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Pei Yan 裴衍

Péi Yǎn

Attested AD 500 - AD 535

Passages
3
Chapters
2
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Pei Yan as a general and military officer. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Pei Yan 裴衍 Péi Yǎn
Title Commissioner Pei Yan 都督裴衍
Personal name Pei Yan 裴衍

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 救信都 · Western Interval: Start: AD 526 · End: AD 528
    Explicit event contextual date · weishu:024:s0023
  • Source Date: Text: 裴衍率兵赴救 · Western Interval: Start: AD 500 · End: AD 535
    Explicit event contextual date · zhoushu:018:s0012

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Wei, Chapter 24Volume 20: Emperor Wencheng's Five Princes · 2 passages
Book of Zhou, Chapter 18Volume 18 Biographies 10: Wang Pi; Wang Sizheng · 1 passage