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Han Xizai (韓熙載) (902 – August 31, 970〔''Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms'', (vol. 28 ).〕〔(Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter ).〕), courtesy name Shuyan (叔言), was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period states Wu and Southern Tang, who was known for his writing and calligraphy skills. == Background == Han Xizai was born in 902, late in the Tang Dynasty. He was said to be from Beihai (北海, in modern Weifang, Shandong) (and, based on subsequent events, appeared to have been born there). In his youth, he lived as a hermit on Mount Song. Later, during the ''Tongguang'' era (923-926) of the reign of Li Cunxu, the founding emperor of the succeeding Later Tang, he passed the imperial examinations in the ''Jinshi'' class.〔 During the early Later Tang, Han Xizai's father Han Shusi (韓叔嗣) served as an assistant to military governor (''Jiedushi'') of Pinglu Circuit (平盧, headquartered in modern Weifang), Fu Xi (符習).〔''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 275.〕〔Han Xizai's biography in the ''Spring and Autumn Annals for the Ten Kingdoms'' gave Han Xizai's father's name as Han Guangsi (韓光嗣) and also suggested that he was the leader of the mutiny against Fu, which is inconsistent with other accounts of the mutiny, and therefore will not be adopted here.〕 In 926, when many mutinies rose against Li Cunxu's rule and one of the most major was centered at Yedu (鄴都, in modern Handan, Hebei), Fu led his troops toward Yedu, preparing to combat the Yedu mutineers under the overall command of the major general Li Siyuan, an adoptive brother of Li Cunxu's. However, on the way, news arrived at Fu's camp that Li Siyuan's own army had forced him into joining the mutiny, so he tried to retreat back to Pinglu's capital Qing Prefecture (青州). When he reached Zi Prefecture (淄州, in modern Zibo, Shandong), however, the eunuch monitor of the Pinglu army, Yang Xiwang (楊希望), whom he had left in charge of the circuit in his absence, turned against him and tried to resist him from returning, so he took the army and fled west. The commander of the army left at Qing, Wang Gongyan (王公儼), then killed Yang and took over the city.〔''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 274.〕 Han Shusi was said to be a participant in Wang's plans.〔 Meanwhile, Li Cunxu was killed in another mutiny at then-capital Luoyang itself. Li Siyuan then arrived at Luoyang and claimed imperial title. Wang, wanting to be made military governor, claimed that Fu was harsh to his army such that the army did not want his return. When Fu nevertheless approached Qing and got to Qi Prefecture (齊州, in modern Jinan, Shandong), Wang resisted him, and Fu did not dare to approach further. Li Siyuan, however, was unwilling to allow Wang to retain Pinglu, and instead named Wang the prefect of Deng Prefecture (登州, in modern Yantai, Shandong). Wang initially refused to report to Deng, but when Li Siyuan then made the general Huo Yanwei the military governor of Pinglu and had Huo gather up a force to prepare an operation against Wang, Wang became fearful and left Qing, heading for Deng. Huo intercepted him and executed him and his associates, including Han Shusi.〔 In the aftermaths of his father Han Shusi's death, Han Xizai became fearful that he would also be killed, so planned to flee to Later Tang's southeastern neighbor Wu. His friend and fellow ''Jinshi'', Li Gu (who would later be a chancellor of the succeeding Later Zhou), knew of his plan, and accompanied him to the two states' border post Zhengyang (正陽, on the border of modern Fuyang and Lu'an, Anhui), on the Huai River, to send him off. They drank together before parting with each other. At that time, Han made the comment, "If Wu makes me a chancellor, I will surely invade and conquer the Central Plains." Li laughed and responded, "If the Central Plains makes me a chancellor, for me to take Wu would be as easy as taking something out of a sack." Han then entered Wu realm.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Han Xizai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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