Five Dynasties · Emperor

Liu Yan 龑

Attested AD 917

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Yan was an emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 917 貞明三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 217

Family

Sibling of Liu Yin (隱)
elder brother 兄 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passages 215, 217

Career and standing

usurped imperial title
AD 917 梁貞明三年
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 65, passage 217

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 65Volume 65: Hereditary House of Southern Han · 1 passage

《舊五代史》以梁貞明三年龑僭號為始，故曰五十五年爾。）〉 Only the Old History of the Five Dynasties, which takes the third year of Zhenming of the Liang, when Yan usurped the imperial title, as the beginning, therefore gives fifty-five years.)]〉