Qin Lang 秦朗

The Records has no separate biography of Qin Lang. In Chen Shou's main text he appears as General of Valiant Cavalry in the account of the campaign against the Xianbei under Emperor Ming and in the account of Emperor Ming's deathbed. The former is recorded in the Annals of Emperor Ming and the Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei and Dongyi, and the latter in the biographies of Liu Fang and Sun Zi in Records of Wei 14. Records, Wei 3 §31Records, Wei 30 §18Records, Wei 14 §151

In the 1st year of Qinglong (233), when Budugen, a chieftain of the Xianbei who guarded the frontier, secretly colluded with Kebineng, a chieftain of the rebellious Xianbei, Bi Gui, Inspector of Bing Province, submitted a memorial and immediately sent out troops. Emperor Ming said that if Bi Gui sent out troops it would only alarm the two tribes into uniting as one, and ordered that even if troops were sent they must not cross the frontier and pass Gouzhu. But by the time the edict arrived, Bi Gui had already stationed himself at Yinguan and sent the generals Su Shang and Dong Bi to pursue the Xianbei, and the two generals fought at Loufan with Kebineng's son, who had come to receive Budugen's tribe, and were defeated and killed. Budugen's tribe all went out beyond the frontier and joined Kebineng in raiding the border. Records, Wei 3 §28 · 30–31

Thereupon Qin Lang, General of Valiant Cavalry, was sent at the head of the central army to suppress them, and the barbarians promptly fled north of the desert. In the 10th month, in winter, of that year, when Daihu Alangni and other chieftains of Budugen's tribe came to Bing Province and surrendered, Qin Lang led his army back. Records, Wei 3 §31 · 33

The Biographies of the Wuhuan, Xianbei and Dongyi record the same events as follows. In the 1st year of Qinglong, when Kebineng enticed Budugen into a close alliance, Budugen, taking Xie Guini and all the people of his tribe, attached himself to Kebineng, raided Bing Province, and killed or carried off officials and commoners. When the emperor sent Qin Lang, General of Valiant Cavalry, to attack them, Xie Guini turned against Kebineng, led his tribe's people to surrender, and was made King Who Returns to Righteousness. Budugen was killed by Kebineng. Records, Wei 30 §18

In the 2nd year of Jingchu (238), when Emperor Ming fell ill, he intended to make Cao Yu, Prince of Yan, General-in-Chief and have him assist in the government together with Xiahou Xian, General Who Leads the Army; Cao Shuang, General of the Martial Guard; Cao Zhao, Colonel of Garrison Cavalry; and Qin Lang, General of Valiant Cavalry. Cao Yu, being respectful and good by nature, sincerely and firmly declined. Emperor Ming called Liu Fang and Sun Zi into his bedchamber and asked whether Cao Shuang could take Cao Yu's place, and the two agreed and urged that the Grand Commandant Sima Yi be summoned at once. Records, Wei 14 §150–152

The emperor's mind wavered for a time, but in the end he had the edict written again, summoned Cao Shuang alone to receive the edict's command together with Liu Fang and Sun Zi, and then dismissed Cao Yu, Xiahou Xian, Cao Zhao and Qin Lang from office. The Grand Commandant Sima Yi arrived, came up to the bed and received the edict, after which the emperor died. The Annals of Emperor Ming record that the emperor fell ill on the yichou day of the 12th month of that year, and that on the jiashen day (early 239 CE) Cao Yu was dismissed and replaced by Cao Shuang. Records, Wei 14 §152–153Records, Wei 3 §63

Chen Shou's main text does not record Qin Lang's courtesy name, place of origin, or the years of his birth and death, and Chen Shou made no separate assessment of him. Records, Wei 3 §31 · 33Records, Wei 30 §18Records, Wei 14 §151 · 153