Ancient China · Zhao general

Jia Yan 賈偃

Attested BC 273

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Overview

The translated histories identify Jia Yan as a general. 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 Jia Yan 賈偃 Jia Yan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General

Life and dates

Attested activity

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Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Action: fought Bai Qi and lost 20,000 troops in the Yellow River · Role: opposing general · Other Person Id: Bai Qi (白起) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 昭王三十四年 · Western Year: BC 273
    Explicit · shiji:073:s0019

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 73Biographies of Bai Qi and Wang Jian · 1 passage