Sui and Tang · General and Official

Guo Yan 郭衍

Died AD 611

Passages
27
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Guo Yan as an administrator, aristocrat, courtier, and general. This record brings together 27 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Found inBook of Sui

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Guo Yan 郭衍 Guo Yan
Surname Chiluo 叱羅氏
Title Duke of Wuqiang 武強縣公
Title Duke of Wushan 武山郡公
Surname Guo 郭
Surname Guo 郭 Guō
Personal name Guo Yan 郭衍 Guo Yan
Personal Guo Yan 郭衍 Guō Yǎn
Posthumous Xiang 襄 Xiāng
Given Yan 衍 Yǎn
Courtesy name Yanwen 彥文 Yanwen

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Courtier
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Place: Jiangdu / 江都 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: （大業）七年 · Western Year: AD 611
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0209

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: （大業）七年 · Western Year: AD 611
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0209
  • Source Date: Text: （大業）六年 · Western Year: AD 610
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0208
  • Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: AD 585
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0173
  • Source Date: Text: 及王入為太子 · Western Year: AD 600
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0197
  • Source Date: Text: 周陳王純引為左右 · Western Interval: Start: AD 561 · End: AD 578
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0144
  • Source Date: Text: 大業元年 · Western Year: AD 605
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0200
  • Source Date: Text: 宣政元年 · Western Year: AD 578
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0157
  • Source Date: Text: 尉迥之起逆 · Western Year: AD 580
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0158
  • Source Date: Text: 建德中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 572 · End: AD 578
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0152
  • Source Date: Text: 晉王奪宗謀議（先於入為太子） · Western Year: AD 600
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0185, suishu:061:s0188, suishu:061:s0197
  • Source Date: Text: 開皇元年 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0167
  • Source Date: Text: 高祖于仁壽宮將大漸 · Western Year: AD 604
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0198, suishu:061:s0199

Family

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  • Parent of Guo Zhen (臻)
    Kinship Term: eldest son / 長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Father of Guo Yan (郭衍父)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Guo Siben (嗣本)
    Kinship Term: second son / 次子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 2 · Line: paternal
  • Spouse of Wife of Guo Yan (衍妻)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: active · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Career and standing

  • Label: Inspector of Yingzhou / 瀛州刺史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: AD 585
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0173
  • Label: General-in-Chief of the Left Martial Guard / 左武衛大將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大業元年 · Western Year: AD 605
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0200
  • Label: Right Central Army Bear-Channel Grand Master / 右中軍熊渠中大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣政元年 · Western Year: AD 578
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:061:s0157
  • Label: Area Commander of Hongzhou / 洪州總管 · Action: appointed · Place: Hongzhou / 洪州
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0187
  • Label: Area Commander of Shuozhou / 朔州總管 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0177
  • Label: Colonel of the Left Gate Guard / 左監門率 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0197
  • Label: Grand Master for Splendid Happiness / 光祿大夫 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0201
  • Label: Inspector of Jiangzhou / 蔣州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0184
  • Label: General-in-Chief of the Left Guard / 左衛大將軍 · Action: posthumously-granted
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0210
  • Label: Grand Commander / 大都督 · Action: promoted
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0147
  • Label: Colonel of the Left Palace Guard / 左宗衛率 · Action: transferred
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0197
  • Title: prior enfeoffment and title / 封爵 · Action: removed
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0207
  • Title: posthumous title Xiang / 諡曰襄 · Action: granted
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0210
  • Title: Marquis of Zhending / 真定侯 · Action: enfeoffed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: （大業）六年 · Western Year: AD 610
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0208
  • Status: imperial-favorite · Action: held
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0186, suishu:061:s0204, suishu:061:s0208

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Sui / 隋 · Relation: served
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0187
  • Place: Jiexiu in Taiyuan / 太原介休 · Certainty Note: self-claimed
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0144
  • Place: Jiangdu / 江都 · Relation: died-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: （大業）七年 · Western Year: AD 611
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0209
  • Place: Jiangdu / 江都 · Relation: visited · Date Context: Source Date: Text: （大業中）帝幸江都 · Western Year: AD 605
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0201
  • Place: Hongzhou / 洪州 · Relation: posted-to
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0187
  • Place: Jiangdu / 江都 · Relation: traveled-to
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0194
  • Place: Jinshan route / 金山道 · Relation: campaign-route
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0202
  • Organization: Eastern Palace forces / 東宮兵 · Relation: commanded
    Explicit · suishu:061:s0198

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 61Volume 61 Biographies 26: Yu Wenshu, Guo Yan · 27 passages
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