Gankokei

A loyal subject of the Tang Dynasty in China. He was a member of the Yan clan of Langya County (on the border between Shandong and Jiangsu Provinces) and a cousin of Yan Zhenqing, a famous calligraphy figure in history, who was the fifth generation grandson of Yan Zhitui, author of the Yan Family Instructions. During the Tianbao period (742-756), he served as a field magistrate under An Lushan and was promoted to the prefect of Changshan County (Hebei Province). However, in 755, when An Lushan led a large army of barbarians and Han rebelled against the Tang Dynasty on the northeastern border, he joined forces with Yan Zhenqing to raise a loyal army, captured some of the rebel generals, and sent them to the capital. Later, the rebel Shi Siming surrounded Changshan Castle, and he was forced into a siege. After fighting bravely, he ran out of food and was captured by the bandits. He was brought before An Lushan, where he continued to denounce Lushan's rebellion, and was eventually killed.

[Atsushi Ikeda]

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中国、唐の忠臣。琅邪(ろうや)郡（山東・江蘇(こうそ)省境）の顔氏で、『顔氏家訓』の著者顔之推(しすい)の5代の孫の、書道史上著名な顔真卿(しんけい)の従兄(いとこ)にあたる。天宝(てんぽう)年間（742～756）に安禄山(あんろくざん)の下で営田判官を務め、常山郡（河北省）太守に抜擢(ばってき)された。しかし755年、安禄山が蕃(ばん)・漢の大軍を率いて東北境で唐に反旗を翻すと、彼は顔真卿と呼応して勤王の義兵をあげ、賊の一部将を捕らえて都に送った。のち反軍の史思明(ししめい)に常山城を包囲され、籠城(ろうじょう)となり、勇戦空しく兵糧尽きて賊に捕らえられた。安禄山の前へ引き出された彼は、あくまで禄山の反逆をののしり、ついに殺された。

［池田　温］

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