Overview
The translated histories identify Wang Yan as a courtier, family member, official, and statesman. This record brings together 9 passages from 6 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Wang Yan | 王晏 | Wang Yan |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | |
| Surname | Wang | 王 | Wáng |
| Personal name | Wang Yan | 王晏 | |
| Personal | Wang Yan | 王晏 | Wáng Yàn |
| Personal name | Wang Yan | 王晏 | Wáng Yàn |
| Personal | Wang Yan | 王晏 | |
| Given name | Yan | 晏 | |
| Given | Yan | 晏 | Yàn |
| Given | Yan | 晏 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleExplicit · nanqishu:010:s0150, nanqishu:016:s0114
Roles
- Courtier
- Family Member
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 延興元年八月甲辰 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 甲辰 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:005:s0013
- Source Date: Text: AD 482-493 · Western Interval: Start: AD 482 · End: AD 493Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:048:s0030
- Source Date: Text: 南齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 502Strongly inferred · nanqishu:016:s0114
- Source Date: Text: 建武二年 · Western Year: AD 495Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:010:s0175, nanqishu:010:s0202
- Source Date: Text: 永明十一年 · Western Year: AD 493Explicit · nanqishu:010:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 隆昌元年 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit event contextual date · nanqishu:004:s0108
- Source Date: Text: 齊 · Western Interval: Start: AD 479 · End: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:031:s0037
Family
- Sibling of Wang Xu (王詡)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder
Career and standing
- Label: Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書令 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 延興元年八月甲辰 · Regnal Year: 1 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 甲辰 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit · nanqishu:005:s0013
- Label: Director of the Department of State Affairs / 尚書令 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:031:s0037
- Label: Director of the Masters of Writing / 尚書令 · Action: heldExplicit · nanqishu:010:s0202
- Label: Right Vice Director / 右僕射 · Action: heldExplicit · nanqishu:010:s0150
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Southern Qi / 南齊 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · nanqishu:005:s0013
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · nanqishu:048:s0031, nanqishu:048:s0033
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: participant · Action: coup-advance · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隆昌元年 · Western Year: AD 494Explicit · nanqishu:004:s0108
- Kind: petition · Role: sponsor · Action: memorialized-promotion-to-golden-seal · Other Person Id: Ren Xia (任遐) · Outcome: failedExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0114
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0114
References in the histories
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