Five Dynasties · General

Zhang Yuanhui 張元徽

Attested AD 954

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Yuanhui was a general.

Life and dates

Death

Killed in battle · At Gaoping 高平
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 70, passage 54

Attested activity

AD 954 顯德元年
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 70, passages 39, 43

Events and relationships

Fought at
Military · Vanguard · At Gaoping
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 70, passages 44, 50

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 70Volume 70: Hereditary House of Eastern Han · 6 passages

旻以張元徽為先鋒，自將騎兵三萬攻潞州。 He put Zhang Yuanhui in the van and led thirty thousand cavalry against Luzhou himself.

潞州李筠遣穆令鈞以步騎三千拒元徽於太平驛，元徽擊敗之，益圍潞州。 Luzhou's Li Yun sent Mu Lingjun with three thousand mixed troops to meet Yuanhui at Taiping Post; Yuanhui smashed them and tightened the encirclement.

旻亦列為三陣，張元徽居東偏，楊袞居西偏，旻居其中。 Min arrayed three corps—Yuanhui east, Yang Gun west, himself in the middle.

即麾元徽，元徽擊周右軍，兵始交，愛能、徽退走，其騎軍亂，步卒數千棄甲叛降元徽，呼萬歲聲振川谷。 He waved Yuanhui on. Yuanhui charged the Zhou right; at first clash Fan Aineng and He Hui fled; cavalry broke; thousands of infantry threw down arms and surrendered to Yuanhui, shouting "Long live!" till valleys echoed.

旻獨乘契丹黃騮，自雕窠嶺間道馳去，夜失道山谷間，得村民為鄉導，誤趨平陽，得他道以歸，而張元徽戰歿於陣。 Min alone fled on a yellow Khitan charger by mountain paths through Diaoke Ridge; night lost him in the hills until a farmer led him—wrongly toward Pingyang, then by another track home—while Yuanhui died on the field.

初，旻常謂張元徽等曰：「吾以高祖之業，赟之冤，義不為郭公屈爾，期與公等勉力以復家國之仇。 Min had told Yuanhui and others, "Gaozu's realm and Yun's blood forbid me to bend to Guo—we must regain our patrimony.