Overview
Duan Yan was a scholar and Official.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 929 天成四年九月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 133
- AD 930 長興元年九月Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passages 169-170
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Erudite 博士AD 930 長興元年九月 · HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 170
- Court of Imperial Sacrifices academician 太常博士HeldDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 133
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Tang 後唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 170
- Organization Court of Imperial Sacrifices Ritual Office 太常禮院 · Relation Member ofStrongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passages 169-170
Works and attributed material
- Essentials of the Five Rites 五禮精義Relation CitedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 172
- Kaiyuan Rites 開元禮Relation CitedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passages 170, 174
- AD 930 長興元年九月Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Source Work Five Dynasties Essentials 五代會要Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passages 170-174
- Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 40, passage 133
Events and relationships
- Drafted Prince of Qin investiture rites approvedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passages 169-170, 174-175
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 41, passage 170
References in the histories
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