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An Yanwei 安彥威

Attested AD 934 - AD 942

Passages
4
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify An Yanwei as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal An Yanwei 安彥威 An Yanwei
Surname An An
Personal name An Yanwei 安彥威 An Yanwei
Personal name An Yanwei 安彥威 Ān Yànwēi
Given Yanwei 彥威 Yanwei

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: military governor of Guide / 歸德軍節度使 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年三月 · Western Year: AD 942
  • Label: Military Governor of Song Prefecture / 宋州節度使 · Action: held

Events and relationships

  • Kind: public-works · Role: director · Action: dammed-river-breach · Place: Hua / 滑州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七年三月 · Western Year: AD 942
  • Kind: public-works · Role: commander · Action: led-laborers-to-block-Yellow-River-breach

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65 Book of Later Tang 41: Biographies 17: Li Jianji, Shi Junli, Gao Xinggui, Zhang Tingyu, Wang Sitong, Suo Zitong · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 141Volume 141: Treatises 3 Five Elements · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 7Volume 7 Later Tang Annals 4: Deposed Emperors · 1 passage
New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 1 passage