Qin and Han · Scholar and Official

Yan 延

Attested BC 156 - BC 120

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan was a scholar and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 156 to BC 120 漢禮官時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passages 161, 165

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Master Xu (徐生)
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 161
Sibling of Xu Xiang (徐襄)
brothers 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 161
Child of Son of Master Xu
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 161

Career and standing

Grandee of the Han Ritual Office 漢禮官大夫
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 165

Places and affiliations

Polity Han 漢 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 165

Learning and skills

Skill ceremonial deportment and rites 容禮 · Level partial
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 163

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 121, passage 161

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 121Biographies of Confucian Scholars · 3 passages

傳子至孫延、徐襄。 The tradition was passed down through his son to his grandsons, Yan and Xu Xiang.

延頗能，未善也。 Yan showed some ability, though he had not yet perfected it.

延及徐氏弟子公戶滿意、桓生、單次，皆嘗為漢禮官大夫。 Yan, along with the Xu family's disciples Gonghu Manyi, Master Huan, and Shan Ci, all served at various times as Grandees of the Han Ritual Office.