Zhang Yan (張衍) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Yan was a Right Remonstrance Official.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yuanyong	元用	Yuanyong

Life and dates

Death

AD 912 乾化二年
Killed with Sun Zhi · At Baima 白馬頓 · Authority Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 74, 91
AD 912 乾化二年二月
Beaten to death · Authority Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 24

Attested activity

AD 912 乾化二年
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 21; Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passages 74, 91; New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 211
AD 911 乾化元年十一月
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 170
AD 904 昭宗東遷
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 87

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Zhang Yan
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 84
Kin of Zhang Quanyi (張全義)
uncle of nephew 猶子
nephew 猶子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 83
Spouse of Daughter of Zheng Hui
wife 妻
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 86

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Career and standing

Acting Director of Examination 考功郎中
AD 907 太祖即位 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 88
Hanlin academician 翰林學士
AD 904 昭宗東遷 · Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 87
Right Remonstrance Grand Master 右諫議大夫
Appointed
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 88
Remonstrance Grand Master 諫議大夫
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 74
Right Reminder 右諫議大夫
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 170
Right Remonstrance Officer 右諫議大夫
Held
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 211

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Right Remonstrance Official 右諫議大夫
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 21
Suffered
Executed · Authority Zhu Quanzhong (硃全忠) · At Baima 白馬
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 2, passage 211

Events and relationships

Ordered on imperial progress
AD 912 乾化二年二月 · Travel · Attendant
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 7, passage 21
Sacrificed at Wang Shrine
Ritual · Envoy
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 6, passage 170

Assessments and attributes

shrewd at profit and loved to hoard wealth
Character
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 24, passage 89

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 6Volume 6 Book of Later Liang 6: Taizu Annals 6 · 1 passage

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辛卯，次孟州，命散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、光祿卿李翼各齎香、祝版，告祭于孟津之望祠。 On xinmao at Mengzhou he sent Regular Attendant Sun Zhi, Right Reminder Zhang Yan, and Sacrifices Director Li Yi with incense and prayer boards to sacrifice at the Wang Shrine on the Meng Ford.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Book of Later Liang 7: Taizu Annals 7 · 2 passages

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詔工部尚書李皎、左散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、兵部侍郎劉邈、兵部郎中張俊、光祿少卿盧秉彝並令扈蹕。 By edict Li Jiao, minister of works, Sun Zhi, left regular attendant, Zhang Yan, right remonstrator, Liu Miao, vice minister of war, Zhang Jun, war bureau director, and Lu Bingyi, vice director of imperial sacrifices, were all ordered on the progress.

左散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、兵部郎中張俊最後至，帝命撲殺之。 Sun Zhi, Zhang Yan, and Zhang Jun came late; the Emperor had them beaten to death.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 24Volume 24 Book of Later Liang 24: Biographies 14: Li Ting, Lu Ceng, Sun Zhi, Zhang Jun, Zhang Yan, Du Xunhe, Luo Yin, Chou Yin, Duan Shen · 9 passages

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又命飛騎促於道，而騭與諫議大夫張衍、兵部郎中張俊等累刻方至，太祖性本卞急，因茲大怒，並格殺於前墀。 couriers were sent to hurry stragglers on the road, but Zhi, Remonstrance Grand Master Zhang Yan, Bureau Director Zhang Jun, and others arrived only after long delay; the Founder was by nature irascible, flew into a rage, and had them all beaten to death in the forecourt.

乾化二年二月，扈從後至，與孫騭、張衍同日遇禍於白馬頓。 In the second month of Qianhua 2 he came late on the northern tour and, with Sun Zhi and Zhang Yan, was killed the same day at Baima post.

張衍，字元用，河南尹魏王宗奭之猶子也。 Zhang Yan, styled Yuanyong, was a nephew of Henan prefect and Prince of Wei Zong Shi.

衍樂讀書為儒，始以經學就舉，不中選。 Yan loved the classics and first tried the civil service examination on classical learning but failed.

唐昭宗東遷，以宗奭勳力隆峻，衍由校書郎拜左拾遺，旋召為翰林學士。 When Zhaozong moved east, on Zong Shi's great merit Yan rose from collating clerk to Left Collector and Memorialist and was soon made Hanlin academician.

太祖即位，罷之，特拜考功郎中，俄遷右諫議大夫。 When the Founder took the throne Yan was removed from the Hanlin post, made Acting Director of Examination, and soon Right Remonstrance Grand Master.

衍巧生業，樂積聚。 Yan was shrewd at profit and loved to hoard wealth.

太祖將北伐，頗以扈從間糜耗力用係意，屢幹托宰執求免是行； As the Founder prepared a northern campaign Yan dreaded the cost of escort duty and repeatedly asked the chief ministers to excuse him from the journey;

太祖微聞之，又屬應召稽晚，與孫騭等同日遇禍。 the Founder caught wind of it; when Yan was also slow to answer the summons he suffered the same fate as Sun Zhi that day.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 2Volume 2 Later Liang Annals 2: Taizu 2 · 1 passage

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次白馬，殺左散騎常侍孫騭、右諫議大夫張衍、兵部郎中張儁。 At Baima he had Sun Zhi, Left Regular Attendant, Zhang Yan, Right Remonstrance Officer, and Zhang Jun of the Ministry of War put to death.