Sui and Tang · Scholar and Official

Li Yan 李沇

Died AD 895

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Yan was a scholar and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Dongji	東濟	Dongji

Life and dates

Death

AD 895 亦遇害
Violent death
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 263

Attested activity

AD 895 亦遇害
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 263

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Li Xi (李磎)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 263

Career and standing

vice director of the Ministry of Rites 禮部員外郎
AD 895 贈禮部員外郎 · Posthumously granted
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 146, passage 263

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 146, passage 263

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had outstanding talent · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 146, passage 263

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 146Volume 146 Biographies 71: Two Li's · 1 passage

子沇，字東濟，有俊才，亦遇害，贈禮部員外郎。 His son Yan, courtesy name Dongji, had outstanding talent, also met a violent death, and was posthumously made vice director of the Ministry of Rites.