inflicting a great defeat.

景遠尋病卒，太宗嘉其功，追贈冠軍將軍、豫州刺史，追封含洭縣男，食邑三百戶，以文萇代為汝陰太守。 Jingyuan soon fell ill and died. Emperor Ming praised his achievements and posthumously appointed him champion general and governor of Yu Province, enfeoffed him posthumously as baron of Hanquang with a fief of three hundred households, and made Wenchang administrator of Runan in his place.

元友又云：「虜圍逼汝陰，遊魂二歲，為張景遠所挫，不敢渡淮。」 Yuanyou also said, "The barbarians have besieged Runan for two years like wandering ghosts, were checked by Zhang Jingyuan, and dare not cross the Huai."

臣又以為景遠兵力寡弱，不能自固，遠遣救援，方得少克。 I further hold that Jingyuan's force was few and weak and could not hold on its own. Only by sending relief from afar did he achieve a slight success.

景遠前所摧傷，裁至數百，虜步騎四萬，猶不敢前，而今必勸國家以輕兵遠討，指掌可克，言理相背，莫復過此。 The damage Jingyuan inflicted before amounted to only several hundred. The barbarians have forty thousand infantry and cavalry and still did not advance—yet now one must urge the state to launch a distant campaign with light troops, claiming victory is at hand. Reason and fact contradict each other; nothing exceeds this.