Given the question: Facts: - native name: family name : zan -lrb- -rrb- name : huyan -lrb- -rrb- given - home town: taiyuan , shanxi - caption: from of generals of the yang family '' -lrb- -rrb- one 1892 print of the novel '' legends - death date: 1000 - parents: huyan cong -lrb- -rrb- , father - children: huyan -lrb- -rrb- , son huyan biqiu -lrb- -rrb- bixing , son huyan bixian -lrb- -rrb- , son -lrb- -rrb- , son huyan bigai - name: huyan zan - image: huyanzan_1892 . jpg - death place: kaifeng , henan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of huyan zan .
The answer is:
huyan zan -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- died 1000 -rrb- was a military general in the early years of imperial china 's song dynasty .he participated in song 's conquest of later shu kingdom in 964-965 and northern han kingdom in 979 .later he helped defend song 's northern border against the khitan-ruled liao dynasty .his surname huyan suggests xiongnu origins .a fierce warrior , huyan zan is known for tattooing the words '' fervently kill the khitans '' -lrb- -rrb- all over his body , as well as on that of his wife and servants .