Tuyan (吐延) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Tuyan as a family member and tribal leader. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tuyan	吐延	Tǔyán
Personal name	Tuyan	吐延	Tǔyán

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · songshu:096:s0030

Roles

Family Member
Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed · Cause: stabbed · Killer Person Id: Jiang Cong (姜聰) · Place: Maocheng context / 昴城
Explicit · songshu:096:s0031, songshu:096:s0035

Age

Value: 35 · Reckoning: suitui · At: death
Explicit · songshu:096:s0036

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 嗣位十三年，年三十五 · Western Interval: Start: AD 310 · End: AD 323
Strongly inferred · songshu:096:s0036, songshu:096:s0060

Family

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Child of Tuyuhun (吐谷渾)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Subject Relative Age: elder
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Object Birth Order: 1 · Object Relative Age: elder
Parent of Yeyan (葉延)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Spouse of Mother of Yeyan
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: uncertain · Relationship State: uncertain

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 12
Explicit · songshu:096:s0037

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Jueba Wo (絕拔渥) · Mode: direct-quotation
Explicit · songshu:096:s0031, songshu:096:s0032, songshu:096:s0033, songshu:096:s0034

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: ruler · Action: reigned · Duration Years: 13
Explicit · songshu:096:s0036

Assessments and attributes

Kind: physical-description · Statement: seven feet eight inches tall; courage and strength beyond ordinary men; harsh and violent nature
Explicit · songshu:096:s0031

References in the histories

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Book of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Biographies 56: Xianbei and Tuyuhun Peoples · 2 passages

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渾年七十二死，有子六十人，長吐延嗣。 Hun died at seventy-two, leaving sixty sons; the eldest, Tuyan, succeeded him.

吐延身長七尺八寸，勇力過人，性刻暴，為昴城羌酋姜聰所刺，劍猶在體，呼子葉延，語其大將絕拔渥曰：[4]「吾氣絕，棺斂訖，便遠去保白蘭。 Tuyan stood seven feet eight inches tall, with courage and strength beyond ordinary men, but his nature was harsh and violent. The Qiang chieftain of Maocheng, Jiang Cong, stabbed him; the blade still stood in his body. He summoned his son Yeyan and told his great general Jueba Wo: [4] "When I am gone, once I am coffined, withdraw far away and secure Bailan.