Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Tribal Leader and General

Muyan 慕延

Mùyán

Attested AD 432 - AD 450

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Muyan as an aristocrat, general, and tribal leader. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Muyan 慕延 Mùyán
Title King of Henan 河南王
Title King of Longxi 隴西王
Personal name Muyan 慕延 Mùyán

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉十五年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 15 · Western Year: AD 438
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0087
  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉十六年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 16 · Western Year: AD 439
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0088
  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉二十七年 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 27 · Western Year: AD 450
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0092
  • Source Date: Text: 元嘉九年授官 · Reign Id: liu-song-yuanjia · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 432
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0083

Family

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  • Sibling of Mugui (慕璝)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: younger
    Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
  • Parent of Fan'ai (繁暱)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1 · Union Category: concubinage
    Kinship Term: eldest son by a concubine / 庶長子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1
  • Parent of Min (瑍)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
    Kinship Term: legitimate son / 嫡子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

  • Label: Bearer of the Staff of Authority / 使持節 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0087
  • Label: Colonel Protecting the Qiang / 領護羌校尉 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0087
  • Label: Commander-in-Chief of Military Affairs in Western Qin, He, and Sha / 都督西秦河沙三州諸軍事 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0087
  • Label: General Who Pacifies the East / 平東將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0083
  • Label: Governor of Western Qin and He / 西秦河二州刺史 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0087
  • Label: Grand General Who Guards the West / 鎮西大將軍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0087
  • Label: Regular Attendant of the Scattered Cavalry / 散騎常侍 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0087
  • Title: King of Longxi / 隴西王 · Action: appointed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0087
  • Title: King of Henan / 河南王 · Action: changed
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0088

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Mode: direct-quotation
    Explicit · songshu:096:s0092

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 56: Xianbei and Tuyuhun Peoples · 6 passages