Five Dynasties · King of Min

Wang Yanhan 王延翰

Wáng Yánhàn

Died AD 926

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Yanhan was a king of Min.

Life and dates

Death

AD 926 同光四年十二月
Seized and killed
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 40

Attested activity

AD 926 同光四年十二月
Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 40

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Wang Shenzhi (王審知)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 34
Spouse of Lady Cui (崔氏)
wife 妻
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 33
Sibling of Wang Yanjun (王延鈞)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 38

Kinship Role concubines · Quantity numerous
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 34

Career and standing

Noted
Could not restrain wife
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 33

Places and affiliations

Polity Min 閩 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 33

Events and relationships

Ended mourning early
Ritual · Mourner · With Wang Shenzhi (王審知)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 34

Assessments and attributes

tall and handsome, skin fair as jade
Physical description
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 68, passage 33

References in the histories

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 68Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min · 5 passages

延翰為人長大，美皙如玉，其妻崔氏陋而淫，延翰不能制。 Yanhan was tall and handsome, with skin fair as jade. His wife Lady Cui was homely and unchaste, and he could not restrain her.

審知養子建州刺史延稟，本姓周氏，自審知時與延翰不葉。 Shenzhi's adopted son Yanbin, governor of Jianzhou, had been born a Zhou. He and Yanhan had been at odds since Shenzhi's day.

延翰立，以其弟延鈞為泉州刺史，延鈞怒。 After Yanhan came to power he appointed his younger brother Yanjun prefect of Quanzhou, a slight that enraged Yanjun.

十二月，延稟、延鈞皆以兵入，執延翰殺之。 In the twelfth month Yanbin and Yanjun marched in with their armies, seized Yanhan, and put him to death.

初，延稟與鏻之謀殺延翰也，延稟之兵先至，已執延翰而殺之，膽日鏻兵始至，延稟自以養子，推鏻而立之。 When Yanbin and Lin had plotted to kill Yanhan, Yanbin's forces arrived first and had already seized and executed him. Lin's troops came only the following day. As an adopted son, Yanbin deferred and set Lin on the throne.