Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Statesman

Wang Yan 王晏

Attested AD 479 - AD 493

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Yan was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 479 to AD 493 尚書令晏從弟也
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 43, passage 191

Family

Kin of Wang Siyuan (王思遠)
younger cousin 從弟 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 43, passage 191

Origins and identity

Langya Wang 琅邪王氏
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 43, passages 190-191

Career and standing

Prefect of the Masters of Writing 尚書令
Held
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 43, passage 191

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 43Volume 43 Biographies 24: Jiang Xiao, He Changyu, Xie Yao, Wang Siyuan · 1 passage

尚書令晏從弟也。 He was a younger cousin of Wang Yan, Prefect of the Masters of Writing.