Five Dynasties · Official

Cui Yan 崔衍

Attested c. AD 900 - AD 950

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cui Yan was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Deceased · Stated As 故
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 181

Attested activity

c. AD 900 to AD 950 故兵部崔侍郎
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 181

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of Old Man of Everlasting Joy (長樂老)
affinal kin · Through Eldest daughter of Feng Dao (長女), Cui Xuan (絢)
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 181
Parent of Cui Xuan (絢)
son 子
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 181

Career and standing

Vice Minister of War 兵部侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 126, passage 181

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 126Volume 126 Book of Later Zhou 28: Biographies 6: Feng Dao · 1 passage

長女適故兵部崔侍郎諱衍子太僕少卿名絢，封萬年縣君； My eldest daughter married Xuan, son of the late Vice Minister Cui Yan, Vice Director of the Imperial Stud, and was Lady of Wannian County;