Yan Ming 晏明
| Occupation | NGeneral · Lieutenant | Faction | |
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| Appears | N | Biography in | |
| Existence | Fictional | Mentions |
Profile
Yan Ming is a lieutenant of Cao Hong who appears in Chapter 41 of the Romance. After Lady Mi throws herself into a dry well and Zhao Yun mounts his horse with A Dou held to his chest, Yan Ming arrives leading a company of foot soldiers and attacks Zhao Yun with a three-pointed, double-edged blade, but before three bouts are out he is run through by Zhao Yun's spear and falls. Romance, Ch. 41 §55–57
He appears in only one of the Romance's 120 chapters, Chapter 41, and no chapter has his name in its title. The Romance says only that he was run through and fell, and does not make clear whether he died. He does not appear in Chen Shou's main text or in Pei Songzhi's commentary. The biography of Zhao Yun in Chen Shou's main text (Records of Shu 6, Biographies of Guan, Zhang, Ma, Huang and Zhao) records only that when the First Sovereign was pursued by Lord Cao at Changban in Dangyang, Zhao Yun himself carried the young son, that is, the Later Sovereign, and protected Lady Gan, so that all escaped harm; Yan Ming's name is not there. Romance, Ch. 41 §57Records, Shu 6 §39
In the Romance
In Chapter 41 of the Romance, Zhao Yun fights Cao Cao's troops from around the fourth watch until daybreak and loses Liu Bei's family; he runs through Xiahou En, who attended Cao Cao and carried his sword, in a single bout, and seizes the Qinggang sword. Though not one of the horsemen who followed him is left, Zhao Yun asks every commoner he meets for news of Lady Mi, and finds her beside a dry well at the foot of a fire-ruined earthen wall, weeping with A Dou in her arms. Lady Mi, wounded by a spear in her left leg, refuses to the end to mount the horse, sets A Dou down on the ground, turns, and throws herself into the dry well. Romance, Ch. 41 §41 · 50–55
Fearing that Cao Cao's soldiers will steal her body, Zhao Yun pushes over the earthen wall to cover the dry well, loosens the cords of his armour, lowers his breastplate mirror, wraps A Dou to his chest, takes up his spear and mounts his horse. At that moment a general has already arrived leading a company of foot soldiers: Yan Ming, a lieutenant of Cao Hong. Yan Ming attacks Zhao Yun with a three-pointed, double-edged blade, but before three bouts are out he is run through by Zhao Yun's spear and falls, and Zhao Yun scatters the soldiers and cuts open a path. Romance, Ch. 41 §56–57
Zhao Yun next fights Zhang He of Hejian, who blocks his way, for more than ten bouts before breaking through and fleeing; he tumbles with his horse into an earthen pit, and escapes when the horse leaps out amid a streak of red light. Watching from the top of Jingshan, Cao Cao orders that Zhao Yun be taken alive and that no one shoot arrows at him from cover, and the Romance records that in this one battle Zhao Yun, carrying the Later Sovereign in his arms, broke through layer upon layer of encirclement and killed more than fifty famous generals of Cao Cao's camp. In the Romance Yan Ming's name appears only in a single passage of this chapter, and whether he died is not recorded. Romance, Ch. 41 §58 · 61–62 · 57
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Abilities
There is no record in the main text of Chen Shou’s Records, so only the Romance score is given.
- LEA38
- STR40
- INT33
- POL31
- CHA35
- VIR42
- ADP33
- SCH31
- DIP31
- DIS33
Evidence by ability
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
NAttacked Zhao Yun with a three-pointed, double-edged blade but was run through before three bouts were outCh. 41 §57
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
NNo direct record — estimated from his role as Cao Hong's lieutenantCh. 41 §57
Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.
Romance chapters (1)
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Items owned or made (1)
- Sanjian Liangrendao · Weapon · 208 · Romance
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