Yan (巖) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yan was a Military Officer.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 850 大中四年
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 132, 135

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Zhang Yunshen (張允伸)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 132
Child of Xiu (秀)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 131-132
Parent of Chaoye (朝掖)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 180, passages 132-133

Career and standing

commissioner of the Surrendered Armies 納降軍使
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 180, passage 132

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 180Volume 176 Biographies 126: Li Zongmin, Yang Sifu, Yang Yuqing, Ma Zhi, Li Rangyi, Weipi, Zhou Chi, Cui Guicong, Zhengsu, Lu Shang · 1 passage

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祖巖，納降軍使。 His grandfather Yan served as commissioner of the Surrendered Armies.