Five Dynasties · Official and Aristocrat

Liu Yan 劉岩

Attested AD 919

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Overview

Liu Yan was an official and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

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  • stripped of all offices and ranks he held 削奪在身官爵
    Stripped of titles · Reason impending usurpation 將謀僭號 · From Source Date: Text: 貞明五年九月丙寅 · Regnal Year: 5 · Lunar Month: 9 · Sexagenary Day: 丙寅 · Western Year: AD 919
    Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 9, passage 153

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • an order stripped Guang military commissioner and Prince of Nanping Liu Yan of all offices and ranks, because he was about to usurp a title 製削奪廣州節度使、南平王劉岩在身官爵,以其將謀僭號故也
    AD 919 貞明五年九月丙寅 · Edict · Subject · Paraphrased · Mode court-order

Events and relationships

Source notes

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 9Volume 9 Book of Later Liang 9: Later Emperors Annals 2 · 1 passage