Qin and Han · Eastern Han Post Chief

Huo Yan 霍延

Attested AD 76 - AD 88

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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Huo Yan as an official. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Huo Yan 霍延 Huo Yan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: AD 76-88 · Western Interval: Start: AD 76 · End: AD 88
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:085:s0131

Career and standing

  • Label: Post Chief / 亭长 · Action: held · Place: Halt Debauchery watchpost / 止奸亭

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: confrontation · Role: post chief · Action: stopped Dou Du, drew a sword on him, and reviled him · Other Person Id: Dou Du (窦笃)

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 85Volume 77: Biographies of Cruel Officials · 1 passage