Zhang Yan (Han dynasty)

For the Western Han dynasty empress, see Empress Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan
張燕
General of the Household Who Pacifies Disorder
In office
180s/190s (180s/190s)–? (?)
MonarchEmperor Ling of Han
General Who Pacifies the North (平北將軍)
(under Cao Cao)
In office
204 (204)–? (?)
MonarchEmperor Xian of Han
Personal details
Born
Chu Yan (褚燕)

Unknown
Zhengding County, Hebei
DiedUnknown
ChildrenZhang Fang
OccupationBandit leader, general, official
Other nameZhang Feiyan (張飛燕)
PeerageMarquis of Anguo Village
(安國亭侯)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yan (pronunciationⓘ) (fl. 180s–205), born Chu Yan, also known as Zhang Feiyan, was the leader of the Heishan bandits during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He rose from a local rebel to master of a confederation that could hold off the Han, becoming a regional power,[1] and was able to maintain authority in Changshan until he chose to surrender to Cao Cao, getting enfeoffment that remained with his family.[2][3]

  1. ^ Hui Goh, Meow (2022). "Genuine Words: Deception as a War Tactic and a Mode of Writing in Third-Century China". Early Medieval China Journal. 2022 (28): 10. doi:10.1080/15299104.2022.2101766.
  2. ^ Sanguozhi vol.8.
  3. ^ De Crespigny, Rafe (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms 23–220 AD (978-90-04-15605-0 ed.). Leiden: Brill. p. 1083.