Overview
Deng Yan was an official and Aristocrat.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 58 永平初Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 38, passage 188
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Deng Yan (鄧衍父)father 父Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 193
Career and standing
- gentleman consultant 郎中AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 192
- marshal of the Xuanwu quarter 玄武司馬AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 192
- merit assessor of Xinye 新野功曹AD 58 永平初 · HeldDated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 38, passage 188
- minor marquis by imperial marriage 外戚小侯HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 188
Places and affiliations
- At Xinye 新野Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 188
Events and relationships
- Did not observe mourning for his father while in officeRitual failure · OffenderDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 193
- Withdrew in shame after emperor's rebukePolitical · Withdrawn officialDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 195
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment handsome bearing but without solid conduct · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yu Yan (虞延)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 190
- Item carriages, horses, and clothes 輿馬衣服 · Relation BestowedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 189
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 188
References in the histories
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