Zhang Yan (nicknamed Flying Swallow Zhang) - named for his agility
Zhang Quanyi (張全義; 852-926), also known as Zhang Yan (張言), late Tang Dynasty / Five Dynasties warlord
Yan'an | Yan | Zhang Fei | Zhang Yimou | Zhang Wentian | Zhang Zhidong | Zhang Ruimin | Liu Yan (general) | Liu Yan | Zhang Yan (Han Dynasty) | Zhang Yan | Zhang Xun | Yan (state) | Rico Yan | Zhang Yue (Tang Dynasty) | Zhang Yue | Zhang Dejiang | Zhang Anshi | Yan Stastny | Yan (musician) | Yan, Kedah | Saint-Yan | Mo Yan | Liu Zhang | Ko-Yan | Jianyi Zhang | Gao Yan (politician) | Zhang Zuoxiang | Zhang Zuolin | Zhang Zizhong |
Lü Bu rode this horse during a battle in Changshan (常山; around present-day Shijiazhuang, Hebei) in 193, in which he helped another warlord Yuan Shao defeat his rival Zhang Yan.
(Princess Yuan of Lu's husband and Zhang Yan's father, Zhang Ao (張敖), had, during Emperor Gao's reign, been the Prince of Zhao, but was removed as part of the policy against non-Liu princes, so Grand Empress Dowager Lü might have felt that making Zhang Yan a prince would be considered to be more justified; when Zhang Ao died in 182 BC, he was posthumously honored as a prince.
The song has been covered by numerous singers, including Li Xianglan in the 1944 Japanese film Yasen gungakutai (野戦軍楽隊, Military Combat Music Band), Bai Guang, Teresa Teng, Tsai Chin, Wakin Chau, Adia Chan (in Cantonese), Lin Bao (林寶, in Wu dialect), Song Zuying, Zhang Yan (張燕).