Yuan · Rebel Prince

Nayan 乃顏

Nǎiyán

Attested AD 1284 - AD 1290

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Nayan was a rebel Prince.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1287 至元二十四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 179, passage 6
AD 1287 征叛王乃顏
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 96
AD 1284 to AD 1290 至元二十一年至二十七年間
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 117, passages 66, 69, 75

Key source chapters

History of Yuan, Chapter 117 Volume 117 Biographies 4: Belgutei, Jochi, Tula, Yahudou, Kuanchepuhua, Tiemu'er Buhua 2 passages
History of Yuan, Chapter 179 Volume 179 Biographies 66: He Sheng, Yang Duoerzhi, Xiao Baizhu 2 passages
History of Yuan, Chapter 203 Volume 203 Biographies 90: Medicine and Divination, Arts and Crafts 2 passages

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 96

Events and relationships

Harbored treasonous designs with Yebuqa
Rebellion · Plotter · With Yebuqa (也不堅)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 117, passage 69
Rebelled
AD 1287 征叛王乃顏 · Rebellion · Rebel leader
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 96
Rebelled
Military · Rebel
Directly stated · History of Yuan 179, passage 6

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 96

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 117Volume 117 Biographies 4: Belgutei, Jochi, Tula, Yahudou, Kuanchepuhua, Tiemu'er Buhua · 2 passages

乃顏、也不堅有異圖，也不堅引兵趨怯綠憐河大帳。 Nayan and Yebuqa harbored treasonous designs, and Yebuqa marched his troops toward the great tent on the Qielülin River.

時怯必禿忽兒霍臺誘蒙古軍二萬從乃顏，牙忽都知之，夜襲其河上軍，突入帳中，遇忽都滅兒堅，幾獲之，間道逸去。 Qibitughur Huotai had meanwhile won twenty thousand Mongol troops to Nayan's side; learning of this, Yahudou struck their riverside camp by night, broke into the tent, and nearly seized Hudumirjian, who escaped by a hidden route.

History of Yuan, Chapter 179Volume 179 Biographies 66: He Sheng, Yang Duoerzhi, Xiao Baizhu · 2 passages

至元二十四年，乃顏叛，帝親征，勝直武帳中，雖親王不得輒至。 In 1287, when Nayan rebelled, the emperor led the campaign in person. Sheng stayed in the military headquarters throughout, and even princes were not allowed to approach without permission.

乃顏既敗，帝還都，乘輿夜行，足苦寒，勝解衣，以身溫之。 After Nayan's defeat, as the emperor made the night journey back to the capital, his feet grew bitterly cold. Sheng took off his own clothes and warmed them against his body.

History of Yuan, Chapter 203Volume 203 Biographies 90: Medicine and Divination, Arts and Crafts · 2 passages

從征叛王乃顏，揆度日時，率中機會。 On the campaign against the rebel prince Nayan, his calculations of timing and auspicious moments proved consistently accurate.

諸將欲剿絕其黨，德進獨陳天道好生，請緩師以待其降。 When the generals wanted to annihilate Nayan's followers, Dejin alone appealed to heaven's preference for preserving life and urged them to hold back and await surrender.