Region: China · Coordinates: 35.760, 115.030 · 20 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 169 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | The Yellow River burst its banks at Puyang in Dong Commandery. |
| 132 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | The Yellow River breached at Puyang and flooded sixteen commanderies; 100,000 men were mobilized to block it. |
| 109 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | He personally inspected the Yellow River breach at Huzi; everyone from the generals down carried firewood to block it, and he composed the 'Song of Huzi'. |
| 109 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | At Huzi, where the Yellow River dike had burst, he personally oversaw the sealing of the breach, stayed two days, sank jade as a sacrifice, and had two ministers seal it. |
| AD 194 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Lü Bu's detached camp stood west of Puyang, and Cao Cao broke it with a night attack; but Lü Bu returned and fought personally for dozens of rounds. Dian Wei led volunteers in defense. |
| AD 915 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | In autumn, seventh month, Wang Yanzhang, prefect of Chanzhou for Liang, feared the pressure of the imperial army, abandoned his city and fled. |
| AD 918 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | Of the Liang remnants who returned to Bian, fewer than a thousand made it, and the imperial army finally took Puyang. |
| AD 919 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | In the summer, fourth month, Liang general He Gui besieged Desheng South City, attacking from a hundred directions, and blocked the ferry with mengchong warships. |
| AD 919 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | Liang's Wang Zan set his formation and waited, but when the imperial heavy cavalry charged, the Liang army fled in panic, many drowned, and Wang Zan fled to the North City to hold it. |
| AD 921 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | Li Siyuan charged with three thousand iron cavalry, and the Liang army was routed, with twenty thousand captured or killed. |
| AD 921 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Dai Siyuan was defeated by Jin forces at Qicheng. |
| AD 923 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Xinyou of the fifth month, Wang Yanzhang led his elite men by night down the river from Yangcun, cut the Desheng pontoon bridge, and attacked and took the south city. |
| AD 923 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Wang Yanzhang, as Northern Field Pacification Commissioner, captured the south city of Desheng. |
| AD 944 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Bingwu, the vanguard commander Shi Gongba met the Khitan north of Qicheng and was surrounded. |
| AD 944 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | That day, the vanguard Gao Xingzhou was south of Qicheng; the rebel generals Zhao Yanshou and Zhao Yanzhao came out west of the royal army with tens of thousands of riders, and the Khitan ruler commanded in person. |
| AD 944 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | He fought the Khitan at Qicheng, and the Khitan withdrew. |
| AD 999 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Emperor Zhenzong stopped at Chanzhou. |
| AD 1004 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Khitan troops advanced west with their whole army north of Chanzhou, but Grand Commander Tadalan was struck by a crossbow bolt and killed. |
| AD 1004 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The emperor arrived at Chanzhou, crossed the river, visited the northern camp and comforted the generals from the tower north of the city. |
| AD 1004 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The Khitan envoy Han Qi came to discuss peace. |