Qin and Han · General

Geng Yan 耿弇

Attested AD 25 - AD 58

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Geng Yan was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 25 to AD 58 東漢初（史臣譬喻耿弇）
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 11, passage 169

Assessments and attributes

Assessment exemplar general compared to Zhaoda · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Chen 11, passage 169

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 11Volume 11: Huang Faqu; Chunyu Liang; Zhang Zhaoda · 1 passage

昭達與世祖鄉壤惟舊，義等鄧、蕭，世祖纂曆，委任隆重，至於戰勝攻取，累平寇難，斯亦良臣良將，一代之吳、耿矣。 Zhaoda and Emperor Wen were old friends from the same country; their bond was like that of Deng Yu and Xiao He. When Wen took the throne he gave Zhaoda great trust; in battle and siege he again and again crushed rebellion—a worthy minister and general, a Wu Han and Geng Yan for his age.