Ancient China · Royal Family Member of Chen

Yan 偃

Attested BC 535

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan was a Royal Family Member of Chen.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 535 哀公三十四年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 102

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Duke Ai (哀公)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 102
Child of Younger Wife of Duke Ai (少姬)
gave birth to 生
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 102

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36Houses of Chen and Qi · 1 passage

三十四年，初，哀公娶鄭，長姬生悼太子師，少姬生偃。 In the thirty-fourth year, initially Duke Ai married a woman from Zheng. His elder wife gave birth to Crown Prince Dao Shi, and his younger wife gave birth to Yan.