Overview
Xia Yan was an official.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1522 世宗初Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passages 267-268
Career and standing
- supervising secretary 給事中HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 267
Places and affiliations
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 267
Works and attributed material
- Memorial · Author · Mode named-source-report Speaker Xia Yan (夏言)Directly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 268
Events and relationships
- Denounced imperial estates as scourgePolitical · RemonstrantDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 268
- Ordered to audit imperial estatesAD 1522 世宗初 · Administrative · AuditorDated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passage 267
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment argued forcefully that imperial estates scourged the people · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 268
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 267
References in the histories
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