Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Yan 燕

Attested AD 265 - AD 420

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 265 to AD 420 晉
Strongly inferred · Book of Chen 24, passage 37

Family

Ancestor of Zhou Hongzheng (周弘正)
forebear 先人 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 37

Career and standing

Clerk of the Decision Office 決曹掾
Held
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 37

Events and relationships

Nine remonstrances
Remonstrance · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 37

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 24Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian · 1 passage

弘正陋學書生，義慚稽古，家自汝、潁，世傳忠烈，先人決曹掾燕抗辭九諫，高節萬乘，正色三府，雖盛德之業將絕，而狂直之風未墜。 Hongzheng is a shabby scholar, ashamed before the ancients. His house comes from Ru and Ying and for generations has transmitted fierce loyalty. His forebear Yan, clerk of the Decision Office, spoke out in nine remonstrances, held lofty conduct before the throne, and kept stern countenance before the three bureaus. Though great virtue was ending, the wind of blunt uprightness had not fallen.