Sui and Tang · Official

Wang Yan 王喦

Attested AD 726

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Yan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 726 十四年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 11, passage 25

Career and standing

Remonstrance Clerk 通事舍人
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 25

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 25

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 25

Events and relationships

memorial on Book of Rites 上疏請刪禮記舊文
AD 726 開元十四年 · Memorial · Author · Proposed revising Book of Rites
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 11, passage 25

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 11Volume 11 Treatises 1: Rites and Music 1 · 1 passage

十四年，通事舍人王喦上疏，請刪去禮記舊文而益以今事，詔付集賢院議。 In the fourteenth year, Remonstrance Clerk Wang Yan memorialized, asking to delete old text from the Book of Rites and add present affairs; an edict referred it to the Academy of Scholarly Worthies for deliberation.